People are strange .. .

James · #1 07-17-2002, 12:26 AM

Man arrested for burning kitten on grill

LIBERTY, Missouri (AP) --A man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly burning a kitten on a barbecue grill as several other people stood around and watched in amusement.

A witness pulled the scorched, 7-week-old tabby from the hot coals, but it was severely injured and had to be put to death, police said.

"They kept saying, `Meow, meow,' and they were poking at it with a stick," said Sherry Scott, who burned her hand grabbing the kitten.

Charles C. Benoit, 24, was charged with animal abuse, punishable by up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. He was jailed on $10,000 bail.

Jim Roberts, spokesman for the Clay County prosecutor's office, said he does not expect anyone else to be charged, because no witnesses could identify the others.

Scott said that on Friday night, she saw 10 or 12 people at the barbecue grill in the courtyard of the apartment complex where she lives. Scott said she asked what they were cooking, and they said it was a cat. She said the group taunted her, daring her to rescue the cat.

She said the group scattered when she threatened to call police. She said she pulled the kitten from where it had been shoved into the coals at the back of the grill. Its tail, whiskers, fur, eyes and throat were scorched.

"I called him Lucky because I thought I got him out of there just in time," she said.

Scott said she and other residents stayed up Friday night trying to nurse the kitten with an eye dropper of milk. But animal control officers decided that because of its respiratory injuries and inability to swallow food, it had to be destroyed.

"If you would have seen him, you would have cried," said Sheri Simpson, one of the residents who helped care for the kitten.

Peaches-n-Cream · #2 07-17-2002, 12:40 AM

How demented does one have to be to do that or to find that funny? That's cruel and disgusting.

Tink16 · #3 07-17-2002, 12:54 AM

I cannot believe what I just read.

That $5,000 fine charge was not nearly enough! How would he like if someone sat him on coals and grilled him?! Cruel, cruel, cruel. He'll get what he deserves!!

librasoul22 · #4 07-17-2002, 01:05 AM

OK, that is egregious.

He should be watched carefully because people like that have the potential to be serial killers.

Peaches-n-Cream · #5 07-17-2002, 01:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by librasoul22
OK, that is egregious.

He should be watched carefully because people like that have the potential to be serial killers.

I was thinking the same thing as in Jeffrey Dahmer.

aggieAXO · #6 07-17-2002, 01:31 AM

Last Wednesday I was presented with a chihuahua that had severe head trauma and proptosed eye. The woman that brought it in said she had been HBC (hit by car). An austin police officer came in about 5 minutes later and said that the woman's friend had taken the puppy and started banging its head on the concrete. The police were currently looking for the guy who apparently fled the seen-what is sad is people just stood and watched the incident (maybe they were afraid of the guy?). Some of the apt residents called the police. I told the officer that if he would like to bring the man into the clinic that I night I would be happy to bash his head in. The puppy made a full recovery physically but who knows mentally (yes animals can be scared by abuse). The sad part is the puppy may end up going back the original owners who apparently knows this guy. I see cruelty cases on a monthly basis-people are sick and that is why I hate the majority of mankind.

librasoul22 · #7 07-17-2002, 01:46 AM

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Originally posted by Cream

I was thinking the same thing as in Jeffrey Dahmer.

The psychopathic triad also known as the formula for serial killers is:

1. bed-wetting
2. fire-starting
3. cruelty to animals

Not saying that everyone who does any of these things is on the path to serial killer-dom, lol, but MOST serial killers exhibit these behaviors in childhood and beyond. Cruelty to animals is the most prominent one, because it fulfills their need for control. When animals become tiresome, they move on...

To me, there are few things worse than cruelty to animals. They are often harmless. It takes a special breed of "human" to do stuff like that.

James · #8 07-17-2002, 01:51 AM

For those of you panicing about maybe having kicked your dog for barking too much, the cruelty in question is more like animal torture.

Quote:

Originally posted by librasoul22

The psychopathic triad also known as the formula for serial killers is:

1. bed-wetting
2. fire-starting
3. cruelty to animals

Not saying that everyone who does any of these things is on the path to serial killer-dom, lol, but MOST serial killers exhibit these behaviors in childhood and beyond. Cruelty to animals is the most prominent one, because it fulfills their need for control. When animals become tiresome, they move on...

To me, there are few things worse than cruelty to animals. They are often harmless. It takes a special breed of "human" to do stuff like that.

Peaches-n-Cream · #9 07-17-2002, 01:52 AM

Uh oh, I used to do one of those three.

I'm not a serial killer though.

James · #10 07-17-2002, 01:54 AM

Its all three . . . torturing small animals, bed wetting and fire starting (playing with matches etc)

Quote:

Originally posted by Cream
Uh oh, I used to do one of those three. I'm not a serial killer though.

Peaches-n-Cream · #11 07-17-2002, 02:06 AM

Phew! What a relief!

moe.ron · #12 07-17-2002, 08:00 AM

Hey James,

How do we know you are not a serial killer?

AOX81 · #13 07-17-2002, 08:05 AM

People are just f*cking sick! Definitely serial killer material...

SigmaChiCard · #14 07-17-2002, 08:17 AM

My neighbor and I once found one of his cats nailed to a tree by a single nail through its forehead...we've also found them shot. A neighbor of ours thought it was funny and no big loss since they had a lot of cats. Crazy F#(&er

EagleChick19 · #15 07-17-2002, 08:43 AM

I'm scared that we are going to see this guy in the court system b/c he thinks that torturing cats/kittens are cool!!!