[gatagato]

Serial cat killer sentenced to 16 YEARS in prison for murdering 21 felines and sexually abusing a dead one

• Robert Roy Farmer, 25, was sentenced Friday in Santa Clara, California
• Will serve 16 years for killing 21 cats in month-long 2015 slaying spree
• But Farmer will not have to register as a sex offender after his release
• His lawyer denied there was a sexual motive in the crime, as prosecutors said

A man who killed 21 cats and sexually abused a dead one has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.
Robert Roy Farmer, 25, was sentenced on Friday in Santa Clara, California, where a judge gave him double credit for 21 months already served. He will not have to register as a sex offender once released.
Before the sentencing, Farmer's attorney Wesley Schroeder read aloud a letter to the court written by his client.
'It feels like another man committed these crimes, but I know it was me,' the letter said, according to the San Jose Mercury News.
'I stole a member of their family. The fact that I was out of my mind was no excuse,' the letter went on.

Farmer, the son of a retired San Jose Police captain, was arrested October 8, 2015 after a month-long killing spree.
His lawyer has said that he was on methamphetamine at the time of the crimes.

Cops found him in a Home Depot parking lot, sleeping in his car with a dead cat curled up in the center console.
In his car, police found chunks of fur, blood, fur-covered gloves, a hunting knife and the collars of other cats.
A San Jose Animal Care and Services necropsy report determined the orange female tabby cat found dead in his car of blunt force trauma had dilated genitals.
The report also showed that a DNA match between Farmer and the cat was found under its claws. DNA tests linked Farmer to all 21 cats that were killed.
Farmer's attorney, Wesley Schroeder, argued that there was no evidence of a sexual motive, saying in an email to NBC that the '(tuolidine blue) test designed to highlight abrasions or subtle trauma from sexual assault failed to show any evidence of even the most minuscule trauma.'

Investigators said Farmer rounded up the cats, that he sometimes mutilated and abused, from Cambrian Park over a two-month period.
Surveillance video captured Farmer in the act as he chased and picked up one cat named Go-Go, leading police to him, according to ABC 7.
'Farmer just took our sense of safety because he took it from our front yard,' Miriam Petrova told NBC in 2016.
Petrova's 17-year-old cat Go-Go, was one of Farmer's first victims. 'We never found Go-Go's body,' she said. Only four of the animal's bodies have been recovered.
Residents had urged the judge to sentence Farmer to life in prison, asking supporters to sign onto 'Justice for our CATZ.'
The 16 year sentence he received was the maximum sentence for his crimes.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...1-felines.html

[ltkinky]

Um... what the fuck did I just read?

[commondenom]

good.....fucking sick piece of shit

[Steve]

Fuck yea, I am so tired of animal abusers getting off with shitty fines and no prison time, I think the maximum here is six months.

If you can do that to animals then what or who is next, we all know how serial killers start out.

Bastard deserves everything that will happen to him in prison the nasty piece of shit.

[kellyhound]

Finally a good prison sentence for a weird creepy animal abuser.
Video of him luring the 17 year old cat http://abc7news.com/pets/sj-woman-sa...-yard/1008752/

[Bletch]

Animal abuser. Among the lowest scum on earth. I sure hope he gets really ass raped in prison

[commondenom]

Originally Posted by kellyhound ↗

Finally a good prison sentence for a weird creepy animal abuser.
Video of him luring the 17 year old cat http://abc7news.com/pets/sj-woman-sa...-yard/1008752/

reported for animal abuse

[Sibella]

Ugh...what a disgusting piece of shit. I hope he does the full setenced and then dies right before he's release.

[Zambini]

Animal abuse is where many serial killers start I think I heard

[CrunchyCripple]

Originally Posted by Zambini ↗

Animal abuse is where many serial killers start I think I heard

I've actually read that there is "No proven correlation" of animal killing leading to serial killing.

Their logic was that there are many serial killers who didn't kill animals starting out and that there are many people who kill animals and don't go on to killing humans.

I personally think that someone who has a need to kill animals to pacify some urge, is a dangerous individual.