A grisly and bizarre animal crueltycase
has come to a close in San Jose, with a serial cat
killer sentenced to 16 years in jail. Police say Robert Farmer
killed at least 16 cats after stealing and torturing them in 2015. Prosecutors
also alleged that he sexually abused at least one of the cats, but the
26-year-old avoided having to register as a sex offender, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. He had pleaded
guilty to 21 counts of animal cruelty prior
to sentencing. Pet owners celebrated the maximum sentence, though Farmer's
attorney says he could be released in about 4 years.
“It’s so hard to grasp I did this,” Farmer wrote in a letter read
by his attorney in court, per the Mercury
News. "It feels like another man committed these
crimes, but I know it was me.”
Neighbors in the Cambrian Park community began
sharing stories when their cats started disappearing without a trace. Most of
the time, the bodies would turn up discarded in dumpsters or elsewhere. Farmer
was arrested after being captured on a pet owner's surveillance camera
snatching the family's 17-year-old pet from the property.
(Source: Newser.com)
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