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| Marta Diffen Michigan Humane Society Ariana Huemer The Humane Society of the United States Sue Owens Ecorse Police Department Michigan Police Department |
| When Sadie, a one-year old German Shepherd puppy, was let out into her back yard at 9:00 a.m. on May 9, 2001, she didn�t know that it was her last day on earth. In Detroit, Michigan, several teenage boys abducted poor Sadie and tied her to some railroad tracks and waited for a train to come. Sadie�s family searched for her all day, calling and calling, but they could not find Sadie. That night, a neighbor, who had been searching all day, found a gruesome sight on the railroad tracks. Poor Sadie�s head had been severed from her body, which was lying next to the tracks. Also next to the tracks was a piece of wood with matted dog hair on it. The neighbor gently picked Sadie up and took her home. Was Sadie beaten before she was tied to the railroad tracks? What did this poor little girl have to endure her last hours on earth? Where was she form 9:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., which was when the train came roaring through? Sadie was buried the next day in the back yard where she used to play. Allegedly, the next day, on May 10th, a local girl told Sadie�s guardian that she had heard the teenagers bragging about what they had done. When Sadie�s guardian confronted one of the boys, he admitted to her what they had done and even went so far as to describe what happened when Sadie was hit by the train. The other two boys, when confronted, were also able to describe Sadie�s death. The Michigan Humane Society�s Cruelty Investigators are working very closely with the Ecorse Police Department and the Wayne County Sheriff's department to ensure a strong investigation. They are also taking this opportunity to educate the law enforcement agencies about the very definite link between animal cruelty and violence against society. An official at the Michigan Humane Society stated, �As more people see and understand the cruelty/violence link, it is our goal that animal cruelty will be recognized for the brutal, horrific offense that it is.� Because of the boys� ages, we are is unable to obtain the boys� names. Please send correspondences in regards to this case to: Mr. Doug Baker Assistant Prosecutor Wayne County Prosecutor's Office 1441 St. Antoine Detroit, Michigan 48226 Phone: 313-224-5777 Fax: 313-224-0974 [email protected] In a wonderful heartwarming gesture, the Michigan Police Department assisted in donating a new puppy to Sadie�s guardian. They also assisted in going around to different shops to buy supplies and toys for the new puppy. Please send "thank you" letters to these wonderful officers! Wayne County Sheriff Department Executive Operations 3501 Hamtramck Dr. Detroit, MI 48211 Also contact the following and thank them for their continued efforts in this case.: Ecorse Police Department 3869 W. Jefferson Ecorse, MI 48229 Tel: 313 381-0900 Michigan Humane Society 7401 Chrysler Drive Detroit, MI 48211 Tel: 313-872-3400 According to the prosecutor�s office, they don't have much evidence to go by. They have said that everything they have is just hearsay and speculation, despite the fact that they've interviewed the boys who were supposedly responsible, as well as the newspaper reporter who reported that the three boys had confessed. They said that they'd like to prosecute but haven't got any leads. So we believe that writing the prosecutor's office right now will not do any good. They are trying to get evidence to prosecute *someone,* but it's just not there. We will keep you updated as updates are available. |
| I again ask you to prosecute this case aggressively. It isn't the species of the victim, it's the viciousness of the act that makes one culpable. Please do not allow this horrible incident to be trivialized because the victim was a dog - this time. At any time it could continue - with a smaller child, another animal, who knows who. My hope for these kids is that they will go to a juvenile jail, where they will learn what it means to be helpless. This heinous cruelty must not be allowed to be treated lightly. Sincerely, Lynn Walker ATTACHMENT: CASES OF ANIMAL ABUSERS PROGRESSING TO HUMAN VIOLENCE ===================================================================== Recent cases in the news of random attacks on high school students and children, show that each disturbed individual had a history of animal abuse. Research in psychology and criminology shows that people who commit acts of cruelty against animals often move on to their fellow humans. The following list is just a "sample" of people who first committed crimes against animals and graduated to committing crimes against humans. EACH TIME WE IGNORE ANIMAL ABUSE, WE ALLOW THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE PERPETRATOR'S EMOTIONAL ILLNESS WILL ESCALATE INTO HUMAN TRAGEDY, SOMETIMES OF EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS! ANIMAL VICTIMS /HUMAN VICTIMS: REPORTS FROM POLICE CASE FILES "Russell Weston Jr., tortured and killed 12 cats, by burning, cutting their tails, paws, ears off, put toxic chemicals in their eyes, blinding them, forcing them to eat poison, hanging them from trees; the noose loose enough to create a slow and painful death, as the cat/kitten struggles to free itself as the noose gets tighter with each attempt. Later killed 2 officers at our Nation's Capitol." "Jeffery Dahmer loved to dissect animals (he learned this in school). Later he dissected boys, and kept their body parts in the refrigerator. Murdered 17 men." "On May 21, 1998 in Springfield, Oregon; 15-year-old Kip Kinkel set a live cat on fire and dragged the innocent creature through the main street of town. He walked into his high school cafeteria and opened fire on his classmates. Two classmates were killed and 22 others injured, four critically. Later that day, police found his parents shot to death in their home." "Albert De Salvo, the "Boston Strangler," would place a dog and cat in a crate with a partition between them. After starving the animals for several days, he would remove the partition and watch them kill each other. He raped and killed 13 women by strangulation. He would often pose the bodies in a shocking manner after their murders." "Richard Allen Davis set numerous cats on fire. He killed all of Polly Klaus' animals before abducting & murdering Polly Klaus, aged 12, from her bedroom." "Eleven-year-old Andrew Golden, 13-year-old Mitchell Johnson, tortured and killed dogs. A friend of Golden stated that "he shoots dogs all the time with a .22." On March 24, 1998, in Jonesboro, Arkansas; Golden and Johnson shot and killed four students and one teacher during a fire drill at their school." "Prior to commiting multiple murders, Luke Woodham, age 16, wrote in his personal journal that he and an accomplice beat, burned and tortured his dog, Sparkle, to death. Woodham said it was "true beauty." He poured liquid fuel down his dog's throat and set fire to her neck, both inside and outside. On 10/1/1977, Woodham stabbed his mother to death and then went to his high school where he shot and killed two classmates -- two girls aged 16 and 17, and injured seven others. In June 1998, Woodham was found guilty of three murders and seven counts of aggravated assault. He was sentenced to three life sentences and an additional 20 years for each assault." "Theodore Robert Bundy was forced to witness animal cruelty by his grandfather. He later killed thirty-three women." "Michael Cartier pulled numerous rabbit's legs out of their sockets when he was four years old and threw a kitten through a closed window. He went on to shoot Kristin Lardner three times in the head, killing her." "Henry Lee Lucas killed numerous animals and had sex with their corpses. He killed his mother, common law wife and an unknown number of people." "Edward Kemper cut up two cats. He later killed his grandparents, his mother and seven other women." "Richard Speck threw a bird into a ventilator fan. Killed eight women." "Randy Roth taped a cat to a car's engine and used an industrial sander on a frog. Killed two of his wives and attempted to kill a third." "David Richard Davis shot and killed two healthy ponies, threw a wine bottle at a pair of kittens and hunted with illegal methods. Murdered his wife, Shannon Mohr Davis, for insurance money." "Peter Kurten, the Dusseldorf Monster, tortured dogs, and practiced bestiality while killing the animal. Murdered or attempted to murder over 50 men, women and children." "Richard Trenton Chase, "The Vampire Killer of Sacramento," bit the heads off birds, drained animals for their blood, killed animals for their organs, and later killed six people in random attacks. One police officer who was at the scene of the first murder, confessed to having nightmares about the crime or months afterwards." "The Kobe Killer, an as yet unnamed 15-year-old boy in Japan, beheaded a cat and strangled several pigeons. Decapitated 11-year-old Jun Hase, and battered to death a 10-year-old girl with a hammer, and assaulted three other children in separate attacks." "Richard William Leonard's grandmother forced him to kill and mutilate cats and kittens when he was a child. He later killed Stephen Dempsey with a bow and arrow. He also killed Ezzedine Bahmad by slashing his throat." "Tom Dillion murdered people's pets. He shot and killed Jamie Paxton, aged 21; Claude Hawkins, aged 49; Donald Welling, aged 35; Kevin Loring, aged 30; and Gary Bradely, aged 44." "At 9 years old, Eric Smith strangled a neighbor's cat. At 13 years old, he bludgeoned four-year-old Derrick Robie to death. Smith lured the little boy into the woods, choked him, sodomized him with a stick, then beat him to death with a rock." "When Jack Bassenti's dog had puppies, he buried all but one of them alive. He later raped and murdered three women." "David Berkowitz, "Son of Sam," poisoned his mother's parakeet out of jealousy. He later shot thirteen young men and women. Six people died and at least two suffered permanent disabilities." "Arthur Shawcross repeatedly threw a kitten into a lake until the kitten drowned from exhaustion. Killed a young girl. Then, after serving 15-1/2 years in prison, he killed 11 more women." "Michael Perry decapitated a neighbor's dog. He later killed his parents, his infant nephew and two neighbors." "Jason Massey killed cats, dogs and cows. Killed his thirteen year old stepsister & a fourteen year old boy." "Patrick Sherrill Stole neighborhood pets and encouraged his dog to attack them. Killed 14 people at his workplace." "Keith Hunter Jesperson, "The Happy Face Killer," strangled a cat. He is known to have killed at least one woman." "Joel Steinburg refused medical treatment for his adopted daughter Lisa's pet rabbit when it broke its leg. He later killed her; when she was found, Lisa had extensive bruises all over her body from repeated abuse." |
| Email to Doug Baker Assistant Prosecutor Written by Lynn Walker PTI Writer |
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