CT man accused of killing kitten because it ‘made him angry’

SHELTON, CT (WFSB) – Police say a Shelton man was arrested for killing a kitten.

Krzystof Bakota, 47, was charged with first-degree malicious homicide of an animal.

Bakota was arrested on Friday.

The arrest stemmed from a report Shelton police received from a family member who said she left her kitten in Bakota’s care while he was away.

According to police, Bakota told him the kitten was missing. He was later found dead in the backyard by another family member.

Police said Bakota confessed to family members that he killed the kitten. She told another family member that the kitten was bothering her, so she threw it on a table and then threw it off the back deck.

The kitten’s body was taken to the University of Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory for autopsy.

The report stated in part that the kitten had multiple skull fractures with significant bleeding.

Police stated that the cause of death was trauma to the left body wall and lung hemorrhage.

They said there was evidence of blunt force trauma and it was highly unlikely the kitten had been killed by another animal.

Bakota was held on a $25,000 bond and appeared in Derby Superior Court for a hearing Friday.

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