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There is no physical evidence Tyler (or any human) killed a single one of these cats. Animal control caught 2 pitbulls in the act of killing 3 cats. It's past time to drop the charges against Tyler and for the police to admit they were wrong and that Animal Control caught their "man". The state of florida is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to rail road this kid, its only fair they help with his defense. I also hope they will be forthcomming with fair compensation when he is found innocent and has to repair the damage to his life this case has caused.

Do you believe everything the police and media tell you? DON'T! They have lied...and fabricated stories, just to make themselves right. That is what a trial is for...to sort things out and bring out the truth. Hopefully, when this is all over and Tyler is found innocent of all charges, the people who have trashed his reputation will think twice about judging others. Remember, we are all vulnerable to being found guilty before proven innocent. It can happen to you too.

He's as guilty as sin, guilty as the ever present smirk on his face & cat scratches all over his body. Witnesses place him at the scenes, driving off within minutes of finding the dead cat's.

They have not released all the evidence but when they do I believe DNA, blood will be found on some of the 'tools' little mr. sunshine as someone called him (funny)was carrying in his back pack while dressed in all black skate boarding at 3:00 in the morninf. He's been expelled twice from HS, never graduated, unemployed, busted for pot more than once, bragged about the tearing sound of dissected cats when they don't make that sound, the live ones he mutilated do. Burn in eternal hell you disgusting bastard.

Actually I formed my opinion based on a lot more than media and police reports. Do the police lie? Why yes, sometimes they do, but there is no proof that the MD officers have done anything other than arrest a likely suspect. So what makes you - a nameless, faceless person on the internet - more credible than any other source? Just because you keep screeching "Tyler is innocent!" over and over doesn't make it true. And calling people gullible and insulting their intelligence does nothing to prove your point.

The police do not have to list every single particle of evidence they have in order to obtain an arrest warrant, they need only to show probable cause. More evidence was likely collected after the arrest, and blood and DNA test results should have been completed by now. The state is NOT required to release this information to the public. We, as the public, have no right to the discovery of evidence; that right belongs exclusively to the state and defendent. If the state releases every shred of evidence they possess to the public, that could potentially taint the jury pool. Convictions have been overturned because of this. Therefore, we (including you) do NOT know everything the state has to present - that is why we have a trial.

LOL you must have misread what I wrote. I said that the state has no obligation to release evidence to the PUBLIC. I plainly stated that, "We, as the public, have no right to the discovery of evidence; that right belongs exclusively to the state and defendant." Defendant = defense. And yes, the police have released certain information to the public. The affidavit and search warrants were unsealed and are therefore a matter of public record, thanks to Florida's Sunshine Law. The MEDIA is who you want to blame for the glaring headlines, not the police. As to Tyler having his say - again, that's why we have a trial. He'll have ample opportunity to tell his side of the story in court. In the meantime, we, the public, are entitled to our opinions, based on what we know. Due to a variety of factors, which are not limited to media and police sources, I think he's guilty. Deal with it.

What an intelligent, well-reasoned response. Well done.