A 35-year-old Texas man was arrested after allegedly pouring scalding-hot soup on his 65-year-old girlfriend, causing severe third-degree burns because she was “talking too much,” he claimed.

WACO, Texas. (KWTX/Gray News) - A 35-year-old man in Texas was arrested after allegedly intentionally spilling hot soup on his girlfriend, causing third-degree burns, according to authorities.

The most severe are third-degree burns. Also known as full-thickness burns, these occur when both the epidermis and dermis have been destroyed.

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WACO, Texas. (KWTX/Gray News) - A 35-year-old man in Texas was arrested after allegedly intentionally spilling hot soup on his girlfriend, causing third-degree burns, according to authorities.