Tux of Borg Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 My Webpage ***UPDATE*** Puppy torture compared to BTK killings Jury to begin deliberations Thursday in animal cruelty case By D.L. BENNETT The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 12/13/06 An animal expert detailed the final ghastly moments of a three-month old puppy as it thrashed around in a searing hot gas oven gasping for air. Dr. Melinda Merck used four dozen grisly photos of the oven as well as the tiny puppy's burned body as she walked jurors slowly through the dog's painful death. "This darker area is the blood after it's been baked," Merck testified as she pointed to a dark spot on the oven wall. Merck's testimony Wednesday concluded the prosecution's case against Joshua and Justin Moulder, two brothers on trial for animal cruelty and other charges in Fulton County Superior Court. She said the young dog would have been gasping for air inside the hot oven because the duct tape on its muzzle left only a tiny passage free. One nostril was partially exposed, she said, but likely only by the puppy scraping its nose against the hot oven door. Her cross examination will begin shortly after 1:15 p.m. Then, defense lawyers Timothy Owens and Kevin Schumaker get their turn. Both have previously said they plan to present few witnesses. If so, the jury could begin deliberating tomorrow. The brothers face a who litany of charges from a violent spree on Aug. 21. Police say they broke into and trashed the community center at Englewood Manor apartments in Atlanta. They also say the Moulder brothers took a three-month old mixed-breed puppy bound its muzzle and paws with duct tape, dumped beige paint on it and stuffed it live into a hot oven. The case presented by prosecutor Laura Janssen has moved along two paths. On one, prosecutors have laid out the damage done to the center and the torture and death endured by the puppy. On the other, they've tried to tie the Moulders to the scene. With only sketchy physical evidence, the strongest tie to the scene comes from several neighborhood children who say the Moulders not only committed the crimes but showed off their work. Defense lawyers noted the children's testimony varied widely and was filled with contradictions. Merck on Wednesday told the jury two people would have likely been needed to subdue the puppy. And, she went into great detail about the injuries it received thrashing about inside the hot oven as well as the terror it would have felt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinandjokin Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Some things really don't need to be posted. This seems like one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartshan-83 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 They also say the Moulder brothers took a three-month old mixed-breed puppy bound its muzzle and paws with duct tape, dumped beige paint on it and stuffed it live into a hot oven.871018[/snapback] If they are found guilty, then I think doing this to them would work out fine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Some things really don't need to be posted. This seems like one. 871039[/snapback] Same here. This makes the celebrity fluff look almost newsworthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catholic Guilt Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Why post this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Geezus, now I'll be sick to my stomach the rest of the day....this kind of sh-- infuriates me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yall Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Geezus, now I'll be sick to my stomach the rest of the day....this kind of sh-- infuriates me. 871059[/snapback] Ditto. I have more respect for OJ than these two. At least blind raging jealousy is understandable, if not forgivable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachChuckDickerson Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Merry Christmas everybody! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodBye Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Why post this? 871052[/snapback] Yeah, this is sickening. Delete?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMadCap Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 That is absolutely horrible. I cannot even wrap my mind around how morally corrupt that is. What is even worse is that these two punks won't even get in that much trouble... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 That is absolutely horrible. I cannot even wrap my mind around how morally corrupt that is. What is even worse is that these two punks won't even get in that much trouble... 871272[/snapback] You're probably right.... If you're capable of taking an innocent living thing - especially a puppy! - and enjoy torturing it, then you are capable of anything, IMO. sick !@#$s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMadCap Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 makes me absolutely ill to think someone could harm such an innocent and gentle creature. I'm going to give my dog an extra big hug right now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 makes me absolutely ill to think someone could harm such an innocent and gentle creature. I'm going to give my dog an extra big hug right now... 871309[/snapback] Hell, I feel bad just leaving my dog alone while I go to work! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cåblelady Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Why did I read this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift Sylvan Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 If they are found guilty, then I think doing this to them would work out fine... 871043[/snapback] I agree, I think that would be fair punishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UConn James Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfanmiami(oh) Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 !@#$ing disturbing world we live in isn't it?....Another example of how truly sick and evil some people really are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblehead Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 I am against the death penalty, yet I find myself wishing a hot gas oven could find it's way into the judge's sentencing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 I am against the death penalty, yet I find myself wishing a hot gas oven could find it's way into the judge's sentencing. 871555[/snapback] i'm for the death penalty and find lethal injection or the electric chair to be too humane for those wastes of sperm and an egg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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