Dad accused of forcing girl to kill pet cat

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http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/13/cat.st...g.ap/index.html

"MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) -- A man was jailed Thursday on charges that he forced his 7-year-old daughter to kill the family cat by holding a knife in her hand and making her stab the pet.

Danield J. Collins, 39, told his children during a visit to his home Sunday that he wanted them to "learn how to kill" and gave his 11-year-old son a knife to do it, according to an affidavit filed in the case.

The boy tried to save the cat by hiding it under a sofa bed and putting ketchup on a knife when Collins went to the bathroom. But when the father realized that the cat was not dead, he forced his daughter to hold the knife and then held her hand tightly as he drove the knife into the animal, Muncie police Detective Jami Brown said.

Police said Collins stabbed and strangled the cat himself, and told his son to throw the dead pet in the trash. Officers retrieved the carcass to be used as evidence.

The children told family members about the incident Monday, the day after the alleged killing, according to the affidavit. The children told police that their father was drunk when they arrived at his home and that he's a different person when he's sober, it said."

[Donna A 4]

sick just sick

[LuzyC 0]

OMG!

That is insane!!

[Nagishkaw 510]

Life without parole!

[Mags 112]

Sick **. I'll cut his balls off.

[almaty 19]

sick #######...

[Ban Hammer 12,880]

#######?

[Sinergy 3]

poor kitty

[Amanda-Lise 0]

Those poor children must be so very traumatized now Poor kids. Poor cat. Just sad sad sad all around

[LoriLawless 0]

Poor cat, and kids

####### is wrong with people!?

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

Hmmm... Evil Castrating Mod With Cute Accent™ (Harm The Felines and Off With the Balls!)

Sick **. I'll cut his balls off.

[Alex+R 0]

Oh great, I stop by VJ for a 5-minute break and now I'm in tears.

[rebeccajo 14]

Oh great, I stop by VJ for a 5-minute break and now I'm in tears.

Awww. I'm sorry.

I read this the morning and felt the same way. I can't imagine what kind of duma$$ would do that to a cat, much less make his children participate.

[sara535 15]

thats a fukcing hideous story.

[Heracles 417]

Corporal punishment is the only way to solve these sort of problems. Send him to a Singaporean prison and he will come a new man.