Man gets 40 years in prison for killing, torturing kittens at shelter

[douglas9]

Gabriel Skyler Caswell, 23, was a full-time employee of the Weatherford Parker County Animal Shelter when the abuse occurred.

A Parker County man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for torturing and killing kittens while working at an animal shelter there.

Gabriel Skyler Caswell, 23, of Weatherford, has been convicted of 15 charges of cruelty to non-livestock animals.

Caswell pleaded guilty Tuesday to 12 of those charges and was sentenced to 10 years in prison in each of those cases.

He previously stood trial for the other three animal cruelty charges, was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison in each of those cases as well.

In all, 43rd State District Judge Craig Towson ordered that Caswell’s prison sentences be “stacked” or served consecutively instead of concurrently, which amounts to 40 years in prison.

Caswell abused and killed the kittens while working as an animal care technician at the Weatherford Parker County Animal Shelter. He worked there for less than a year, said Parker County District Attorney Jeff Swain.

The animal shelter’s surveillance cameras captured footage of Caswell stomping on kittens, smashing their heads and necks in cages, kicking them and throwing them across the room, as well as many other forms of abuse, according to a press release from Swain’s office. In two videos, Caswell was seen carrying dead kittens, who were stiff with rigor mortis, then throwing them into a trash can.

https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/weatherford-animal-shelter-kittens-tortured-20234058.php

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Wish he'd gotten a longer sentence. He doesn't deserve another chance.

[Butterflylady]

2. I'd stomp on his head.

[niyad]

3. Lady Bast, please deal with this monster as he deserves.

[radical noodle]

4. Serial killer in the making

It's good to see they took it seriously.

[Duppers]

5. I cannot post what

I'd like to do to him.

[ShazzieB]

6. Oh, 🤬 this miserable creep!

Good on that judge for stacking his sentences like that! But I don't understand the math.

Caswell pleaded guilty Tuesday to 12 of those charges and was sentenced to 10 years in prison in each of those cases.

He previously stood trial for the other three animal cruelty charges, was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison in each of those cases as well.

That's 15 charges all together, with 10 years for each. Shouldn't that add up to a lot more than 40 years?

Be that as it may, I'm glad he's not just getting a slap on the wrist!