David Lee Edwards

Broke into an Animal Shelter, then tortured and killed a cat, kidnapped several other cats

Walnut Creek, CA

Feb. 1994

Broke into the Hayward Animal Shelter in February 1994, Edward's tortured and killed a cat on the premises, then took that cat's remains and several live cats. He also held a gun to the head of a witness and threatened to kill her. He further threatened to kill the entire family of a 15-year-old whom he was molesting.

Edward's, plea-bargained for no jail time and in November 1995 was placed on probation and ordered to attend weekly therapy.

Almost 2 years later, when Edward's went to trial for a subsequent shoplifting arrest, the Alameda County Probation Office discovered that he had missed half of his therapy appointments and had not seen a therapist for 3 months. A probation revocation hearing was scheduled for May 26, and continued to September 1998.

Reference:

Animal People

Voices for Pets