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64536
ST. PETERSBURG PET MUTILATIONS (05/18/1995)
ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
PKG NO TAG
5/18/1995
17:10
1:40
St. Petersburg, Florida Linda Decker, Victim Michael Violette, Victim Carolyn Rosende, Victim Pat Stelmach, St. Petersburg Police Department Bob Barnard, Reporting
WOMAN AND REPORTER WALKING IN BACKYARD, SOTS, CLOSEUP OF DOG, WOMAN WITH REWARD POSTER, PHOTO OF CAT THAT WAS KILLED, REPORTER INTERVIEWING COP, ANIMALS IN BACKYARDS, KIDS ON STREET, BOY AND HIS DOG.
LEAD: AT LEAST FIVE CATS HAVE BEEN FOUND MUTILATED OR BEATEN TO DEATH IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS IN THE KENWOOD SECTION OF ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA. SOMEONE'S MUTILATING CATS... POISONING DOGS... AND DISMEMBERING WILDLIFE. POLICE ARE BASFFLED. BOB BARNARD HAS MORE ON THE SITUATION. SCRIPT: A DYING PLANT MARKS THE BACKYARD GRAVE WHERE LINDA DECKER BURIED HER PET CAT BLACKY LAST MONTH. SOT MICHAEL VIOLETTE'S HOUND MIX BUFFY IS ONE OF SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD DOGS POISONED IN RECENT WEEKS. SOT CAROLYN ROSENDE'S CAT SYLVESTER WAS FOUND BEATEN TO DEATH DOWN THE STREET. SHE'S OFFERING A REWARD FOR THE ARREST OF HER CAT'S KILLER. SOT NATS WITH NO SUSPECTS... COMMUNITY POLICE OFFICER PAT STELMACH SAYS EVEN WILDLIFE IS NOT SAFE. SOT NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN TALK OF THE MUTILATIONS. LEROY GILES SAYS HE DISCOVERED ONE OF THE FURRY VICTIMS. SOT NATS AS POLICE HUNT FOR THE CAT KILLER... CAROLYN ROSENDE WARNS NEIGHBORS. HER NOTICES FILLING MAILBOXES. FEARFUL FELLOW PET OWNERS FORCED TO KEEP A TIGHT LEASH ON THEIR FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS.
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