How could this go on?

Hey cobrateacher! I had just gotten off the phone with a very close friend of mine who had heard the story on the news! When she told it to me in more detail I was sick! That miserable kid should be skinned alive just like he did to these poor cats! I wish they would skin him and mutilate him the way he tortured these poor animals! I believe in an eye for an eye and even more so when defenseless animals are harmed! And this phuck is going for the insanity plea! No phucking way should he be allowed to get off that easily! Yes, he is insane, but no we shouldn't accept the plea! Torture his phucking azz! I'm so sorry for my vulgarity and rant, but I am a cat person who will not ever rest until someone like this is punished the way they should be! I really am sorry Joanne, but I am crying for those sweet cats that he killed in such a horrific way! Please forgive me, Leslie

Hello cobrateacher, hope you are doing fine. This is my first time reading this news and thanks for sharing. Boy...either that he is really insane, or he is just using that as an alibi for someone (perhaps a lawyer?) has advised him on how to cover his deeds. I think that's so sick; to kill animals whom are harmless and do not have anything done to him. Curious though about his upbringing like are his parents nice people or like him too and all that. This is really sick; I really hate animals being tortured and killed. My heart goes out to all those pet owners whom are super depressed with the loss of their pets.

How sick and how sad. Guess the police wanted to be 100% sure they had the right person. Will he get more than a slap on the hand? Hopefully he serves some jail time since this is so pitiful. Feel bad for the cat owners. This is the way Jeffrey Dahmer began his distorted life of killing.

How sick someone has to be to act as a serial cat killer? I was reading the news several times, sad news about very brutal killing. This kid needs to be separate from society, before he kills more animals or people. Yes, very good question about police actions, they should not wait.... And how sick smoeone could be to place evidence on Facebook or Myspace...?

Whoa! That guy's sick. Is he crazy killing 36 cats like that. His parents should've realized something was wrong with this guy and should've put him in a mental rehab clinic or something.

I am a cat lover...and my first response was repulsion and anger. But since I know the psychology of this type of behavior...and realize that this boy is suffering and screaming for help with his actions...my heart is broken for him as well. And hopefully he will get the help he needs if it is not already to late.

I am sorry for everyone's loss, not just of the horribly tortured cats, but the loss of a sense of safety and the horror. We saw the article in the paper. Maybe the police were trying to link him and trying to get money to follow him. I don't know. Yes, strange how he was sane enough to participate in the searches. Often serial killers do participate in searches, they want to know how close the police are and to try to tamper with evidence to get other people set up to take the blame. Also they like to hear and see more about their own crime. Yes, setting himself up for an insanity plea, most likely.

freak!being that i m not that into a cat as my own child,probably coz i have raised them, but cats are adorable!! when try to stand upfront you as we human stands, look into your eyes like an innocent kid, how you can be that tough enough to hurt one bit of them!Things happen here in China as well. Fashinable ladies treaded on cats with their high heels, not a bit of match with their adorable appearance!

This is so sad!! I saw something about that in today's paper but I didn't read it. I feel so sorry for the cats and their owners. What puzzles me is why this boy would want to take part in the hunt for the serial killer when he's the killer himself. He must have been really sick. I'm just glad he was caught at least. Did the humane society have anything to say about this? Kathy.

It is our justice system. Unless they have without a doubt and evidence that this person was the culprit they can not do a thing. Too many people have been let loose who actually did the dirty deeds because of stupid loopholes or lawyers better than the ones on the side of the innocent. This is the system. Good, bad or indifferent, it is the only system we have - the unfortunate thing is that if we did not have the system we have - then people's rights would not be taken into consideration. It is unfortunate that these wonderful animals (cats) lives were taken from their beloved owners. I have two cats and in the past have taken in animals so that they would have a home only to later find them better places to live. Many people have tried the insanity plea. Many judges,lawyers and juries are on to them and it takes more than talking to an imagined lawyer to get an insanity plea. When my exhusband beat me up, he tried the insanity plea or the plain not in the right mind plea. It did not work. He did get placed in a program only to be shipped later after the program was over to the 'pen'. I pray for those that have losted their loved ones and the friends and families that support them in their time of need. Hopefully in this case he will be tried and sent to the best place for him. Keep us posted on this case. I am curious as to what happens. Most likely he will get a slap on the wrist, put on probation and placed in a program in which he will be made to get help.

I feel so bad for the cats and their owners. It is said that serial killers usually start with killing and torturing animals before they move onto people. I wonder how much punishment he will get for this? If and when he gets out, will be be more of a danger to society?

Oh my god, serial killer, killing cat is a sin. then those many creatures, what's wrong with him. He needs some treatment.