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David Charette Jr. is accused of smothering a 1-month-old kitten with a rag soaked in bleach and killing a 3-month-old kitten by burning it with a blow dryer.<\/p>\n
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A Florida man 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\u2019s Office, 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\u2019s kittens in front of his teenage daughter as a form of punishment when she would \u201cact up.\u201d<\/p>\n
The sheriff\u2019s 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\u2019s accused of killing a 3-month-old kitten by burning it with a blow dryer, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
Investigators learned that both kittens were buried in the backyard, but the sheriff\u2019s office said that only one of them was recovered during a search of the property.<\/p>\n
Luna was taken to an animal hospital, where she received treatment and is recovering.<\/p>\n