Serial Cat-Killer Suspect Caught in California, Linked to A number of Feline Deaths

A suspected serial cat killer was busted in Southern California this week for animal cruelty after he was caught on video attempting to seize a cat, cops say.

Footage shared by the Santa Ana Police Division on Wednesday allegedly exhibits 45-year-old Alejandro Acosta Oliveros scooping up a cat between two automobiles in Orange County — and his arrest follows a number of stories of cats being abused and killed.

Cops say Oliveros was positively ID’d by a number of victims and witnesses, and he was charged after officers discovered proof of the crimes at his Santa Ana dwelling.

Detectives haven’t stated what number of cats Oliveros allegedly killed, however they imagine the quantity is excessive. The L.A. Occasions stories greater than a dozen cats have been harmed.

Orange County locals have been posting for weeks about lacking cats, warning others a few cat-napper caught on digicam luring and snatching pets from their properties.

One disturbing put up on Nextdoor, in response to KTLA, learn, “My neighbor’s cat was killed by a man who injected it with some sort of substance.” One other particular person claimed their digicam captured a person grabbing a neighborhood cat, tying its legs, and taking off with it.

A March 21 surveillance video additionally exhibits the second a person, believed to be Oliveros, snatched Clubber, a 10-month-old Bengal Lynx cat. Fortunately, Clubber was later returned dwelling.