Tyler Weinman, The Cat Killer

Tyler Weinman, 18, was arrested early sunday, in recent killings and mutilation of more than a dozen cats in Palmetto and Cutler bays which had terrorized pet owners in the area.

Weinman was charged with 19 counts of animal cruelty, 19 counts of improperly disposing of an animal body and four counts of burglary. In all, the deaths of more than 30 cats were under investigation, but some of those cats were likely killed by dogs.

In the days before his arrest, someone fitting Weinman’s situation has been mentioned by several area residents who attended a community meetings. They spoke of teen who lived between his mother’s home and his father’s home in Palmetto and Cutler bays, allowing him to attack cats in both neighborhoods.

According to Miami Dade county property records, Weinman’s parents live 1.43 miles apart in an area covering much of where the cat killings took place.

His mother, Aiba Weinman, lives on Ridgeland Drive — the street where at least four of the killings occurred. It is also the street where the killer started the cat killing rampage.

The teen’s father, Douglas Weinman, lives northeast of his ex-wife – just east of where the northern most killings took place.