- Florida, USA -
Just when you think you’ve heard it all!
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested 43-year-old ILENA RENAE RASMUSSEN (pictured), for killing her roommate’s Jumping Spider.
According to the arrest report obtained by Voice For Us, the incident happened on July 15, 2024, at a residence on Pansy Avenue in Crestview. At the time of the incident, the Jumping Spider’s guardian was not home.
As per the arrest report, RASMUSSEN took the $70 spider and drowned him/her in “Ginger Ale.”
RASMUSSEN then texted the spider’s guardian and told her what she did.
When the roommate returned home the Jumping Spider and his/her enclosure could not be found.
RASMUSSEN spoke with OCS Officer Baliel over the phone and admitted to drowning the spider and refused to speak in person.
RASMUSSEN was taken into custody on July 29, 2024, and booked into the Okaloosa County Jail on one count of animal cruelty and one count of petit theft.
Records show that RASMUSSEN was released less than an hour after her arrest and she is scheduled to be arraigned at Crestview Courthouse on August 20, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. before Judge Jim Ward.
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office did not have additional information on the Voiceless Victim. I took the liberty of naming him/her Baby J for the tribute image.
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RASMUSSEN’s mugshot shared from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office
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Animal cruelty, it appears, comes to all souls. A vindictive monster wants to feel like a G-d so she cruelly takes a life. She will answer for her actions. No soul is too small nor insignificant. RIP BABY J