{"id":365275,"date":"2026-08-07T13:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T13:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/365275\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T13:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T13:02:10","slug":"florida-man-killed-kittens-with-bleach-soaked-rag-blow-dryer-to-punish-teen-daughter-deputies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/365275\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man killed kittens with bleach-soaked rag, blow dryer to punish teen daughter, deputies say"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Florida man<\/a> faces aggravated animal cruelty charges after deputies said he killed two kittens and injured another as a form of punishment for his teenage daughter.<\/p>\n

According to information provided by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office<\/a>, deputies responded to a Fort Myers home after receiving reports that a man was trying to drown and strike a 2-month-old kitten named Luna.<\/p>\n

Witnesses identified the suspect as David Charette Jr., and they told deputies that he would abuse and kill the family’s kittens in front of his teenage daughter as a form of punishment when she would “act up.”<\/p>\n

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David Charette Jr.<\/p>\n

Lee County Sheriff’s Office\/Facebook<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office said that throughout the investigation, detectives learned that Charette Jr. had killed two kittens in the past year.<\/p>\n

In June, he is accused of smothering a 1-month-old kitten with a rag soaked in bleach.<\/p>\n

In a different incident, he’s accused of killing a 3-month-old kitten by burning it with a blow dryer, according to the sheriff’s office.<\/p>\n

Investigators learned that both kittens were buried in the backyard, but the sheriff’s office said that only one of them was recovered during a search of the property.<\/p>\n

Luna was taken to a local animal hospital where she received treatment and is currently recovering.<\/p>\n

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