A teenage cheerleader in Texas is dealing with felony fees after allegedly utilizing pesticide to poison and kill a rival’s aggressive present goat at their highschool in an unpleasant present of “jealousy,” in line with an arrest affidavit and the goat’s proprietor.
Aubrey Vanlandingham, a 17-year-old senior who participated in aggressive livestock reveals together with her personal goat, reportedly confessed to intentionally poisoning the goat, named Willy, on Oct. 23, in line with the affidavit obtained by CBS Austin.
Safety footage obtained by police confirmed a feminine scholar on the Vista Ridge Excessive College’s barn facility utilizing a drench gun to force-feed Willy a poisonous pesticide. The 6-month-old goat didn’t go straightforward and tried to flee, however was in the end trapped and compelled to drink the pesticide, in line with the footage.
The coed, recognized by investigators as Vanlandingham, left however returned to verify on Willy twice inside two hours earlier than calling her peer’s mom to let her know their goat wasn’t nicely.
Willy died lower than a day later in his proprietor’s arms after he was wracked by convulsions and respiratory misery.
Vanlandingham allegedly informed police that she had killed the goat as a result of she believed the goat’s proprietor’s 15-year-old daughter was “a cheater,” in line with the affidavit. Not solely that, however she had reportedly tried to kill Willy one different time earlier than and was unsuccessful.
“She admitted to poisoning him multiple times over several days. So it’s a pretty rough situation. We don’t believe there is any remorse there, we hope that she has to serve jail time and she gets some kind of mental help,” the mom of the 15-year-old informed the DailyMail this week.
“It’s all bizarre. We want justice served, we don’t want a slap on the wrist. We want to make sure that she is punished. At this point, we don’t feel like she thinks she’s going to be punished and she needs to be. She needs to take ownership for what she’s done.”
A necropsy of the goat carried out by a caprine pathologist confirmed the reason for dying as organophosphate intoxication from phosmet, a pesticide typically used for exterior parasite management in livestock, in line with the arrest report.
The police investigation discovered that the search historical past on Vanlandingham’s cellphone included questions on deadly doses of bleach for animals and strategies of poisoning pets. She then allegedly searched, “How to clear search history” in a failed try to cowl her tracks.
The cheerleader had lately been named the president of the varsity’s Future Farmers of America and was an avid participant in goat reveals together with her personal pet, Lacey, as reported by the DailyMail.
Regardless of her crowning as president of her faculty’s chapter of the nationwide livestock competitors group, Vanlandingham was nonetheless jealous of her youthful competitor, in line with the woman’s mother.
“She’s saying it’s because of cheating. But from what we’ve deciphered, she was just really jealous,” the 15-year-old’s mom informed the Each day Mail.
“You can’t even cheat when it comes to showing goats,” she added. “It makes no sense, so that’s where the jealousy really kind of falls into place.”
Vanlandingham was arrested on Nov. 22 and charged with cruelty to livestock animals, a jail felony in Texas. She was launched the identical day on a $5,000 bond.
If convicted, she might resist two years in jail. She has been banned from attending her highschool whereas the case is ongoing. She is about to look in court docket on Jan. 15.
