I have video I have video of him beating
the crap out of this kitten in 24 years
in law enforcement I don't think I've
ever seen anything so disturbing I've
had my thoughts and wants and desires
and I've played animal corpses but I
haven't done into an actual I was like
do not ever touch my dad again when a
suspicious mother in Colorado puts up a
hidden camera in her home she captures
something far worse than she could have
imagined her daughter's boyfriend friend
isn't just mistreating the family kitten
he's subjecting it to horrifying cruelty
and as police investigate the case they
must answer oblique question is this the
first time he's ever done this or just
the first time he's gotten caught those
are all telltale signs of worst things
to come like that's scary the following
report is based on official police
records and most of the footage has
never been seen before until now please
note that all persons charged with a
crime are Presumed Innocent unless and
until proven guilty in a court of law on
the evening of December 29th 2024 police
in Loveland Colorado get an urgent call
from a woman reporting a crime that took
place in her own house okay what
happened my daughter's boyfriend's been
living with us and um we have this
kitten and I thought he was had some
injuries that uh couldn't explain and so
I got a camera and I put the camera up
and I I have video I have video of him
beating the crap out of this kitten
s the caller whose name is Cynthia is
put through to the officer who will be
handling the case first things first
where's the where's the cat he's hiding
under my bed I can't get him out from
under the bed okay how injured is it
does it need to go to the Animal
Hospital probably should no I I don't
know I don't think I don't know I can't
tell I've only had the camera
two days I thought there was something
going on the cat had injuries that I
couldn't explain like we got the cat in
September he's just a baby and there
were little things like marks on him or
you know when he his ear was bleeding um
you just little things that I kept down
on the Abby I don't understand why it
only happens when Colin's here with him
alone and like what the hell's going on
but while Cynthia had her suspicions
about Colin she wasn't prepared for the
raw vicious she saw in the video he was
like sitting on top of him he was like
punching on him but through a pillow and
then he had him hidden to the ground and
he kept whing him in the face um
repeatedly Colin Begins by placing the
tiny kitten underneath his foot
occasionally appearing to press down
harder on the animal he then bends down
and just as Cynthia mentioned flicks the
cat multiple times with his middle
finger seconds later his hands disappear
from view the camera doesn't capture
exactly what he's doing but it's enough
to elicit several sharp Cries From the
kitten Colin finishes this round of
Cruelty by delivering what appears to be
several short punches to the kitten's
face it's only the first of several
stomach turning videos but it's all
ready enough to show officer Brown that
they need to take immediate action hey
how's going just go ahead and turn
around go ahead and turn around Pals
together as if you're praying interlace
your fingers the police take Colin into
custody without incident and drive him
to the station where he answers a series
of standard questions before long
officer Brown comes out to greet the
suspect but Colin lets him know that the
usual tactics won't be necessary you
want a cup of water or anything no you
all
right building thing all three of you
guys tried it well I'm just going to
treat you like a human no I and I
understand that but yeah I have no
reason to treat you any different do I
no no I understand that but I'm ready to
do like full confession you guys don't
need to go so like I said there's just
paperwork we have to talk talk about
yeah Colin is led into the interview
room and officer brown dispenses with
the pleasantries I watched the video
mhm uh in 24 years in law enforcement I
don't think I've ever seen anything so
disturbing and I've seen a lot of crap
what's going on
dude is there any way I I could speak
with you about this one
onone yeah yeah for sure one of the
officers leaves the room giving Colin a
chance to explain how he's been bullied
by Dexter the 5B kitten so um I guess
started a while ago I um we got a new
cat and it um didn't it doesn't like
matter and it would scratch me early on
and I was trying to do my best and just
work around that and that sort of stuff
and one day um I had um taken them
downstairs and I was trying to get him
to stay down there um so that I could go
up and deal with the dogs I put him down
on the bed and then I started to go walk
out and he tried to run past me so I
reacted just quickly and I picked him up
harder than I had meant to and I damaged
his ear and then they told me that I
wasn't allowed to be around the cat
after that um which obviously I felt
about and did not make me feel good and
I didn't mean to hurt him at that point
in time um and then there were two or
maybe three incidents um afterwards
where I scared the hell out of him just
coming upstairs and he had bolted from
me and hurt himself doing whatever
running through the chairs trying to
just get away from me right and they had
come home and question me about it and I
told them that he bolted for me one time
and I told them that and they still
didn't believe me I hadn't intentionally
hurt the cat up until this point today
the truth of that statement has yet to
be determined however and it quickly
becomes clear that even if this was the
first incident it's far from the first
warning sign I didn't really feel like I
had any control over very much and so
that made me want
to find that in some way and I've it
makes sense to me man played with like
animal carcasses and stuff like that
before but I had never t on Al live
thing
and I did it kind of a lot because it
was just that was when I was like kind
of getting my revenge on the cat for
getting me in trouble when he had hurt
himself trying to run away and I
understand that what I did was not
morally on a positive standpoint but
officer Brown has seen the footage and
he knows that this is an extraordinary
understatement at one point Colin has
seen grabbing Dexter off the floor
causing the kitten to let out a high
itched meow he then puts the helpless
kitten on the couch and appears to sit
on it with his full weight even bouncing
up and down for good measure he soon
gets off the kitten and makes several
violent movements that aren't fully seen
by the camera before deciding to give
Dexter the false hope of escape the
video ends as Colin Scoops the kitten
out of the frame eliciting one more cry
from the fearful animal it was only
through Cynthia's clever planning that
this assault was captured on camera back
in the interview room officer Brown
wants to know about an episode that
wasn't tell me about the burns with the
candle
wax oh that wasn't even no that was one
of the incidents that I was talking
about in her call Cynthia told officer
Brown about this troubling occasion I
have a centy pot that melts waxs for
scent yeah and when I was gone
supposedly which I didn't understand
supposedly the cat pulled it off of the
dresser and poured it all over himself
so he had burns on his face and the back
of his neck
and that night he actually got out like
we lost him for 24 hours in the
neighborhood and we had the neighbor
found him that was one of the times that
I had scared him and then that it all
happened I didn't do this on purpose or
anything okay um but that day I didn't
even know about anything going on until
they had shown him to me so I don't I
didn't know anything about that like
that was another thing that I was
getting revenge for what I saw in that
video today was somebody that's done
this
before I haven't done this to a live
animal I've had my thoughts and wants
and desires and I've played animal
corpses but I haven't done it to an
actual thing okay and you're using the
term revenge against a seven
seven-month-old
kitten and is that truly what you think
that this cat this probably instinctual
defensive things is doing on purpose to
somehow screw with you cuz you're a no I
don't believe that and I know better
than that it is just a way to get out my
frustrations I'm not trying to justify
my action anyway trying to
explain no I'm I'm and it's registering
perhaps inevitably the conversation
turns to Colin's mental health and he
reveals that he's harboring dark
fantasies
I've and I know this is you know
whatever everyone sort of says this sort
of stuff but like I've had like everyone
in my situation you know dealing with
this specific thing it's like oh you
know I'm having thoughts of hurting
other people you know instead and I was
kind of using that as an outlet you
having some homicidal thoughts a little
bit the subject also came up with
Cynthia when she told officer Brown
about confronting Colin that afternoon
and I was like why would you do it you
were I told you not to touch my cat why
would you touch him and he just screamed
at me because I want to can hurt people
and I can't hurt people the other night
been out driving and thought about just
taking everyone out with me just
swerving across the road cuz I gotten
cut off by a guy in truck like I'm I'm
supposed to be taking
some um lexur Pro okay but what's your
diagnosis man um I'm not sure what the
most recent one is it's kind of been
fluctuating just because seems like
there's just a decent wrong with him
Colin admits to the officer that he
recently stopped taking his medication
without his doctor's approval the
interview soon concludes giving officer
Brown a chance to update Cynthia and her
daughter Abby on what's Happening
where's
Dexter hiding in my room and doing this
job a long time that the most disgusting
video I've ever seen how's a
cat um his stomach's really extended um
he had some Boop on his tail and it
looks like he has and I think there's
something wrong with his mouth um he
wouldn't eat like he was going to try
are you going to take him to the okay
we're going to talk to the guy that just
be so tired yeah he like he got in the
bed he finally came out and got in the
dog bed he won't get up as the
conversation continues Abby finds
herself overcome with emotion do you
want to give us a minute yeah you go
yeah just
me okay go outside baby yeah you're fine
I just I got to I got to say some things
I know you seen it I don't want you to
see it and Cynthia of course has not
only seen the videos but has had her
suspicions about previous incidents as
well he tried to tell me that Dexter was
in the cat box and he came up the stairs
and he freaked out and tried to run out
and flung poop on Colin's leg Yeah but
when I came home he had it smeared up
his tail it was down his leg it was on
his chest and on
and that's when I told I was like if you
touch this cat again I will personally
evict you I was like do not ever touch
my cat again but I think as well as you
know like those are all telltale signs
of worse things to come like that's
scary officer Brown explains that while
Colin is already facing a Class 6 felony
charge there's still potential for
things to get worse yeah if that cat
dies it's going to change things a
little bit so it gets pretty I mean it's
serious now it's felony but the degree
of seriousness will change if that cat
dies that night Cynthia and Abby take
Dexter to the vet who tells them that
the fluid in the kitten's abdomen is
consistent with internal injuries like a
punctured organ finally after
deliberating her options Cynthia says
she had to make the horrible decision to
have the kitten put down I did want to
say that I did feel bad after I did and
you can see in the video like I did
cudle him a little bit while I was up
there because I did feel bad and after
one video ends I'm sure well after I
bring him downstairs I did put him down
and I got him pet I was petting him and
I got him to puran and I fed him and
everything so I don't know if you guys
wanted to have that on there or not it's
true that one of the short motion
activated videos does not at least show
Colin actively trying to hurt the cat
but it's not clear whether that short
clip will be enough to mitigate the
others the Loveland Police Department
announced 2 days later that the charge
against Colin would be enhanced to a
class 4 f felony in light of the
kitten's serious bodily injury and
subsequent euthanasia the same day a
necropsy was performed on the kitten
leading to the unexpected finding that
Dexter likely had a severe systemic
disease known as feline infectious
peritonitis that was completely
unrelated to his physical abuse how that
finding will affect the case remains to
be seen 18-year-old Colin lovely was
released from the larer county jail
after posting a $100 Bond and his next
scheduled court appearance is set for
late February 2025