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30 Dead Cats Found Hanging From a Tree In Yonkers
UPDATE: According to the SPCA of Westchester, necropsies performed last night on three of the feline victims reveal the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head, with no evidence of poison. All of the cats are believed to have suffered the same fate. Bats, shovels and other heavy instruments were also found near the corpses. New images below.
Police made a gruesome discovery in Yonkers, New York, late this morning, with 25 dead cats found hanging from the gnarled branches of a tree in an abandoned lot. Their bodies had been stuffed in 30 plastic bags and either hung on the tree itself or scattered around its base, in what appears to be a ritualistic display.
The grisly scene was called in by employees from the Department of Public Works, who stumbled across the bags when they arrived to tidy up the lot. Onlookers have since described the sight as “horrific” and say it smells strongly of death.
The cat corpses were found hung from the branches of a large tree in 30 separate bags.
“They were placed in small shopping bags, the plastic bags that you might get from an A&P or a ShopRite, and then they were hung from a tree,” says Ernie Lungaro, director of humane law enforcement at SPCA. ”Some were severely decomposed. We got a couple that were still fresh, within the last few weeks maybe. But we’re transporting them and are going to have some necropsies done. We’ll know more then.”
The SPCA and local police are still collecting evidence and conducting interviews, and have yet to release a cause of death. But it appears that the cats were placed at the scene over the course of several months, which makes it difficult for authorities to even speculate as to how they were killed. “They didn’t appear to be maimed, but some of them were so decomposed we couldn’t tell,” says Lungaro, who declined to make any determination before the official report comes back.
Investigators are stumped as to how no one noticed the deceased cats. The scene is 10 minutes by foot from the Yonkers Amtrak Station and surrounded by homes on one side and shops and restaurants on the other. With the growing body count and foul stench, many are surprised it took this long for anyone to report them.
UPDATE: According to the SPCA of Westchester, necropsies performed last night on three of the feline victims reveal the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head, with no evidence of poison. All of the cats are believed to have suffered the same fate. Bats, shovels and other heavy instruments were also found near the corpses. New images below.
Police made a gruesome discovery in Yonkers, New York, late this morning, with 25 dead cats found hanging from the gnarled branches of a tree in an abandoned lot. Their bodies had been stuffed in 30 plastic bags and either hung on the tree itself or scattered around its base, in what appears to be a ritualistic display.
The grisly scene was called in by employees from the Department of Public Works, who stumbled across the bags when they arrived to tidy up the lot. Onlookers have since described the sight as “horrific” and say it smells strongly of death.
The cat corpses were found hung from the branches of a large tree in 30 separate bags.
“They were placed in small shopping bags, the plastic bags that you might get from an A&P or a ShopRite, and then they were hung from a tree,” says Ernie Lungaro, director of humane law enforcement at SPCA. ”Some were severely decomposed. We got a couple that were still fresh, within the last few weeks maybe. But we’re transporting them and are going to have some necropsies done. We’ll know more then.”
The SPCA and local police are still collecting evidence and conducting interviews, and have yet to release a cause of death. But it appears that the cats were placed at the scene over the course of several months, which makes it difficult for authorities to even speculate as to how they were killed. “They didn’t appear to be maimed, but some of them were so decomposed we couldn’t tell,” says Lungaro, who declined to make any determination before the official report comes back.
Investigators are stumped as to how no one noticed the deceased cats. The scene is 10 minutes by foot from the Yonkers Amtrak Station and surrounded by homes on one side and shops and restaurants on the other. With the growing body count and foul stench, many are surprised it took this long for anyone to report them.
.... damn that was harsh.
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