Veronica Carrillo, Moore, Oklahoma woman caught trying to bbq her daughter’s pet cat on outdoor grill only to be preempted after teen daughter hears feline’s desperate mewing. Mother now faces animal cruelty charges.
‘Had to be done, you know, I’m sorry….’ An Oklahoma woman is facing a series of animal cruelty charges after allegedly trying to burn her daughter’s cat alive on a grill.
Veronica Carrillo of Moore, OK, was preempted from killing the animal after her teen daughter heard the feline’s desperate mewing as the animal cried in desperation.
The teen said that she heard the cat meowing outside and found it inside a pet carrier, wrapped in a trash bag, on top of a burning grill.
‘Had to be done, you know, I’m sorry,’
On June 26, Carillo’s 16-year-old daughter called 911 to report that her mother allegedly trying to burn her cat on the barbecue grill, according to a news release from the Moore Police Department.
Her teen daughter, told officers she was looking for the cat when she suddenly heard her pet’s cries, court documents stated.
When the girl rushed to the backyard, she saw a ‘black trash bag wrapped around an animal carrier on top of the grill with visible flames underneath,’ records showed.
Carillo escaped the home through a window and was found on a neighbor’s front porch hiding under a rug when officers arrived, KFOR News reported.
Bodycam footage captured Carillo telling officers, ‘I was cooking out and the cat got burned.’
‘Had to be done, you know, I’m sorry,’ she sad.
Although the animal survived its ordeal, the cat was left traumatized and sustaining burns to her paws along with singed whiskers, police said.
Offered a department spokesperson, ‘thankfully, the animal was walking around, appearing to have avoided serious injury, and is expected to make a full recovery,’ The Kansas City Star reported.
Her family has since placed an order of protection against her, according to the news outlet.
The cat continues to be in the care of the family.
Carrillo is due back in court later this month, KFOR reported.
No known motive was immediately known.
