Yours isn't the first time I've seen or heard that happen. Sorry for your loss.
The 4 wires that are the coils inside the cartridge have been severed and must be resoldered to the 4 pins to bring it back, if the wires only broke at that one location.
Did you remove the cartridge with a die grinder? Odd marks on the left side of that headshell.
Sorry for your loss.
You JUST got it? Did it ever play. That back plate just doesn't look right.
And BTW, They shear off from the back of the capsule in one piece. I have never seen one splinter like this. And the white thing in the 2nd picture. Just not right.
I have to believe you. But hard to believe from the picture
I have no doubts as to the veracity of your statements. Just doesn't look right. I saw the crystalized super glue. But the wires have no slack at all. So what was actually glued? And what is with that white plate?