Juvenile authorities will now review the case and could investigate further, place the boy in a first-offender program or refer the case to the Tarrant County district attorney’s office for prosecution in juvenile court.
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| RIP Cookie |
“We’re in communication with them,” said Sam Jordan, a spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office, on Thursday.
As of Thursday, the boy was not in juvenile custody, officials said. In Texas, 10 is the minimum age at which a child can be prosecuted.
The dog, a 15-pound mix of Cavalier King Charles spaniel and poodle, was found dead Monday afternoon on the porch of a house across the street from its owner’s on Sleeping Doe Drive.
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| Cookie was beaten to death by this little boy |
Jennifer Knittel, Cookie’s owner, told WFAA Thursday that the boy’s parents gave a police officer a written apology, which was passed on to her.
“For whatever reason, our son felt threatened, and felt better to defend himself,” the letter read, Knittel said.
Knittel said Cookie and her other dog, Sam, were in her fenced back yard that day while she was at work. Knittel told WFAA that she believes the boy unlatched the gate and later beat the dog with the stick.
A witness told police she saw a boy try to kick two dogs as they hid under a truck. The woman said a short time later, she saw the boy walk from the scene with a stick as one of the dogs was slumped over on a porch.
When she confronted the boy, he told her that he did not hit the dog, but she became suspicious and followed him.
Officers located the boy, who lives three to four blocks from where Cookie was found dead, police have said.
The boy allegedly confessed to the beating, but told authorities he felt threatened by Cookie, a 15-pound Cavalier mix poodle.
(Fort Worth Star Telegram - May 14, 2015)
That was not an apology, it was an aggressive excuse. The boy's parents should be as ashamed of themselves as they should be of their son.
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