You late with my Dinner again, boy!??! (Image courtesy istockphotos)

By Dan Bodine

“Eclectic” may be an improper crime category for cats. They fit into so many, yes. It’s a weekend reading romp for crime readers, i.e. Stigmatized? Even the Catholic Church linked black cats to satan once.

But there’s a large backsplash of less-noticed victimhood here, too, involving cats. In El Paso early this year a gruesome tale arose about a guy stomping on the head of one and then eating it, i.e.

Who knows? Maybe the guy just wanted to escape. And he heard a voice crying out, “Steal one of the cat’s nine lives and slip away in it! Cats are cats, after all!” Continue reading →