"Animal Instinct" A group of cat-loving vigilantes tracked down a sadistic killer.(WARNING-Graphic)

[Are_grits_groceries]

@longform: "Animal Instinct" How a group of cat-loving vigilantes tracked down a sadistic killer: (@Billyjensen, @RollingStone)

It's five o'clock in the morning on May 26th, 2012, and John Green's iPhone is buzzing with an incoming Facebook message.

"Hey, you might want to see this video," it reads. "I think it's that Luka guy you've been looking for."

Still under his covers, Green clicks on the link.

A man is laying face up tied spread eagle to a bed. He is nude, with a video camera positioned between his feet. New Order's "True Faith" is playing. A poster for the movie Casablanca hangs above the man's head, which is shrouded with a white cloth. And a figure in dark clothing is standing next to him. The figure leans over the man and touches his blindfold. The video cuts. The dark figure is now straddling the man.
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"There's this unwritten rule of the Internet," says Vacuumer Kitten Killer groupmember Green. "It's called rule zero. And it's you don't mess with cats."
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(WARNING! There are graphic and disturbing descriptions of cruel acts of violence to animals.)
Much more:
http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/animal-instinct-how-cat-loving-sleuths-found-an-accused-killer-sadist-20140319

It's disturbing to think of the cruelty being done. However, it's heartening to know there are people who will track evil to the ends of the earth.

[Agschmid]

1. Damn.

That is a wild and disturbing story.

I'm sorry someone had to loose their life for this person to finally end up in jail.

[baldguy]

2. The sad thing is that animal abuse & cruelty is not taken seriously by law enforcement & the courts.

Time and time again, people who are guilty of the most horrific crimes are let off with nothing more than a slap on the wrist.

[Are_grits_groceries]

4. They are taking it more seriously.

I watch too many crime shows, but when animal cruelty occurs many departments pay attention.
However, there are still too many who think it's not red flag or don't know.

These sleuths tried to warn the authorities.

[WhiteTara]

6. Yes, look at *. He was an animal killer as a child

and bragged about it as an adult.

[Feral Child]

3. Rec

I'm too upset to comment.

It's an important article but not for the faint-hearted.

[Stargazer09]

5. Damn

That was interesting, but very difficult to read.

All of those people tried to warn the authorities, but nobody listened until it was too late.

[Sunlei]

7. evil does walk the earth!

[MFM008]

8. its so easy to say

he is a horrible twisted vile crature, so lets say it.