We have determined to indicate her mugshot as a result of she’s charged with felony animal abuse.
CEDAR PARK, Texas — A Cedar Park teenager has been charged after she allegedly poisoned a classmate’s goat on objective.
The incident occurred in October on the Vista Ridge Excessive Faculty barn earlier than being found a number of days afterward safety video. Now a 17-year-old is dealing with felony prices forward of her January courtroom date.
Based on an affidavit, Aubrey Layne Vanlandingham pressured the goat to drink pesticide at her faculty’s barn. Video allegedly exhibits Vanlandingham grabbing provides and strolling to the goat pens whereas holding a syringe-like merchandise.
She then allegedly straddles the goat earlier than forcing the syringe into the goat’s mouth whereas it tries to flee. She let the goat go earlier than utilizing the merchandise on the animal two extra occasions and putting the merchandise again on the shelf. Within the video, Vanlandingham allegedly returned twice all through the day to test on the sufferer’s goat.
Investigators who watched the footage stated it appeared she took images and movies of the goat whereas additionally making a telephone name.
That day, the goat was taken to a veterinary clinic in Dripping Springs after affected by coughing, shaking and diarrhea. Assessments could not establish what was unsuitable with the goat. The following day, the goat was introduced in once more by a trainer and pronounced deceased.
Based on the affidavit, a physician who carried out a necropsy on the goat stated “the odor of pesticide permeated the room” after opening the goat’s abdomen. The proprietor of the goat stated Vanlandingham despatched her household a video of the goat, saying it wasn’t performing proper.
When Vanlandingham was interviewed in regards to the incident, she initially denied giving the goat any pesticides earlier than telling authorities that her classmate was a “cheater” and that she “does not like cheaters.” The affidavit says she additionally admitted that she tried to feed the goat pesticide and inject it into the goat’s mouth earlier than the incident.
After acquiring a search warrant for Vanlandingham’s telephone, authorities allegedly discovered that she searched the right way to poison pets, “how a lot bleach can kill an animal,” and the right way to clear her search historical past.
Salma Diaz lives a block away from the college barn and can also be a Vista Ridge Excessive Faculty graduate. She stated she hears the animals on a regular basis and that “you’d assume they’re having a great life there.”
Based on Diaz, being within the Future Farmers of America program was well-liked again when she was at school. She stated it is a custom for some households that spans generations, and that folks take it severely there.
However when Diaz heard the information about Vanlandingham on social media, she thought the act was heartless.
“It was very stunning to listen to what occurred there as a result of, particularly once you’re in that program, you are speculated to have such a love for animals,” Diaz stated.
KVUE reached out to Leander ISD to see if Vanlandingham continues to be attending Vista Ridge Excessive Faculty, however didn’t get a response. In the meantime, Vanlandingham has been charged with felony torture of a livestock animal.
