Massachusetts Woman Stomps Kitten In ‘Fit Of Rage’

A Massachusetts woman has been charged with animal cruelty after she allegedly stomped a kitten to death.

According to the Patriot Ledger, Eleanor M. Campbell, 35, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, has been charged with animal cruelty and disturbing the peace after she stomped a kitten to death in what police describe as a drunken “fit of rage.”

At around 9 p.m., a neighbor called police to report a domestic disturbance. An officer arrived shortly after and spoke to Campbell in her drive. According to MassLive, when the officer asked how much she had had to drink, she told him that she had about one-and-a-half beers, after initially failing to cooperate.

“She told me that it was none of my business,” the police report stated. “I asked her how much did she have to drink tonight? She told me one-and-a-half beers. I asked how big were they? She told me, does it matter?” 

The officer asked Campbell to go inside and to keep the noise down. He left her home, but was called back less than 10 minutes later, when Campbell allegedly began throwing things at her neighbor’s car, wearing only a T-shirt and socks and shouting obscenities.

Police placed Campbell under arrest for disorderly conduct and placed her in a police cruiser. Soon after, while investigating, officers found a small, bloody kitten with what appeared to be a broken neck near a car parked in the driveway.

“The kitten appeared to have been stomped and flattened by someone,” the police report reads.

Police say that Campbell mentioned that her daughter was inside, but officers found no children in her apartment. The officer said Campbell was the only person home a her apartment both times that he was there.

According to the report, Campbell likely killed the kitten in an alcohol-induced “fit of rage.”

A detective noticed that Campbell’s socks were “covered in blood, and with the splatter of blood on Campbell’s legs it confirmed that the cat was stomped by Campbell.”

The officer estimated in the police report that the kitten was about four months old and weighed about three pounds.

According to the Weymouth News, a necropsy or autopsy will be performed on the kitten at New England Wildlife Center by Dr. Martha Smith-Blackmore of Veterinary Investigate Services.

Sources: Patriot Ledger, MassLive, Weymouth News / Photo Credit: Weymouth Police via Patriot Ledger