- Texas, USA -
⚠️WARNING⚠️The article contains details some of you may find distressing⚠️
The Mission Police Department arrested 20-year-old ALEC OMAR ESPERICUETA (pictured).
On the morning of Thursday, April 10, 2025, police responded to Tru-Fit Gym on 1718 E. Griffin Parkway after receiving a call from a woman who reported seeing a male torturing an animal in the parking lot.
According to the PC Affidavit, the woman told police that she saw a male holding what she thought was a car mat but, then she realized the male was holding an animal but she could not tell what animal.
The PC Affidavit stated: “The male then began slamming the animal on the ground and then proceeded to hit it with a rock. The male then placed the animal on the edge of the cement curb and began stomping on it.”
The woman told the police the male went inside the gym and that he had a black Toyota Tacoma. Thankfully she was able to provide officers with the license plate number.
The officer who responded to the scene met with the woman who showed him a partial video of the incident. The officer found a deceased gray cat on the east side of the parking lot and then saw the vehicle in question leaving.
After conducting a traffic stop on the suspect vehicle, ESPERICUETA was identified as the driver. When he was questioned by the officer about the cat, ESPERICUETA claimed that
he had picked up the feline from his neighborhood with a trap, put the animal on the bed of his truck, and then drove to the gym.
According to the PC Affidavit, ESPERICUETA told the officer that when he arrived at the gym, he noticed that the cat was seizing and foaming at the mouth so he took him/her out of the cage and when he was unable to locate a pulse, he became upset and began slamming the cat on the ground multiple times. The PC Affidavit goes on to state: “Mr. Espericueta then grabbed a rock and smashed the cat in the head with the rock.” He then proceeded to put the cat on the curb and stomped on his/her tiny head and neck, leaving him/her lifeless before going to the gym as if nothing had happened.
The murderer was handcuffed and charged with one count of cruelty to non-livestock animal.
Jail records show he was booked into the Hidalgo County Jail on April 10, 2025, and released on the same day after posting a $100,000 bond.
I took the liberty of naming the Voiceless Victim Willow for the tribute image.
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ESPERICUETA’s mugshots shared from the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office
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