'Lost it': Man sat on pregnant wife and strangled her with both hands until she went limp as child watched, police say

A Texas antheral was precocious arrested aft strangling his pregnant woman successful beforehand of their young child, constabulary successful the Lone Star State say.

Jacob Daniel Vega, 40, stands accused of aggravated assault – household violence, according to the Waco Police Department.

The underlying incidental occurred connected Monday astatine a residence connected Misty Drive successful Waco, a medium-sized metropolis located astir 100 miles northwest of Austin.

Late successful the morning, a pistillate called 911 and said, "I can't instrumentality this anymore," and past explained that she "got into it with someone," according to an apprehension affidavit obtained by Waco-based CBS and Telemundo affiliate KWTX.

When officers arrived astatine the residence, Vega walked toward a patrol car and said helium and his woman had conscionable been successful an altercation, constabulary said.

The suspect went connected to archer the responding officers the mates had been arguing due to the fact that helium was wrong the chamber with the doorway locked and that his woman was repeatedly banging connected the door, according to the affidavit. The antheral said helium yet got angry, opened the door, and past took a footwear rack from the couple's chamber and enactment it successful their children's bedroom.

After the footwear rack incident, the pistillate started screaming and Vega "lost it," the suspect said, according to the charging document.

Vega past told the officers that helium and his woman had been putting their hands connected 1 different and helium coiled up sitting connected apical of her and yet began to strangle her, constabulary said. Then, the suspect allegedly told the officers they should spell cheque connected the victim. After that, Vega was handcuffed and placed successful the backmost of a patrol car.

Officers adjacent spoke with the defendant's wife, who was sitting connected the level with the couple's child, who was crawling astir adjacent her. The pistillate complained that her legs were numb and her pharynx hurt, the affidavit says.

The unfortunate said Vega had strangled her for astir 2 to 3 minutes, constabulary said. Officers noted the beingness of breached humor vessels successful some of her eyes and redness connected her neck, according to the charging document. The unfortunate besides echoed a cardinal item of the defendant's communicative – telling constabulary Vega had strangled her with some of his hands portion helium was sitting connected apical of her, instrumentality enforcement said.

At the clip of the incident, the pistillate was 7 weeks pregnant, constabulary said. The mates has been joined for six years and has lived unneurotic for the past 2 years, according to instrumentality enforcement.

The pistillate said the couple's kid was successful the chamber portion the onslaught occurred, according to the affidavit. The strangulation lone stopped erstwhile she went limp successful the defendant's hands, the unfortunate told police.

The woman was taken to adjacent Hillcrest Hospital for evaluation, constabulary said. Vega was arrested and booked successful the McLennan County Jail. Records bash not presently database the suspect arsenic an inmate.