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August 25, 2009 6:30 AM

Courtroom "Cat-astrophe": 100 Witness Could be Called in Kitty Killer Case

(AP/El Nuevo Herald)
MIAMI - An attorney representing a South Florida teenager accused of killing more than a dozen cats says he expects a massive case that might involve more than 100 witnesses.

Tyler Hayes Weinman's attorney, David Macey, says the teenager's family is already struggling to pay his legal bills.

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July 6, 2009 5:55 PM

Miami Police Call Accused Kitty Killer A Sociopath

(AP/El Nuevo Herald)
MIAMI, Fla. - Accused Cat Killer Tyler Weinman became "excited and animated" when discussing obtaining cats for dissection from Mexico, according to his affidavit released today in which investigators call him a sociopath.

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June 17, 2009 3:40 PM

Breaking: Alleged Kitty Killer's Father Speaks Out

Video Courtesy Of Affiliate CBS4 Miami

MIAMI - The father and stepmother of the teenager accused of killing more than a dozen cats in South Florida spoke today as the couple walked outside the courthouse.

CBS4 Miami had the cameras rolling while Tyler Hayes Weinman’s father told television reporters that he was confident his son wasn't involved in the cat deaths.

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June 17, 2009 12:11 PM

Alleged Kitty Killer Makes Bail

(AP Photo/Miami-Dade Corrections)
MIAMI - A Miami judge has released the teenager accused of killing more than a dozen cats in two suburban Miami communities from jail.

Tyler Hayes Weinman had already posted bond before Wednesday's hearing, but the judge would not release him until the 18-year-old's psychiatric evaluation could be reviewed.

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June 15, 2009 8:30 AM

Cat's In The Bag; Kitty Killer Caught, Say Police

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MIAMI - Cats can sleep a little bit easier in the sunshine state. The man behind the mysterious cat killings that horrified pet owners and disturbed residents of two South Florida communities has been caught, say police, and he was living right next door to many of his victims.

18-year-old Tyler Hayes Weinman, whose divorced parents live in the neighborhoods where many of the cats were killed, was charged Sunday with 19 counts each of animal cruelty and improperly disposing of an animal body.

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June 10, 2009 10:10 AM

Kitty Serial Killer? 20 Fla. Cats Murdered In A Month

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MIAMI - Is there a kitty serial killer on the loose in Florida?

Horrified owners have been finding their cats killed and mutilated for the past month in two south Miami-Dade County communities. Many of the cats were missing fur and appeared to have been cut with a sharp, straight instrument, police said. In all, investigators are looking into about two dozen deaths, with enough evidence to try to prosecute at least 15 of the cases.

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