Serial Cat-Killer Suspect Caught in California, Linked to Multiple Feline Deaths

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

Footage shared by the Santa Ana Police Division on Wednesday allegedly reveals 45-year-old Alejandro Acosta Oliveros scooping up a cat between two vehicles in Orange County — and his arrest follows a number of experiences 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 residence.

Detectives haven’t mentioned what number of cats Oliveros allegedly killed, however they imagine the quantity is excessive. The L.A. Times reports 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 digital camera luring and snatching pets from their houses.

One disturbing submit on Nextdoor, in response to KTLA, learn, “My neighbor’s cat was killed by a person who injected it with some form of substance.” One other individual claimed their digital camera captured a person grabbing a neighborhood cat, tying its legs, and taking off with it.

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