Secondhand heroin smoke may have killed cat
A Colorado woman is accused of killing her cat by blowing heroin smoke in its face, according to Fox affiliate KDVR in Denver.
Is she crying for Muffin?
Arrested Tuesday, 21-year-old Danielle Blankenship faces charges of cruelty to animals, third degree assault, and domestic violence.
Boulder police went to Blankenship’s home after her boyfriend called to report she’d punched him in the face.
Blankenship said she hit her boyfriend because he refused to let her use his cell phone to call for a ride.
While trying to unsort their stories, police noticed an “unresponsive” cat on the steps. “It could not seem to get up [when touched],” police wrote.
The boyfriend told police Blankenship had been smoking heroin and blowing smoke in the cat’s face.
Animal control took possession of the cat, named Muffin, and began treating it for poisoning, but it died.
A necropsy being performed Thursday or Friday will determine if Blankenship faces felony animal cruelty charges, police said.
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29 comments Add your comment
Peggy
July 8th, 2011
12:00 am
I’m sorry, this is the funniest story I read all week. I could not stop laughing.
Tim Costa
July 8th, 2011
3:20 am
Big Deal! Its a freaking cat!
Woman Accused of Killing Cat – By Blowing HEROIN Smoke in its Face
July 8th, 2011
9:09 am
[...] (AJC By by George Mathis) — A Colorado woman is accused of killing her cat by blowing heroin smoke in its face, according to Fox affiliate KDVR in Denver. [...]
Riley Brahma
July 8th, 2011
1:01 pm
http://www.facebook.com/MissCook#!/DanielleRoseBlankenship
john Q
July 11th, 2011
9:51 pm
it’s all bush’s fault
RMB
July 12th, 2011
8:10 pm
CASEY ANTHONY YOUR LIFE SHOUHD BE TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU, I HOPE SOMEONE IN FLORDA HATES YOU THAT MUCH BECAUSE I DO YOU UNFIT MOTHER.
Sick and Tired
July 14th, 2011
9:27 am
We need to give up on these people and isolate them all somewhere removed from the mainstream. Seriously. The last statistics I’m familiar with suggest only about 1/3 of these people ever clean up. Yes, I know this implicates the 1st and 8th Amendments, but why make the rest of us suffer from their crimes? Divert some of the foreign aid money to pay for it. I imagine a great number of these people are already on some sort of public assistance anyway. Maybe some kind of permanent halfway house. While we’re at it, sterilize them too. I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Bob
July 15th, 2011
11:51 am
Stupid woman go to jail!!!!
Jason beard
July 18th, 2011
10:27 am
I hate junkies…this is not about Anthony,blame her prosecution. Pay attention ! Our system (my favorite ) looks to history were fair trials did not exist. better a hundred guilty go free than on innocent goes to jail. Im sure we all live next to the guilty so no false comparisons please