On June 23rd, 1993, Lorena Bobbitt made headlines around the world after cutting off her husband's penis. She severed the member in the middle of the night, took it with her in her car, and threw it out of the window before calling the police and letting them know what she had done.

Just 24 years old at the time, Bobbitt was put on trial for her actions, but did not serve any jail time. She always claimed that John had been abusive towards her, and her decision to cut off his penis followed an incident that had occurred earlier that night. John had raped her, she said, and she acted out of revenge.

Lorena ended up spending some time in a psychiatric facility, as it was felt that she had been suffering a lot of mental distress at the time of the attack. John, meanwhile, was acquitted of any rape charges, and always insisted that the sexual relationship he had with his wife was entirely consensual. In the years following, he also went on to star in several pornographic films with his famously reattached penis, and managed to make a name for himself from the incident.

Now, 26 years after that fateful night, Lorena says she has absolutely no regrets.

Speaking to the New York Times, Bobbitt recalls what life was like for her in the first few months and years following the trial.

"When I finished with the trial, in the beginning, geez, I couldn’t even go to the grocery store because people would say, ‘Oh my god, You know what, I know you.’ I just wanted to put my groceries down and go home," she said. "I just wanted to take care of myself and my family. You know, just to integrate myself into normalcy and a normal life."

At the time, it was not widely publicised that Lorena's husband had allegedly been abusive. Indeed, most people who heard about the case thought that she had acted out of sheer insanity. It has only been in recent years that people have taken a second look at what happened, and reconsidered the circumstances that Lorena was under.

As a result, she was viewed negatively by the media for years.

When asked by Amy Chozick of the NY Times whether she regretted what happened, Bobbitt responded: "How can you regret something you didn’t mean to do?" She continued: "To me, regret is ‘Oh, I bought a black car instead of a red car’ when you don’t choose right. I wasn’t in my conscious mind."

Chozick then went on to explain that she didn't mean the attack itself, but the aftermath. After all, John Wayne Bobbitt went on to achieve fame and a positive reputation - meanwhile, she was left as the villain. Still, she gave the same analogy of the black and the red car, saying she could not regret something she couldn't truly control.

Over the past two decades, Bobbitt has managed to overcome a lot of the negative responses she gets from what happened.

"I was the subject of so many jokes in the ’90s and to me it was just cruel," she said. "They didn’t understand. Why would they laugh about my suffering?"

Now, she views it differently. "I’ll put myself through the jokes and everything as long as I can shine a light on domestic violence and sexual assault and marital rape," she explained.

Yes, Lorena Bobbitt may go down in history as the woman who cut off her husband's penis, but, especially now that conversations around domestic violence and abuse are changing, she doesn't pay it any mind. What happened, happened - she's just grateful she's out of the worst of it.

Once you've been around the block enough times in life, you're bound to have a few skeletons in your closet. Perhaps there's a shady ex in your past that you'd rather not mention, or maybe there was a time in your younger years where you did some things that were - ahem - not quite legal.

We'd like to hope, however, that we'll never encounter anyone who has actual skeletons lurking around on their property. But that isn't always possible.

A gardener from Luzino, a village in the Omsk region of Siberia, recently found a human skull while planting potatoes on the land he shared with his wife. Immediately suspecting foul play, the unnamed man told his wife about the discovery, and probably expected her to be as shocked as he was.

Instead, the wife - whose identity is also being withheld - revealed that she had a confession to make: she knew all about the skull and was well aware of its presence in the vegetable patch.

"Don't worry - it's my first husband," the 60-year-old woman reportedly said.

She then proceeded to tell her partner that the owner of the skull had died more than 20 years earlier... but not of natural causes. The woman then went on to explain that she had killed the man with an axe, before calmly instructing the gardener to "bury the remains again, forget about it, and we won't tell the police".

Unfortunately for her, the man ignored her instructions and immediately reported the human remains to authorities. He also told them that he knew the cause of death, and said that his wife had confessed to the murder.

When confronted by police, the woman said that she'd acted in self-defence. "He came home drunk and beat me," she said, and claimed that she had struck the 52-year-old man with an axe - killing him in the process. After that, she dismembered him, buried him in the potato patch in her garden, and then fabricated a story about him having gone to work and never coming home afterwards.

The self-confessed killer also aided police by reenacting how the crime had occurred and demonstrated the killing blow by swinging an axe in a crime reconstruction.

A criminal investigation was opened immediately, and - upon clearing the vegetable patch on the couple's land - police officers discovered more bones. It is not clear whether or not the remains all belong to the same body, but the 60-year-old woman has been ordered to remain under house arrest while police work on the case.

As it stands, she faces charges of willful killing. Bizarrely, though, this only carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison in this scenario - meaning that, even if she is sentenced, she could still return to society and live as a free woman in not much time at all.

It is not clear whether the woman's husband was ever in danger of meeting the same fate as his predecessor, but a local said of the situation: "By planting potatoes this man may have saved his own life."

The case continues.

More details have emerged about the man who allegedly strangled his wife and chopped her up using a hand blender, before "pureeing" her remains.

It has been reported that the man at the center of this horrifying allegation appeared to be the ideal father and husband. He came from a wealthy family, had a good job, a large home, and even volunteered with a scout group.

However, behind closed doors, he was allegedly a "cold-hearted psychopath" who strangled his ex-model wife to death.

Shockingly, it didn’t end there. He is accused of going on to dismember and decapitate the woman he once claimed to love, even pureeing parts of her body in a blender and removing her womb.

Their seemingly perfect relationship began when Marc Rieben, 41, met ex-model Kristina Joksimovic, 38, at work. They quickly married in August 2017 and had two daughters in 2020 and 2021.

"She was really in love at the beginning, but I was a bit surprised when she got into a relationship with him as he didn't suit her at all. He came across as really introverted, very critical and sometimes quite arrogant," a close friend of Kristina told MailOnline.

"Kristina was married to a killer and had no idea. She left that psychopath home alone with the children. He was really derogatory with her, with gestures, words and even his tone... he wanted Kristina to disappear."

Kristina’s friend, who wishes to remain anonymous due to fear of "repercussions" from Marc, described him as a "ticking time bomb."

She expressed concern that "all of us, especially his children," could be in danger if he is released from custody.

She added: "If he can do something like this to Kristina, who he loved and is the mother of his own two children out of a hatred for her and an inferiority complex, then what will he do to those of us who told the police about their relationship."

During interviews, which Marc was allowed to attend under Swiss law, his demeanor was "so cold and showed no remorse."

Kristina’s friend shared that while she was initially devastated by her death, anger has since taken over as more gruesome details emerged in federal court.

Kristina had allegedly confided that their relationship had worsened after the birth of their children.

Marc had supposedly become increasingly withdrawn and refused to attend couples counseling. At one point, Kristina had reportedly called the police, though she never shared the full details, only mentioning that Marc had threatened to turn the situation against her.

Court documents revealed that the police had responded to the couple’s home on July 14, 2023, with evidence showing strangulation marks on Kristina’s neck.

Before her death, she is said to have decided to divorce Marc, and her friends warned her to be cautious due to his influential family.

None of her friends ever expected him to act violently. While Marc was allegedly verbally disrespectful, he had never been physically aggressive in front of others. Kristina had mentioned his purportedly excessive drinking and drug use, and she sought legal advice on how to leave him safely.

Marc has been accused of carefully planning her disappearance, using chemicals and attempting to destroy evidence of her existence.

Kristina’s friend expressed deep regret, saying: "She was the type of person who didn't want to talk badly about her marriage, so for her to even tell me what she did in the last twelve months, showed me that it was really, really bad.

"I should have registered it as a call for help, but I didn't. Me and her other friends will always blame ourselves and we will carry this with us forever."

The autopsy revealed that Kristina had been decapitated, and her womb had been removed in a deliberate act of mutilation. Some of her body parts were pureed in an industrial blender, and others were dissolved in chemicals.

Marc is said to have confessed to dismembering her in a panic, claiming he happened to have the industrial blender for his scout group.

Kristina’s father made the gruesome discovery of her remains in their basement laundry room, finding her severed head in a black trash bag. Marc reportedly showed no remorse, even blaming Kristina’s parents for staying too long at the house, suggesting they wouldn’t have found her body if they had left sooner.

Her friend described Marc as obsessive, particularly with their children, stating that he had strict rules about their upbringing.

However, none of their family or friends suspected he was capable of such a violent act. Even Marc's previous partner alleged that he had a history of using "massive violence" against her, including choking and hitting her during arguments.

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John Wayne Bobbitt made headlines on June 23, 1993, when his wife, Lorena Gallo, severed his penis while he was asleep.

The act stunned the world and became the subject of a media frenzy.

Lorena later claimed that years of physical and sexual abuse had driven her to commit the violent act, a defense that would become central to her trial, per Daily Mail.

Bobbitt had his penis cut off by his then-wife. Credit: Jeffrey Markowitz/Getty

The Moment Bobbitt Realized What Happened

In a 2019 interview with ABC News, Bobbitt recalled the shocking moment he woke up to the realization that his penis had been severed.

"I sprung up and I was bleeding, I was applying pressure, then immediately I thought it was something out of a horror movie. A nightmare… turned into reality," he said.

The violence occurred after a night of drinking and a series of heated arguments between the couple.

Bobbitt’s friend, Robert Johnston, had stayed with the couple while they decided on who would keep their apartment.

Lorena later claimed she was woken by the sound of a door slamming, followed by her husband allegedly raping her.

Bobbitt, who was 26 years old at the time, denied the accusation and alleged Lorena had made sexual advances on him, but he was too exhausted to reciprocate.

Regardless of the differing accounts, Lorena claimed that after the alleged assault, she went to the kitchen for water but returned with a knife.

She was reportedly overcome by the memories of the abuse and her abortion, leading her to say, “I pick up the knife and... I went back to the bedroom. I took the sheets off, and I cut him. Everything went just fast.”

The Aftermath: Bobbitt's Hospitalization and Remarkable Surgery

As Bobbitt realized what had happened, Lorena fled the scene, taking both the knife and Bobbitt’s severed manhood with her.

She later threw the body part out of her car window before calling the police to report the incident.

Meanwhile, Bobbitt was rushed to the hospital by his friend, who got him to the hospital in just 10 minutes.

Upon arrival, doctors initially thought the blood was from an arm wound, but after a closer inspection, they realized the blood was coming from Bobbitt’s groin area.

Dr. James Sehn, Bobbitt's urologist, recalled how the emergency room doctor’s jaw “dropped” when the sheet was removed.

"Really all I knew about this on the way into the hospital was that a penis had been amputated and the organ was missing," Sehn said, per the outlet.

Bobbitt underwent a grueling nine-hour surgery led by Dr. David Berman and Dr. Sehn, who successfully reattached his penis and restored normal function.

Lorena accused her husband of raping her. Credit: Consolidated News Pictures/Getty

Lorena's Trial and Bobbitt's Surprising Response

Lorena was charged with malicious wounding, but during her highly-publicized trial, she was found not guilty by reason of temporary insanity and was committed to a mental hospital for five weeks of treatment and evaluation.

Bobbitt was left stunned by the verdict.

“I couldn’t believe it, how could someone get away with it,” he said in the interview.

The couple’s tumultuous marriage came to an end in 1995 with their divorce.

However, the aftermath of the infamous incident took a surprising turn for Bobbitt.

After the divorce, he found work in the adult film industry, a decision that further caught public attention.

Meanwhile, Lorena, after her release from the mental health facility, expressed regret for her actions.

"I never meant to hurt anybody," she said in a 1994 interview with ABC News. "I never hurt anybody before. It just happened."

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A Colorado woman is facing murder charges after allegedly admitting to a gruesome crime involving her lover.

According to an affidavit obtained by TooFab via the Grand Junction Police Department, 32-year-old Shenting Guo called authorities on May 14, saying she "believed her boyfriend was dead, but couldn't provide a reason why." Dispatch noted she was "hysterical" as they gave her CPR instructions.

When officers arrived, they discovered a horrifying scene. The affidavit states they saw "a bed with a large amount of blood smeared on it," an "upset" woman, and "a naked male laying on his back with his feet under the bed" who was unresponsive. Officers attempted CPR on the victim and noticed "the male's penis appeared to be cut off" and he had "apparent trauma in his genitalia." EMS also noted a "stab wound" on his leg. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

As an officer left the room to wash his hands, Guo allegedly approached him in the hotel laundry room. According to the affidavit, she told the officer "to arrest her now" and referred to the victim as her "boyfriend/fiancé/husband." 

She said the victim "wouldn't let" her sleep and said she stabbed him in the leg that morning - but that’s not why she cut his penis off as she revealed in a police interview. Guo was placed in handcuffs, read her Miranda Rights, and despite requesting a lawyer, continued to make statements. Among those: "something to the effect of she killed him and she cut off his penis."

Back in the hotel room, officers discovered a knife under the bed and the victim's "severed penis in the trash can" of the bathroom. After being transported to the police station, Guo waived her right to an attorney and spoke with another detective. During that interview, she said she thought the victim "got her pregnant again" and they "argued over the issue of the child may not be his." 

She admitted to stabbing him in the leg because she was "angry" he questioned if the child was his, but claimed she "was not trying to kill him" and he "didn't appear to be in pain."

Guo then told police she went to the drug store for water, rubbing alcohol, ibuprofen, and "greens," but forgot bandages. At one point, she said the victim's "eyes went 'dull,'" he was "cold and said he may die." Regarding why she allegedly cut off his penis, she said she did it "to see if [the victim] would wake up" and even warned him beforehand, but he didn't respond.

Guo also told her father the victim "drank himself to death," but told her mother she stabbed him and cut off his genitals. She allegedly used two different knives – one for the stabbing, the other for his penis. Police say Guo and the victim shared a three-year-old child and were "in an intimate relationship" for five years. She was later charged with second-degree murder while in the heat of passion and domestic violence.

A hotel manager reported hearing shouting from the room in the early morning hours of May 14, including a man "yelling for help." When she approached the door, she "no longer heard yelling" but heard the pair talking. The manager said a male voice asked for paper towels; she didn't attempt to make further contact and eventually walked away.

Per online records, Guo is being held on $1 million bond and is scheduled to appear in court on May 22.

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