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Officials say \u2018not a top priority\u2019\nDecember 9, 2016<\/p>\n
Officials say \u2018not a top priority\u2019
\nDecember 9, 2016<\/p>\n
A serial cat killer is suspected to be roaming the streets of Spokane, Washington. Since August, when local resident Wesley O\u2019Dell found the first tortured kitten tied, taped, strangled and killed, the Spokane County Regional Animal Protection (SCRAPS) and local police have seemingly taken little interest. According to KhqNews,\u00a0<\/a>O\u2019Dell, an animal advocate, was shocked when he noticed flies buzzing over a pair of shorts and pieces of cable wire lying in the street:<\/p>\n \u201cTo come across something like this less than a block and a half away from our house it\u2019s just wrong,\u201d O\u2019Dell stated. It wound up being a little kitten about that big, just wrapped up in phone cords and chargers. It was wrapped so tightly its paw was up along its face and the jaw was ripped down. It\u2019s just disgusting. It makes me sick to my stomach that somebody would do something like that.\u201d<\/p>\n O\u2019Dell was never interviewed nor was the kitten\u2019s body ever examined to determine the exact cause of death. And as tragic as that incident was, the animal cruelty to kittens didn\u2019t stop there. When a second kitten was found in Spokane that had been strangled to death with a USB cord and wrapped in a sweatshirt, animal advocate and Hollywood celebrity,\u00a0Sia Barbi asked Guardians of Rescue to find the kitten killer since Spokane officials told Wesley, \u201cnot a high priority\u201d and turned him away. <\/span>\u00a0A $2,500 reward was soon offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible. Both acts of the heinous cruelty appeared to be related.<\/p>\n After an exhaustive investigation, Guardians of Rescue<\/a> were able to procure evidence as to the owner of the sweatshirt, audio proof allegedly linked to a suspect involved in the kitten killings and how the suspect may have used Craigslist or traps to find his tiny victims. And as December rolls in, advocates \u00a0believe at least 19 kittens may have since been tortured and killed in unfathomable cruelty. According to advocates, no investigation is underway.<\/p>\n Never doubt how cat-loving advocates won\u2019t go that extra mile to investigate and find a serial cat killer. In 2014, a crew of online sleuths joined by\u00a0Hollywood, Sia Barbi, one of the sister models who gained fame in 1991 after posing in Playboy<\/em>, had been receiving e-mails directing her to\u00a0the egregious world of serial kitten killer turned murderer. Sia and Shane had successfully lobbied for the Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act, a bill to ban sexual deviant videos known for women wearing high heels crushing small animals.<\/p>\n