Catherine Becher's booking photo.



Almost 20 years after Lorena Bobbitt's gruesome attack on her husband comes a copycat crime. This one is even worse.



Catherine Kieu Becher, a 48-year-old California woman, allegedly cut off her husband's penis on Monday night. She's being accused of one of the most horrific plans ever concocted, after her husband was found by police tied to the bed, covered in blood, according to Reuters.



She's accused of drugging his food, tying him to the bed and just as he was waking up, slicing off his penis with a 10-inch kitchen knife. Then she allegedly tossed his severed organ into the garbage disposal and turned it on.



"He was conscious when his penis was removed," Garden Grove police Lt. Jeff Nightengale told press.



He was taken to the hospital for emergency surgery in serious condition but is expected to survive. She's being held on $1 million bail and could go to jail for life.



A few more details about the couple: He had filed for divorce in May, less than two years after they wed. They have no kids. When the cops arrived at her house she let them in. After they discovered her 51-year-old husband in the bedroom, she reportedly told police he "deserved it."



Everything about this story from the concocted plan to the final act of violence is terrifying. I hope this doesn't become the next Late Night punchline, as Jezebel's smartly predicting. I don't care how many puns are floating around writers' rooms this morning. Savage domestic violence just isn't funny.



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