El Paso police arrest man accused of stabbing a cat to death
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- El Paso Police arrested 21-year-old Krystopher Nathan Torres and charged him with cruelty to non-livestock animal (kill) for allegedly stabbing a cat.
Detectives with the EPPD's Animal Cruelty Investigation Unit says officers responded to a residential area in Central El Paso on reports of a man stabbing a cat. When they got to the scene, officers found the dead cat, but could not find the person.
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Officers were then called out to a crash on the 11000 block of Gateway West, where they found Torres.
The attack happened on the 3000 block of Douglas Avenue at 12:50 PM Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Officers arrested Torres Thursday, July 18, 2024 and booked him into the El Paso County Detention Facility on a $100,000 bond.