GUILTY TX - Austin Patterson & Jordan Mitchell for torturing cats, Universal City, 2007

[Rayemonde]

June 2010:

The son of a former Randolph AFB colonel was ordered to serve eight years in prison Thursday after a daylong sentencing hearing in which he admitted to the mutilation of three cats he got from Craigslist ads.

Austin George Patterson, 21, cried frequently as family members described mental issues that started in his teens and begged state District Judge Sid Harle to give him probation...

Patterson said Thursday that he had fallen into deep depression because of bipolar disorder and was obsessed with “all things horror.” He described in a soft-spoken voice two other killings, one in which he tied a cat to a tree and burned it alive.

“The irony of all this is that I'm an animal lover, and that includes cats,” he said.

http://m.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Cat-killer-gets-8-year-sentence-779964.php

:boohoo: I sure hope he doesn't love children, too!

 

[Rayemonde]

June 2010:

Jordan Scott Mitchell, 24, pleaded no contest to three counts of animal cruelty in February for the torture and death of three gray tabbies that were found duct taped to a piece of plywood near the Cibolo Creek Trails. Two had slit throats and another had been disemboweled...

Mitchell told police he stood by as Patterson coaxed the felines from families who posted ads on Craigslist seeking new homes for their pets, and he accompanied Patterson to Home Depot as they purchased plywood and nails. While Mitchell didn't participate in the mutilation or killings, he did help duct tape the animals and knew what Patterson was about to do to them, Mitchell said...

Defense attorney Brandon Hudson cited testimony from two psychologists who said Mitchell was a follower and didn't appear to show sociopathic tendencies...

Mitchell will have to serve at least half of the sentence before being eligible for parole.

http://m.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Cat-torture-case-results-in-3-year-sentence-785863.php

 

[Rayemonde]

November 2011 court opinion:

These three consolidated appeals arise from judgments of conviction and sentences for the offenses of cruelty to nonlivestock animals. Austin George Patterson and Jordan Mitchell each pled guilty to three counts of cruelty to nonlivestock animals and were sentenced to three years' imprisonment...

http://www.leagle.com/decision/In TXCO 20110824931/PATTERSON v. STATE

Animal abuser Austin Patterson managed to get his sentence reduced to 3 years

 

[Rayemonde]

One of the cats who was tortured to death after being given away on Craigslist freeads:

http://www.bellaonline.com/ArticlesP/art53072.asp

The judge said Austin Patterson was manipulative and managed to convince the families that he would give their cats a good home.

 

[Rayemonde]

Jordan Scott Mitchell


Austin Patterson