Target: MARICOPA COUNTY ANIMAL CRUELTY PROSECUTOR THOMAS RINEHART,
LESTER PAUL RiCHMOND (35) AND HEATHER AUDITOR (32) TOOK AN INNOCENT 9 WEEK OLD PUPPY, USED A CORD TO TIE HIS LITTLE MUZZLE SHUT, CAREFULLY WRAPPED IT TIGHTLY BEHIND HIS EARS, THEN WRAPPED HIS NOSE & MOUTH COMPLETELY IN RED PLASTIC TAPE, WHILE THE LITTLE BABY STRUGGLED AND CRIED. THEY THEN EITHER WATCHED HIM DIE, OR WHILE HE WAS STILL ALIVE AND STRUGGLING – LESTER PAUL RICHMOND DROVE AROUND WITH THE FILTHY PUPPY COVERED IN FECES HANGING OUT OF HIS CAR WINDOW BY THE CORD AROUND HIS NECK AND HIS NOSE/MOUTH TAPED TIGHTLY WITH RED DUCT TAPE. WORSE, LESTER DROVE A VEHICLE THAT HAD PREMIUM PRICED “AZ PET FRIENDLY LICENSE PLATES” ON IT. EVENTUALLY HE DUMPED THE PUPPY, ON FULL DISPLAY, IN AN ALLEY BEHIND HOUSES – NOT FAR FROM WHERE HEATHER AUDITOR LIVED.
THIS IS A TYPE OF ANIMAL ABUSE THAT INDICATES THE KILLER GOT ENJOYMENT OUT OF SEEING THE ANIMAL STRUGGLE AND DIE. ITS NOT TYPICAL AND CAN INDICATE PROGRESSION TO HUMANS.
This killing was very different. This was an anticipated torture killing. Lester Jr. has violent kidnapping charges and accused violence with women.
We’ve seen the original unblocked video of the puppy when he was found – and it is breathtakingly devastating to imagine how he suffered. There are also a selection of pictures and recent statement posts by Lester Paul Richmond Jr. posting under a false name. His mother and his sister posted remarks discussing his violence.
WE DIDN’T THINK THIS COULD GET WORSE, BUT AS WE DELVE FURTHER, FACTORS INDICATE THIS WAS PROBABLY NOT THEIR FIRST ABUSE ENDEAVOR. IT WAS CLEARLY PLANNED AND THEY MAY HAVE CULTIVATED A FAKE REPUTATION FOR BEING ANIMAL WELFARE ADVOCATES. HEATHER HAS FACEBOOK PICTURES OF 16-20 OTHER ANIMALS IN HER CARE.
WITHOUT A SIGNED PETITION, THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THESE 2 INDIVIDUALS MAY ONLY RECEIVE THE MINUMUM PENALTY, SO WE ARE ASKING FOR SIGNATURES TO ENSURE EVERY CHANCE FOR A MAXIMUM PENALTY AND JUSTICE FOR THIS LITTLE PUPPY.
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