Murderer up for parole, please protest!
1. Please sign and send Urge The Kentucky Parole Board to Keep “Cat Killer” (Russell Swigart) Behind Bars!
2. Send letter (sample below) via mail, email not accepted
BACKGROUND
Targeting: Gov. Steve Beshear (KY)
Started by: Bridgett Wright
Russell Swigart is up for parole in February, after serving 2 years and 5 months of a 12-year prison sentence. He pled guilty in 2008, for 2nd degree Breaking & Entering and 2 counts of animal torture under Romeo’s Law for stabbing 2 pet cats to death. (10 yrs. for B&E and 2 yrs. for animal torture)
My name is Bridgett Wright and I am the victim in this case. Swigart broke into my Lakeside Park condo, after sending me threatening texts that he “wanted me dead.” He was armed with an 11 inch Buck Knife. I was out of town on a last minute business trip. When he saw I was not home, he took out his rage on two of the most important things in my life–Mr. Frank and Piggy. These were cats I adopted at birth & loved for nearly 8 years. Swigart then texted me saying,
“You should get home and clean up the mess. Piggy & Frank have seen better days. I just stabbed your cats to death. Piggy put up a good fight, but Frank went out like a b****.”
I called the police & alerted my family. Driving home, from 3 hours away, was torture in itself. The only information confirmed by police, was that my home had in fact been violated. I didn’t know for sure if they were dead until I arrived home. It was the worst night of my life. When he does get out of jail—I will live in fear of this man.
Russell Swigart has a long history of stalking/threatening women and torturing or killing their pets. There are at least 5 other known women with pets that he has victimized. Swigart is mentally unstable and a danger to society. He needs to be stopped before he kills a person. I desperately need the support of all animal lovers and concerned citizens to urge The Kentucky Parole Board to deny his parole and make him “SERVE OUT” the remaining 10 years of his sentence.
The Kenton County Prosecuter, Justin Sanders, who prosecuted this case was quoted in the Kentucky Enquirer saying,
“It is not unreasonable to believe that (Swigart) may even be a serial killer in the making,” on January 26, 2011.
- 1. Please sign the online petition
- 2. Send a polite letter – no emails – THIS WEEK (to arrive before Monday, February 14, 2011) to the Kentucky Parole Board encouraging that Russell Swigart’s parole be denied, and reminding authorities of the well-documented connection between abuse to animals and violence toward humans.
WHERE TO SEND YOUR LETTERS
Kentucky Parole Board
PO Box 2400
Frankfort, KY 40602-2400
Fax: 502-564-8995
Include Russell Swigart’s case number in your letter. DOC#233603
SAMPLE MESSAGE
RE: Russell Swigart | DOC#233603
Dear Parole Board Members,
I have learned of an extremely disturbing and malicious case of animal cruelty in which Russell Swigart, DOC#233603, with deliberation and malice caused the suffering and death of two cats, Mr. Frank and Piggy, who lived with Bridgett Wright. Mr. Swigart will soon be up for parole; he has served two years, five months of an original twelve-year prison sentence. I am writing today to respectfully request that you deny Mr. Swigart parole and that he fulfill the maximum penalty.
When I try to imagine what possible motive animal abusers entertain for subjecting their victims to such malicious, heinous acts of brutality, I fail, but I am thankful for a lack of cognitive understanding and rationalization. To engage in such malevolent behaviour absolutely suggests sociopathic and sadistic tendencies and demonstrates an incontrovertible lack of morality regarding other living beings and a gross disrespect for the law. In fact, a person who shows such a remarkable lack of compassion towards animals has, disturbingly enough, the ability to show such indifference towards humans. This link between animal and human abuse has been established, and if we excuse or ignore Mr. Swigart’s violent history, we would be serving an injustice to both animals and society.
Please respect the victims by penalizing the guilty and deny Mr. Swigart parole. Rejecting cruelty by maintaining an unyielding position towards it would be a model for all community members and would serve to characterize this type of behaviour as both impermissible and punishable.
Thank you for your attention to this urgent issue.
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this “man” is a monster
who should never see
the light of day
no living creature
is safe
if they get in
his way:(
Karen Lyons Kalmenson
Our Compass 
this “man” is a monster
who should never see
the light of day
no living creature
is safe
if they get in
his way:(
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