'I’m so glad this baby is getting justice': Woman discovers kitten double-bagged in the trash, police find perpetrator's name in the garbage, and the criminal is arrested with justice served

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Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor
Nov 27, 2025 9:00 AM EST

So often, here at ICHC, we find ourselves coming across stories of people doing the worst things to cats. Of course, we try to focus on the positives - on the kitties that are rescued, all the sweet cats who get given a second chance. But it does happen, we do see the stories of people abandoning cats in need, of people throwing kittens on the streets to fend for themselves, and much worse. And as much as we celebrate the rescues, we can't say that there isn't a little part of us that wishes there was more, that wishes the culprits, the wrongdoers, the criminals would be found as well.

Today, we have a story where that actually happened. A kitten was found double-bagged in the trash. It was the middle of the night. Had the kitten been found in the morning, there is a good chance she wouldn't have made it. But she was found, she was rescued and adopted by the rescuer, and on top of all of that, the criminal was actually found and brought to justice.  

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    www.con Got home from a closing shift and took the trash out late. Heard meowing and started ripping through bags to try and help. Originally thought stray cat was stuck.
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    First garbage bag we heard meowing coming from filled with diapers
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    Police were contacted they got a name through other trash. Praying that this person in our apartment complex is found and held accountable.
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    Police were contacted they got a name through other trash. Praying that this person in our apartment complex is found and held accountable.
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    ERS POL Who can just throw a baby away? Why not just abandon at a shelter or leave on a door step. Disgusting and psychotic people.
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  • Far too often, we hear stories of people being cruel to cats for no reason, but so few times do we actually manage to find the culprit and bring them to justice. They are always long gone, and we are just happy when those kitties are found and rescued. Today, we are much happier than normal, because not only was this kitten saved, but the person who hurt her will not be able to do it again.

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    Reply to catmama711's comment Can we get an update on that sweet baby GD
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    Basically, what happened was I left a rotten turkey in the house and my roommates were like, "oh my god, this has got to get out of here!" And I was like, maybe I'll wait till the morning. But I said, "fine, I'll go out late at night right now and take turkey out." I went down and I heard meowing.
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    I didn't know where the cat was. I figured it was just a stray looking for food that was trapped under some garbage. So I ran back to my apartment, I screamed at my roommates, I was like, "get up, come help me, come help me!" We grabbed the gloves really quick because we knew we had to get in the trash and we started sorting through and we found that the cat was double bagged.
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    So it wasn't an accident. Someone intentionally put this cat there. And so after that we called the police and they came. They said they were going to take the cat to shelter, make sure he's okay and taken care of. We went back down to the garbage-some people are saying like go look through the mail and we did that. We took the police officers down there.
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    They were able to get a name off the prescription bottles. I reached out to the shelter this morning and asked for the well being of the cat. They said the cat is doing okay. She said she couldn't tellme everything because of confidentiality, but she said the police did make an arrest and the person will be facing jail time. So that's good.
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    As for the adoption, I told them I am interested in adopting the cat-it was fate! I found him. It's an absolute miracle that I went out when I did. I really want him. She let me know that the police officer is also interested in adopting him. So we'll see.
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    It's kind of a toss up on who gets him. I think I deserve him because I'm the one who went through the dirty diapers and the tampons for him. But no matter what, he's going to get a loving home. So good news at the end of the day.
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    Reply to alex_bojangles's comment Is there an update??? Who got the cat?? I got the baby!!
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  • You 100% deserved this have this kitty, and we are so, so sure that the kitty could not be happier than being with you. We wish you both many, many long and happy years together. 

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