Posted on 08/04/2010 4:18:46 PM PDT by devane617
GULF BREEZE - A Gulf Breeze man is charged with killing and skinning the family dog because he believed it was possessed by the devil.
Matthew O. Foote, 25, is being held on no bond on a third-degree felony of cruelty to animals and is expected to make his first appearance in court this afternoon.
Sheriff’s deputies on Sunday responded to the Reservation Road home of Foote’s father, Gerald Foote, who told investigators that his son had killed his dog.
When investigators arrived, Matthew Foote was calm and cooperative, according to his arrest report.
Foote explained he spent the weekend in Louisiana where he met a lot of “evil people.” He told the investigator that he also punched a girl on a bus and believed that “something was put in the water,” the arrest report says.
Matthew Foote told investigators he believed the dog, a 7-year-old dachshund-Chihuahua mix named Sasha, was possessed by Satan.
He described in vivid detail how he stabbed the dog several times and eventually held the dog’s mouth until she finally died, the report says.
He took the dog into the back yard and skinned its body. He dug a shallow grave and then doused the dog’s body with gasoline and lit her on fire.
He buried the body and threw the skin and entrails into a wooded area.
“I observed during the entire conversation, Mr. Foote never showed any emotion at all and was very matter of fact during his dialogue,” a Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s deputy wrote in the report. “He continued to say he did not really know why he did it.”
I believe everyone should have a hobby.
Sasha? Seven year old? Wait.. I've heard of that.. wait..Mixed breed.. wait...
Sometimes I really hate people.
Its his dog. Maybe the dog was an a-hole?
Just the kind of guy we need to send to Washington.
We should re-introduce wolves there too.
Capitol Hill once was prime wolf habitat.
Methamphetamine is good for you.
mmmmmm-kay?
And yes, I did forget the /s. Saw the story prior, and it didn’t reveal the prior incidents and cruelty.
You have no idea of the meth problem in P.C.
What do you want to bet that the family has knwn for a long time that something just wasn’t rigth but never dreamed he’d hurt anyone?
I sincerely hope that was an attempt at humor. As it is, I am not laughing.
That was the sort of behavior I have come to associate with heavy meth use. Nasty stuff.
I understand. My fingers sometimes have a mind of their own.
Back to the story, as gruesome as this was, I am thankful the victim was not a human family member.
It could be true. That would make him Satan.
This is the sort of individual that would have been involuntarily committed to a state mental hospital...were it still an option in most states.
Huckabee kin?
heck, why not.
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