A 57-year-old Wisconsin woman bit off half of her 79-year-old husband’s tongue during a kiss in Milwaukee and has been arrested, authorities said Tuesday.
The severed piece of tongue was recovered, and the man was taken to a hospital where doctors were trying to reattach it, Sheboygan, Wisconsin police said.
The woman was singing Christmas carols and blowing a New Year’s horn when police detained her after the incident on Monday.
The man said his wife had been acting strangely in recent days, the police in Sheboygan, north of Milwaukee, said.
Mrs Lueders was arrested on domestic violence charges and is being held in lieu of bail..
She was also ordered to undergo a mental evaluation.
In a written statement, her husband said the incident began when he went into the bathroom while his wife was on the toilet.
When he leaned over to kiss her, she went into a 'manic state,' grabbing his genitals and biting off his tongue.
Mr Lueders said his wife had been behaving oddly in the preceding days, speaking very fast and talking about spiritual things.
The criminal complaint said Karen Lueders was 'still carrying a New Year’s horn in her hand and singing Christmas carols' outside her house as officers arrived on scene, according to The Sheboygan Press.
She blew the horn in an officer’s ear when they asked what had happened and threw a cup of coffee at police.
The Sheboygan Press also reports that while Lueders did not speak during her court appearance, she leaned over to a reporter as she was escorted out and said, 'I love you, it's too bad you don't listen.'
As she left the courtroom she continuted in a 'singsong voice' saying, "I love you. Karen Lueders.'
She is being held in jail and an administrator said precautions are taken for inmates with potential mental health concerns.
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