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Shad family cat killed in May; Miss Prissy makes pair laugh after tragedy In mid-May, when Tom and Mary Lou Shad found their cat, Miss Kitty, dead outside their house in Whispering Pines, Fla., they were horrified. We thought perhaps it was dogs or wild animals that had killed her,Tom tells PEOPLE Pets. The couple soon learned otherwise, from police and neighbors, of the other gruesome cat mutilations that had upset a very peaceful neighborhood,says Tom. On June 14, accused cat butcher Tyler Weinman, 18, was charged with 19 counts of animal cruelty and improperly disposing of an animal body....

MIAMI (AP) -- A teenager was arrested early Sunday and accused of committing a string of gruesome cat mutilation deaths that had horrified residents of his Miami area community, authorities said. .... Some of the dead cats were missing fur and appeared to have been cut with a sharp, straight instrument, police said. .... Tyler Weinman, 18, was taken into custody early Sunday at a party, police said. Weinman was charged with 19 counts of animal cruelty, 19 counts of improperly disposing of an animal body and four counts of burglary.