Klamath Falls, Ore. — No answers in the search for whoever committed heinous crimes against a number of animals.
Police made the gruesome discovery months ago and as they search for clues, they’re concerned whoever killed these animals could kill again.
Rob Patridge, Klamath County district attorney says, “somebody is out there, that’s sick and twisted.”
Sick and twisted, crime scene photos far too graphic to show on television, domestic animals killed in a manner Klamath County animal control officers had simply never seen before.
“Several animals, some had been skinned out, decapitated, for whatever reason we’re not sure still says animal control worker, Gale McMahon.
The mutilated animals were left along public areas, even along the A Canal, both inside and outside Klamath Falls city limits, between June of last year and February of this year.
Patridge, “It’s a very twisted and sick thing, when people take these innocent animals and skin them out and leave them there”.
This is the public walkway where one of the animal’s remains were found, an act so disturbing that it shocked the Klamath Falls community as well as animal abuse experts, who say there’s a strong correlation between those who are cruel to animals and those who are cruel to human beings.
“My heart just sinks when I hear things like that, Michael Kaibel raises awareness about animal cruelty and domestic violence with the Klamath Falls chapter of Hands and Words are not for Hurting, he says acts of animal cruelty, no matter how extreme, often stem from a common cause.
“It could be from abuse, it could be from neglect, it could be copying behavior that they see, it could be cruelty to animals going on in the home”, states Kaibel
And crimes of this magnitude dont go unnoticed by even the highest levels of law enforcement, in September the FBI started considering animal abuse a class A offense.
McMahon tells us, “There is a direct correlation between child abuse and animal abuse, the FBI is now requiring all agencies to report all animal cruelty acts, and with the mutilations still unsolved, the possibility of even more violence remains, making this case a top priority for Klamath Falls’ authorities.
“Psychologically it’s disturbing, you’ve seen it around the country, where people have come forward and been serial killers done other really heinous crimes, because, you’ve got to have something wrong with you, says Patridge.
And while investigators indicate theyre moving closer to identifying a suspect, uncertainty remains, is this some sort of twisted cry for help or the beginning of more terrible acts to come
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