Posted on 10/20/2006 8:08:11 PM PDT by COEXERJ145
A pair of college students have been arrested in connection with the brutal slaying of a young horse. Blinn student Kenneth Peterson, 21, is charged with cruelty to animals and criminal mischief. Those same charges have been filed against Texas A&M student Walter Williams Jr., 20.
According to police, Peterson and Williams went for a walk in the woods near Wellborn Rd. armed with a polo mallet and golf club. A witness told police the two men climbed a couple of fences before chasing the horse out of view. He said Williams later returned and announced that Peterson had killed a horse.
The witness said he and Williams found the collapsed horse bleeding profusely from the neck. Williams then allegedly stabbed the horse in the chest with a broken golf club to,"...put him out of his misery."
Authorities said the break in the case came when the apartment manager called police to report a large amount of blood in the apartment where the men were staying. Peterson and Williams are being held without bond.
Rotting in h*ll sounds good to me, much better than one year in jail and $4000.
Get them both off the streets.........either kill them or put them away for life. These demons don't need to be among human beings. They're lost already.
The community is seriously ticked over this and our DA (even though he is a Democrat) isn't known for being soft on criminals.
Was the animal owned by anyone?
http://www.theeagle.com/stories/102006/local_20061020007.php
I should have posted this article instead. It has much more detail.
FGS, I've heard of animal cruelty but this is TERRIBLE.
It wasn't that long ago in Texas that this would be a hanging offense.
Apparently there were arrests made in some sort of "horse" slaying.
I hope they both get long prison sentences. It will be well deserved.
There's only one punishment that fits this crime. It's not hanging. It does involve a polo mallet, and a broken golf club, however.
Thanks, I'm very glad to hear that. These guys are seriously sick and need to be locked away for the safety of the rest of the country.
Thanks for the update. I hope additional charges can be brought against these two morons, as one year is not nearly enough of a sentence for such a horrific act.
A YEAR. Coex, that's just not enough. Life maybe! or at least 25 years.
Spot on.
Sad ping.
Ugh... Vermin.
Here I am, checking up on Barbaro.
Now I read this. What is wrong with some people?
Oh well.
On to good news-Barbaro had a good night last night.
He had a short walk outside yesterday. We had very strong wind in the area and B started acting up and Matz had to cut the walk short. :-)
Motley, thanks for the ping.
BTW, thanks for the Barbaro updates you post. I always read them :)
I don't really have a Barbaro ping list, just several people I know are interested. Would be happy to ping you if you'd like.
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