Provo man accused of torturing and burning a live kitten

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A disturbing investigation in Provo, Utah has led to the arrest of a 26-year-old man now facing felony animal cruelty charges for allegedly torturing and burning a live kitten. According to a news release posted Thursday on the Facebook page of the Provo Police, Spencer Jens Pedersen, was booked into the Utah County Jail on Wednesday in connection with the investigation of three felony counts of cruelty to animals, torture of a companion animal and misdemeanor drug charges. Authorities state he may have killed or tortured as many as 11 cats and kittens.

The investigation began on October 15, when officers went to Pedersen’s home near 1300 N. 300 W and found a kitten on fire in the gutter. The kitten was alive, but later had to be euthanized because of its suffering. Neighbors stated they had seen the suspect in possession of kittens and roughly handling them. One of the neighbors told police he had seen dead kittens in Pedersen’s dog run.

After authorities obtained a search warrant, they found another dead cat in the trash along with trace amounts of heroin and drug paraphernalia.

“That cat was taken to a vet and found to have broken back legs, broken jaw and blown ear drums. The vet stated that the injuries were that of blunt force trauma,” the affidavit stated.

According to Fox13 News, police think Pedersen had been finding the kittens online stating this is one of the worst cases of animal abuse they have seen. Pedersen even had a picture of one of the dead kittens on his phone. Investigators have linked Pedersen to a November 6 incident involving abuse of another cat in the same area. 

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11 COMMENTS

  1. Craigslist, anyone? So they think he’s been finding them online? OF COURSE HE HAS!!! Craigslist REFUSES to stop allowing people to advertise their pets as ‘free to a good home’: in the meantime, we keep seeing cases like this on a regular basis with heaven knows how many others out there that remain undiscovered. Freecycle and craigslist are as responsible for this as the murdering piece of filth himself for making it so easy. LOOK AT HIM!!! He has dead eyes, yet the ignorant a***s still gave him their pets rather than do the decent and humane thing of taking them to a shelter. Cases like this need to be treated as ‘an eye for an eye justice’ type because this is a monster, not a human. There is no going back, and when and if he gets out, he will only do it again.

    • People in the surrounding area,( Roy Utah) it’s up to you to Baby sit this AssWipe, to protect any other cats from his torture. Killers, Tortures, Sadistic POS don’t like Attention! They like Private, so the more attention you put on him the more uncomfortable it is to hurt animals. His pic and Article should be posted over and over on FB and Craigslist!!

  2. His Dad is probably a Deacon or Something important in the Mormon Church and will get him off with the 90% Mormon Legal System that pretty much Runs the Whole STATE of UTAH!!!!! Also probably brought up as a Rich KID who got everything , but everything was not Enough!!! Look at the Smirk on His Face!!! He isn’t worried ONE BIT about the trouble he is IN….

  3. I’m shocked that no one in the surrounding area has put some Street Justice on this PRICK!! Sick SOB!! The Law in Not set up to protect defenceless Animals and give these Pricks the Punishment that fits The Crime! His FaceBook page/ link has been posted on a comment below. He is a very Sick Minded individule and should not be among us, where he needs to be is 10ft under rotting with the Maggots!!

  4. This animal torturing vile and evil psychopathic depraved monster PEDERSEN must be put to death. Torture this monster by hanging him by his balls and burn this evil psycho alive the same as this psycho monster committed against the defenceless and innocent cats and kittens this evil bastard tortured to death.
    All animal torturers and abusers must be put to death. This is the only way these vile and evil animal torturing psychopathic depraved monsters can be stopped.
    Eradication from our planet is a must. Kill them all by the same unimaginable torture and suffering these psycho monsters committed against their defenceless and innocent victims before this animal torturing psycho monsters starts killing humans (a serial killer). HOW I WOULD LOVE TO SMASH THE VILE AND EVIL SMERK OFF THIS POS FACE AND THEN TORTURE THIS PSYCHO MONSTER UNTIL THIS POS DIES IN AGONY. .
    RIP the innocent puddys and kittens. You have crossed the Rainbow Bridge into beautiful Animal Heaven. Fly high you precious puddys.

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