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Kittens crushed to death Millsboro, DE (US)Incident Date: Friday, Apr 6, 2012 County: Sussex
Charges: Felony CTA Disposition: Alleged
Alleged: Ashley Barnes
Case Updates: 1 update(s) available
A Delaware kitten-killer is on the run after crushing three defenseless two-week-old pets to death with her bare hands.
The woman, Ashley Barnes, 21, is accused of stealing a friends prescription medication and then ripping apart her kittens in a drug induced frenzy.
One of the kittens was reported to have had its intestines hanging out when the owner discovered the grizzly scene and all three were rushed to a local veterinarians.
Unfortunately on the way there one of the kittens died and the other two had to be euthanized on arrival according to Case UpdatesOfficials say a woman accused of fatally crushing three kittens is in police custody.
The Delaware Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says 21-year-old Ashley Barnes of Florida was arrested early Wednesday by Wilmington police. She is being held on $3,000 secured bond on three charges of animal cruelty.
Barnes was arrested on April 17 and released on unsecured bond. A warrant was issued for her after she failed to appear for a preliminary hearing on April 25.
SPCA investigator Amy Nicholson said the incident happened on April 6 while Barnes was staying with friends in Millsboro, and that Barnes may have been under the influence of drugs at the time.
Nicholson says Barnes had been staying in Delaware for only about five weeks. | Source: Palm Beach Post Update posted on May 11, 2012 - 6:19PM |
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