A woman told officers her husband stopped only after she went limp.
WACO, Texas — A child was in the bedroom when a Waco man allegedly sat on his pregnant wife and strangled her during a family violence incident April 13, police said.
Jacob Daniel Vega, 40, was arrested after officers responded to a late-morning 911 call at a home on Misty Drive. The woman told police she was seven weeks pregnant and that Vega strangled her with both hands for two to three minutes. The affidavit describes a domestic dispute that moved from a locked bedroom door to a physical assault, with the couple’s child present in the room and later seen crawling near the woman as officers checked on her.
Police said the woman called 911 around 11:50 a.m. and told dispatchers, “I can’t take this anymore.” She said she had “got into it with someone,” according to the arrest affidavit. When officers reached the home, Vega approached a patrol car and said he and his wife had just been in an altercation. Before police spoke with the woman, Vega gave his own account of the argument. He said he had been inside the bedroom with the door locked while his wife repeatedly beat on it. He told officers he became angry, opened the door and moved a shoe rack into the children’s bedroom.
The child’s presence entered the police account after officers went inside. The woman was on the floor, and the couple’s child was crawling around near her, the affidavit says. The woman complained that her legs were numb and her throat hurt. Police said they saw broken blood vessels in both of her eyes and redness on her neck. The affidavit does not say the child was physically hurt. It also does not give the child’s age or describe any statement from the child. The woman told officers the child had been in the bedroom while the assault took place.
Vega told police the argument escalated after his wife screamed at him and that he “lost it,” according to the affidavit. He said he and his wife were putting hands on each other, then said he sat on top of her and began to strangle her. The woman gave police a similar account of the position and the use of both hands. She said the strangling lasted about two to three minutes and ended when she went limp. Police said Vega told them to check on his wife after he described the assault. Officers then handcuffed him and placed him in the back of a patrol car.
The case carries added stakes because the woman was pregnant. Police said she was seven weeks pregnant when the incident happened. She was taken by ambulance to Hillcrest Hospital for evaluation after officers spoke with her. Public reports did not include later medical findings, and the affidavit does not state whether the pregnancy was affected. The woman’s name was not released in the public accounts reviewed. The records describe pain, numbness and visible injuries at the scene, but they leave her later condition unknown. The case file may include medical records or photographs not included in the public summaries.
The reported facts also describe the home life around the allegation. Police said Vega and his wife had been married for six years and had lived together for the past two years. The address was described as a residence on Misty Drive in Waco, a city in Central Texas. The dispute, as described by police, began inside a bedroom and involved a household item, a shoe rack, moved from one room to another before the confrontation became physical. The affidavit does not say whether any neighbors saw or heard the dispute, whether anyone else was inside the home or whether police had responded there before.
Vega was booked into the McLennan County Jail on a charge of aggravated assault family violence. Local reporting described the charge as a second-degree felony. Jail records later did not show him as an active inmate. The reports available publicly did not state whether he had entered a plea or retained counsel. No final court finding has been reported. Prosecutors, defense counsel and the court would handle the next phase through filings and hearings that could address bond conditions, evidence, witness statements, medical records and any restrictions involving contact with the woman or the child.
The police account relies on several layers of information collected within minutes of the 911 call. Dispatchers heard the woman’s first plea for help. Officers heard Vega’s description outside. Inside, the woman described being strangled until she went limp. Officers documented injuries they said they could see. The affidavit does not resolve every point. It does not say what the child understood, how the woman’s medical evaluation ended or what evidence may be introduced in court. It presents the basis for arrest and the felony accusation now attached to Vega’s name.
The public record showed Vega had been arrested in the April 13 case and accused of aggravated assault family violence. The next update is expected from court records or a further statement from authorities.
Author note: Last updated May 7, 2026.