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A California man was finally arrested in April 2025 for felony animal cruelty following a string of cat deaths reported to police repeatedly over the previous couple of years. Unfortunately, he's out on bail and has yet to be held accountable.
 

According to the Santa Ana Police Department, an investigation was launched after it finally took action after it received “multiple disturbing reports involving the suspected abuse and killing of cats in a local neighborhood,” which alleged a man had been luring cats to his home, where he injured and killed them.

Alejandro Acosta Oliveros was identified by witnesses and victims as the suspect, and a search warrant was obtained and executed on his home, where police found evidence related to the case.
 

Acosta was arrested and booked at the Santa Ana Jail on felony charges related to animal cruelty, which carry a sentence of up to three years imprisonment and/or a $20,000 fine per felony charge. There's also a possibility of restitution to guardians if the remains of the recovered cats have been or can be identified.

Police confirmed to KTLA that Oliveros confessed but that they were still investigating; they didn't have a specific number of cats who had been harmed or killed, but said it was “a lot.” We have determined the number to be at least a dozen cats.

One resident reported finding their cat hanging from a tree, and it's believed reports related to Oliveros go back two years.

Letter to Decision Maker(s) for reference:

Subject: Serial Cat Killer Must be Incarcerated

I am writing to support the prosecution and maximum sentencing of confessed serial cat killer Alejandro Acosta Oliveros. It is reprehensible that it took months of campaigning to stir the Santa Ana Police Department to obtain a warrant to search Oliveros' residence on W. Wilshire Avenue.

Oliveros was booked on April 24, 2025, and released on bond the same day. The amount of his bond was not publicized. It sparked suspicion that it did not reflect the seriousness of his profoundly heinous crimes to at least a dozen cats. When about 100 people attended a vigil in front of his residence and a residence he was believed to be staying at, the frustration was evident.

It is paramount that citizens can be confident that their well-being is foremost in the duties of law enforcement and the judicial system. When their beloved animals are violated, they too are. 

I expect that as the investigation into Oliveros’ monstrous acts unfolds, there will be additional felony charges totaling 12 or more, and that he will be shown the lack of mercy he showed his victims, both the cats and their families.

The maximum sentencing per charge of three years and/or a $20,000 fine is not enough to make up for the suffering of his victims, but it must be served at the very least. Thus, I hope to hear that Oliveros will serve at least 36 years in prison and be fined at least $240,000.

I want to be assured that he will be incarcerated for the maximum amount of time possible, despite possible competency hearing findings. He also must not be allowed around animals ever again, and get a mental evaluation and treatment before ever being let loose among decent people.

I will follow this morbid case to its fruition and ask that you present my letter to the presiding judge while determining Oliveros’s punishment.

Sincerely,

Signed

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