Carlos Perez, 24, pleaded guilty on Monday in Cass County District Court to aggravated assault related to domestic violence, terrorizing and animal cruelty.
The article includes disturbing descriptions of the attack on the cat.
The prison terms for each of those charges will be served concurrently.
So he will be serving 5 years (or less). Shame. This guy is a time bomb. The worst part is the ex will be haunted by his existence for, well, a long time. There is no good way to have peace when you know a psychopath holds a grudge against you.
The grandfather said Carlos Perez has been on his own for most of his life. The 24-year-old needs help, not prison, Louis Perez said.
No parents in the picture, brother killed in a drive-by, and grandfather the only person on record willing to speak for him. Without robust mental health support and a sufficient social network the guy is a societal dead end, and the world will be richer without him in it. I’m not advocating he be put down, just acknowledging the reality of mental health care in this country. Best case scenario he actually gets the help he needs, but what will actually happen is he’ll be in jail for a couple years and then released to ruin someone’s life. The only way this gets resolved within the current system is with a sharpened tooth brush
I think he might be an honest-to-God sociopath with zero empathy for other living things, perhaps due to a big hit to the head or just born without this capacity… When someone has this condition, their only hope is that they develop an intellectual respect for the principles of justice, or become devoutly religious and committed to those virtues. Even then, as you say, they are not someone you want to be around at all because the normal emotions that would make any of us stop from using extreme violence are missing in them…
What he did to that cat is absolutely insane. It overwhelms me…
And what mental health support is he really going to get…? Little to none. It’s going to be grandpa carrying the weight…
Honestly, it seems hopeless, but I pray there is someone who can help him turn the corner on his mental health issues… mostly for the sake of all the people who will ever have to interact with him.
It is a famous fact that serial killers often start out on animals. I certainly hope he’s not headed down that path.
Thank you for copying the article over <3
So he will be serving 5 years (or less). Shame. This guy is a time bomb. The worst part is the ex will be haunted by his existence for, well, a long time. There is no good way to have peace when you know a psychopath holds a grudge against you.
No parents in the picture, brother killed in a drive-by, and grandfather the only person on record willing to speak for him. Without robust mental health support and a sufficient social network the guy is a societal dead end, and the world will be richer without him in it. I’m not advocating he be put down, just acknowledging the reality of mental health care in this country. Best case scenario he actually gets the help he needs, but what will actually happen is he’ll be in jail for a couple years and then released to ruin someone’s life. The only way this gets resolved within the current system is with a sharpened tooth brush
You’re absolutely, completely right.
I think he might be an honest-to-God sociopath with zero empathy for other living things, perhaps due to a big hit to the head or just born without this capacity… When someone has this condition, their only hope is that they develop an intellectual respect for the principles of justice, or become devoutly religious and committed to those virtues. Even then, as you say, they are not someone you want to be around at all because the normal emotions that would make any of us stop from using extreme violence are missing in them…
What he did to that cat is absolutely insane. It overwhelms me…
And what mental health support is he really going to get…? Little to none. It’s going to be grandpa carrying the weight…
Honestly, it seems hopeless, but I pray there is someone who can help him turn the corner on his mental health issues… mostly for the sake of all the people who will ever have to interact with him.
It is a famous fact that serial killers often start out on animals. I certainly hope he’s not headed down that path.