Shelton police arrest man accused of killing family member's kitten – NBC Connecticut

Shelton police have arrested a man accused of killing a family member's kitten.

One of the man's family members told police that she left her kitten with the 47-year-old man while she was away and he told her the kitten was missing, but then another family member found it dead in the backyard, the said Police with.

According to police, the man admitted to family members that he killed the kitten and told another family member that the kitten was annoying him.

The additional details police have released about the kitten's death are disturbing.

The UConn Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory determined that the kitten had multiple skull fractures with significant bleeding. The cause of death was determined to be trauma to the left body wall and pulmonary hemorrhage.

Police said there was evidence of blunt force trauma and it was highly unlikely another animal killed the kitten.

The suspect was arrested Friday and charged with first-degree malicious killing of an animal.

He was held on a $25,000 bond and is scheduled to be arraigned in Derby Court on Friday.