Tyler Hayes Weinman has been arrested and charged with 19 counts of animal cruelty. More than 30 cats have been found dead this past month in the Miami, Florida area and Weinman has been charged with their torture, mutilation and deaths. Read more and see his mug shot and a video of his first court appearance below.
Tyler Hayes Weinman
A month long killing spree of pet cats in Miami, Florida has hopefully come to an end with the arrest of 18-year-old Tyler Hayes Weinman. Police have linked Weinman to the torture and mutilation of 19 out of the 34 cats found dead recently. He is also charged with 19 counts of improper disposal of dead animals and four counts of burglary. The cats were skinned, gutted and posed in the yards of their owners.
Tyler Weinman works at the occasional odd job but spends most of his time at home in Cutler Bay, Florida. His parents are divorced. His father and step-mother live a short distance away in Palmetto Bay, Florida. Interestingly, his step-mother is known to be a cat lover. All 19 cats he is charged with killing were from both areas. Police are unsure at this time whether Weinman had any accomplices in his alleged serial cat killing spree.
Spokesperson for the state attorney’s office Terry Shavez said Weinman faces 158 years in state prison if convicted on all counts. Fierce debates have sprung up on the internet about whether or not this arrest is fair. Friends of Weinman say he is a pet lover and have set up a Facebook page in his support, Justice for Tyler, reminding people that he is innocent until proven guilty. Another Facebook page has been set up, Justice for Cat Mutilations. Both sides of the debate are fierce in their stances. Fortunately, we have courts of law that will decide his guilt or innocence.
It’s my fervent hope that if he is convicted, he receives the full sentence. I don’t know what makes a person this sadistic, this perverse, and frankly, I don’t give a damn. Can you even imagine going into your own yard and finding your own pet skinned and dead? Can you imagine your child seeing their pet this way? Can you imagine the horrific suffering these cats went through? I get nauseous and tearful just writing about it.
If guilty of the mutilation, torture and murder of these 19 cats, Tyler Hayes Weinman should never see the light of day again. It is a proven fact that animal abusers end up abusing humans eventually. It’s only a matter of time before they go on to bigger and better ‘game’. Animal abusers are like pedophiles in that they cannot be cured, nor do they want to be. They delight in inflicting pain on the weakest and most vulnerable in society. If I ruled the world, child and animal abusers would receive the death penalty. They have no place in society, and my tax dollars toward incarceration would be better spent elsewhere …. like studying the mating habits of drunken piss ants..
Please spare me the “it’s only a cat/animal” rhetoric. We are talking about living defenseless creatures here. They feel love, fear, pain. They deserve better than this, and it’s up to us to see that animal abuse stops. Harsh sentences would be a good start.
Your thoughts?
Tyler Hayes Weinman – Video
June 15th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Use him to feed the gators!
June 15th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
a future serial killer, yeah to the gators !
June 15th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Police agencies are always on the lookout for individuals who kill and torture defenseless animals as this can be a precursor to serial killings of humans. Most serial killers began their stints on animals. This is a very troubled boy. In the area north of Dallas, a King Charles Spaniel was taken from a yard and skinned alive before being brutally killed. While some folks are dismissive of such behavior, in my history as a teacher, students and children who are cruel to animals are also cruel to people. They are sociopaths and in previous times, they would be incarcerated. Now they walk free and commit a large number of our most heinous crimes. So as for his term in jail I say-good, keep him there.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
This is a sick, evil, little b@st@rd. Send him up to New York, we will skin his butt and salt his wounds.
June 16th, 2009 at 2:59 am
Tyler Hayes Weinman now has moved into the number ONE spot of individuals that should be KILLED. There are no words to describe the HATRED which I feel for this F*@*er. If he had done this to any of my animals he would never even of had the chance to stand trial. He would suffer for a very long time. Without a doubt he should have to not only spend the rest of his life in PRISON, but also in SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. Once a month the families of these TORTURED, MURDERED animals should be allowed to spend 1 hour alone with him to do AS THEY PLEASE. This asshole is definately the next JEFFREY DAHMER and should never see bail. To inflict such pain on these cats is unimaginable what a sick son-of-a-bitch. If the don’t find him guilty and sentence him to the maximum number of years making him serve at LEAST 75% before eligibility of parole the entire florida justice system should also be sentenced.
June 16th, 2009 at 5:13 am
wow a serial killer in the making …i cannot imagine ..i say eye for an eye ..mutilate him…skin him ..and pose in his momma’s yard
June 16th, 2009 at 10:07 am
absolutely disgusting! this man/child needs to be locked up for a very long time with no chance of parole/early release, unfortunately do to our “justice system” he will prob plea out to a much lesser charge claiming mental issues and be out to do GOD only knows what. I’ll betcha he’s done this to alot more animals and it has been building for years in intensity and cruelty. how @ 18 is he not in college or working a full time job? seems to me the parents should have been more involved years ago
June 16th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
I am glad to read he faces 158 years if convicted. I pray he is. I honestly hope he gets that sentence.
June 16th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
A very careful psychological evaluation should be made of the boy, by at least two or three true “experts”. I don’t think you can automatically extrapolate future serial killer as he hasn’t been accused of those crimes yet. We shouldn’t mix these crimes up with all sorts of hypothetical others as he’s not being accused of others. It clearly makes the case for serious treatment if he is convicted and serious supervision upon release for some time to come. He may have been abused himself. Shouldn’t we give a kid at least one second chance at life if we can put a good program together? Cats do have souls just like people if you really see them. They have unique personalities and emotions. Like us They are mammals too. Their brains are mammalian and while different than human in some areas, are similar in others and for their size have the biggest brains next to humans as a percentage of their body. They understand commensual relationships and even train their humans to do things for them. They have a sense of play and humor as well. Its Just their soul is trapped in a cat body as ours is in human body. We are more articulate, have an opposable thumb, better planning abilities, but cat language is quite complex all the same. So he is charged with the murder of sensate soulful beings, and in manyways one of the ones most closest to man. What is highly disturbing in this case is the killing kept going on and on and the person doing this had no self corrective mechanism and that doesn’t bode well.
June 17th, 2009 at 5:25 am
Isn’t this how Jeffrey Dahlmer started out? Get the boy some help!