KENS 5 reported the allegation Sunday, but several key details about the case were not available in independently accessible records.
SAN ANTONIO, TX — A woman is accused in a serious assault that left her boyfriend with a severed thumb, according to a report published Sunday by KENS 5.
The San Antonio television station described the case as a brutal assault involving a woman and her boyfriend. The reported loss of the man’s thumb was the most serious injury identified in publicly searchable material connected with the report. Additional circumstances surrounding the alleged attack could not immediately be independently confirmed.
The available report did not provide enough independently accessible information to confirm the woman’s name, the boyfriend’s identity, the precise location or date of the alleged assault, or how the injury occurred. Those details are being withheld here rather than inferred from incomplete information.
It also was not immediately clear what criminal charge or charges the woman faces, whether she had been booked into custody or whether a judge had set bond. No independently accessible arrest affidavit or court filing tied to the report was located during a review of available sources Sunday.
The relationship between the accused woman and the injured man was described by KENS 5 as that of a woman and her boyfriend. Authorities had not released, in material that could be independently reviewed, additional information about what allegedly led to the confrontation.
Because the case involves an accusation, the allegation does not establish guilt. Criminal charges, when filed, are allegations that must be proven in court. Details from an arrest affidavit can also represent investigators’ account of an incident rather than findings established at trial.
The extent of the boyfriend’s medical treatment, including whether doctors attempted or were able to reattach the thumb, could not be independently confirmed from the material available Sunday. No further confirmed information about other possible injuries was available.
KENS 5 published both a written report and a video report about the case on Sept. 20. The station’s indexed material confirmed the central allegation involving the woman and her boyfriend’s severed thumb, but the underlying pages did not expose enough additional information for independent verification of the broader circumstances.
Further details, including the suspect’s identity, formal charges and the status of the case, remain unconfirmed pending accessible law enforcement or court records.
Author note: Last updated September 20, 2026.