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Case #12703 Rating: 3.2 out of 5
Cat found dead, throat slashed
Olathe, KS (US)Incident Date: Saturday, Jun 30, 2007
County: Johnson
Charges: Felony CTA
Disposition: Convicted
Defendant/Suspect: Michael Vincent Keltner
According to The Kansas City Star, a 20-year-old Olathe man accused of killing a woman's cat pleaded guilty on Nov 20, 2007 to felony animal cruelty.
Michael Vincent Keltner will be sentenced Jan. 22. In return for his guilty plea, prosecutors agreed to drop a misdemeanor telephone harassment charge. Keltner will have to serve at least 30 days in jail. He remains on house arrest.
An Overland Park woman reported in July that Keltner broke into and tore up her apartment, threatened her over the phone and killed her cat.
The woman had recently split from her husband, who was serving in the military in South Korea, police said. Keltner, a friend of the husband, went to her apartment in the 10400 block of Conser Street to retrieve some of the husband's belongings.
The woman reported finding threatening phone messages, allegedly from Keltner.
The next day, she checked a trash bin to see if some of her belongings had been thrown out. She found her yellow and white cat dead, its throat slashed. References
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