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Online postings lead police to cat-killer suspect
Miami Herald ^

Posted on 06/15/2009 12:45:39 AM PDT by Chet 99

The teenager accused of mutilating more than a dozen cats in South Miami-Dade was not the reserved yet rabid killer some expected. He was a dog-loving class clown, a swim class instructor, an 18-year-old who grew up before the eyes of the four-legged victims' families.

He appeared to be appalled by the horrific killings, and joined the Facebook group ``Catch the Cat Killer!''

Police said they were not fooled. They said Tyler Hayes Weinman's social networking led them to him. Sunday, Weinman was arrested in connection with 19 gruesome cat-killings.

The former Miami Palmetto Senior High School student split his time between divorced parents who lived in Palmetto Bay and Cutler Bay, the communities where the killings took place. Police, working with tips gathered from the community and reading his Facebook and MySpace pages, kept Weinman under surveillance for weeks.

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1 posted on 06/15/2009 12:45:39 AM PDT by Chet 99
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The boy’s mother, Alba Weinman, appeared at a “Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce” meeting... Link, with photo...

http://216.178.159.17/photo_gallery/photos.asp?event_id=45


2 posted on 06/15/2009 12:47:36 AM PDT by Chet 99
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And...your point is?!

Lots of people go to these events who aren’t gay or lesbian. They go because they do business with people who are of that sexual persuasion.

I’m involved in a commercial field involving fine arts. I interact with homosexuals all the time. It doesn’t mean I’m a lesbian, support their political aims, or have abandonned my life-long devotion to conservatism.


3 posted on 06/15/2009 12:55:36 AM PDT by SatinDoll (NO Foreign Nationals as our President!!)
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To: Chet 99

Most serial killers tend to kill and mutilate cats and dogs in their teen years. Hopefully we have staved this one off.


4 posted on 06/15/2009 12:57:14 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Chet 99

This story smells, sniff sniff.


5 posted on 06/15/2009 1:00:47 AM PDT by allmost
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To: SatinDoll

The kid might have some “issues” if his folks split up so mom could pursue the fairer sex.


6 posted on 06/15/2009 1:10:28 AM PDT by Chet 99
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I know that it might seem a stretch for some, but whoever did these horrible things, seems as though they could be another Ted Bundy in the making. I remember reading that at the time the Bundy murders were going on, Ted was expressing alarm and concern for the safety of his female friends. When he was arrested people who knew him were sure that the police had made an awful mistake.

As for this kid, what type of person, if innocent, would smirk while being booked for 19 felonies? As a cat lover,I hope that if he is in fact guilty, they lock him up for a long time.


7 posted on 06/15/2009 1:15:33 AM PDT by Mila
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To: Chet 99
His Myspace Page.
8 posted on 06/15/2009 1:18:23 AM PDT by Dallas59 ("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
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To: Chet 99
pyromaniacs sometimes start this way, with animal mutuations... keep an eye out for this in the future -
9 posted on 06/15/2009 1:19:38 AM PDT by poetknowit
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To: Mila

Cat murders must be felinies.


10 posted on 06/15/2009 1:19:38 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (In only 19 weeks, 0 has enabled us to agree with the Taliban [his empty speechifying] - Iron Munro)
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To: Chet 99
pyromaniacs sometimes start this way, with animal mutuations... keep an eye out for this in the future -
11 posted on 06/15/2009 1:20:06 AM PDT by poetknowit
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Could also be some sort of occultism connection.


12 posted on 06/15/2009 1:21:12 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (In only 19 weeks, 0 has enabled us to agree with the Taliban [his empty speechifying] - Iron Munro)
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To: BunnySlippers

Unfortunately, it’s unlikely that anything has changed except that the kid is now on the local police radar. If he’s headed in the direction of a mass murderer, he’ll likely resume at first chance...


13 posted on 06/15/2009 1:22:18 AM PDT by trailboss800
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Very well done! You’re quite sharp for this hour of the morning, wish I could make the same claim :)


14 posted on 06/15/2009 1:48:24 AM PDT by Mila
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To: Chet 99

My poor kitty is dying right now, and I’m of the opinion that there is a special place in Hell for people who torture and kill animals.


15 posted on 06/15/2009 1:52:41 AM PDT by MarineMomJ (If you're walking on thin ice, you might as well dance!)
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To: Chet 99
That "Natahsa" Perez looks more like "Boris" Perez.

Glad they stopped this kid, thats one less crazy bastard roaming the streets of Miami.

16 posted on 06/15/2009 2:11:53 AM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: Chet 99

He’s a sick POS.


17 posted on 06/15/2009 2:18:05 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: Chet 99

The long paw of the law nailed him, I guess.

Want to bet that the cops embedded some kind of tracking device in a neighborhood cat?


18 posted on 06/15/2009 2:20:42 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (In only 19 weeks, 0 has enabled us to agree with the Taliban [his empty speechifying] - Iron Munro)
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To: Chet 99

I guess his parents are real proud with his stupid mug
on Drudge.
Good for Drudge to post it.


19 posted on 06/15/2009 2:44:43 AM PDT by AlexW (Now in the Philippines . Happy not to be back in the USA for now.)
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To: Chet 99
Wasn't there a sick cartoon book out a while back about what to do with dead cats? Yes, those who do nasty things to animals at a young age are inclined to do nasty things to humans in their later years... this is NOT a joke...
20 posted on 06/15/2009 4:21:51 AM PDT by rusureitflies? (OSAMA BIN LADEN IS DEAD! There, I said it. Prove me wrong.)
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