He sent a message to her: 'I washed him. Are you coming back home?'
A twisted man from north Russia did an appalling thing to force his girlfriend to come home - killed her cat in a washing machine!
Ivan Vasiliev, 37, had a fierce quarrel with his girlfriend at home. He then threw her cat into the washing machine after taking ‘four bottles of vodka’.
The poor animal still survived after a hot wash cycle. He sent messages to his girlfriend, saying: ‘I washed him. He is alive. Are you coming back home? Please come back home.'
Then the horrible man started a new 30-minute cycle with 800 spins a minute, killing the animal.
Finally, his girlfriend came back with several police officers. The 24-year-old left the house with her belongings. Vasiliev was detained and found guilty of hooligan acts against an animal but was not sent to prison.
He initially denied he was responsible for the cat’s death, telling police: ‘It’s easier for me to kill a man than an animal.’
He also claimed: ‘I loved this cat. He slept only with me, lying on my chest, stretching his paws.’
Ivan Vasiliev with cat Ryzhik who he killed later
Later he confessed he had killed the pet and claimed it was a desperate attempt to force his ex to come back home.
He was sentenced by a judge to a year-long limitation of freedom, refraining him from leaving leave his hometown. He is also subject to a curfew and a ban on going to certain public places.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia hospital has confirmed the first known case of measles in the state since 2009, health officials said Monday.
The Monongalia County Health Department said WVU Medicine alerted officials Sunday that an adult patient living in the county tested positive for the viral infection. Health officials have not pinpointed exactly where and how the patient was exposed but said the person had recently traveled abroad.
The patient — who was partially vaccinated against measles, having received one of two doses — had developed symptoms, sought medical treatment through the WVU Medicine system and was instructed to stay home while awaiting lab results.
One of the world’s most contagious diseases, measles can lead to potentially serious complications.
Dr. Brian H. Huggins, the county health department's incoming health officer, said the department is working with the hospital to identify people who came into contact with the patient.
“We really want to emphasize that this is an illness that people should take very seriously,” Huggins said.
Nationwide, measles cases this year already are nearly double the total for all of 2023, raising health experts’ concerns about the preventable, once-common childhood virus. Health officials have confirmed measles cases in at least 17 other states so far this year, including cases in New York City, Philadelphia and Chicago.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention documented 113 cases as of April 5. There have been seven outbreaks and most U.S. cases — 73% — are linked to those flare-ups.
Still, the count is lower than some recent years: 2014 saw 667 cases and 2019 had 1,274.
Most U.S. cases are brought into the country by people who traveled where measles is far more common.
Huggins said West Virginia has not seen a case since 2009 largely due to its strict school vaccination laws. West Virginia is one of a handful of states that allows only medical exemptions to vaccine requirements.
Last month, Republican Gov. Jim Justice broke with West Virginia’s GOP-majority Legislature to veto a bill that would have allowed some students who don’t attend traditional public schools or don't participate in sports and other group extracurricular activities to be exempt from vaccinations typically required for children.
FILE - This undated image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Feb. 4, 2015, shows an electron microscope image of a measles virus particle, center. A West Virginia hospital has identified the first case of measles in the state since 2009, health officials said Monday, April 22, 2024. (Cynthia Goldsmith/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP, File)
