New charges emerge in Italian greyhound case, but few new details made public
Andrew Thompson, a Michigan State University medical student charged with killing 10 dogs, now faces three more charges.
The new charges also pertain to killing dogs, bringing to 13 — or 14, by some other media accounts — the number of canines the student is alleged to have killed in his apartment, WILX reported.
The 10 dogs he was initially accused of killing were all Italian greyhounds.
Few details have emerged about the case.
Investigators say Thompson had been bringing the dogs to his apartment over the past nine months, where the crimes were committed. A concerned neighbor, who saw the dogs arrive but never saw them again, tipped off authorities.
Thompson was suspended from school on June 23. He’s currently being held on $100,000 bond.
In our post on the killings yesterday, we remarked the official statement the university released about the case seemed a little odd, specifically this part: “The alleged actions do not reflect the values of MSU or the ethics of the medical profession.”
We’ve gotten more comments disputing whether that’s odd than we have comments of concern about the murdered dogs, or about the scant few facts of the case that have been made public.
While the medical and veterinary schools at MSU haven’t exactly led the way in using alternatives to live dogs in their teaching and research — it was just last year that the vet school stopped using “terminal surgery labs,” in which live dogs are killed after being used to practice surgery — we’re not saying there is any connection between the ex-student’s alleged acts and the school.
But we will say this: Police and prosecutors owe the public some information about what’s going on.
Posted by jwoestendiek June 30th, 2011 under Muttsblog.
Tags: andrew thompson, animal cruelty, animals, charges, dogs, greyhounds, italian greyhound, killer, killings, medical, michigan state university, new charges, pets, police, prosecutors, serial killing, serial killler, statement, student, university
Comments
Comment from Anonymous
Time June 30, 2011 at 12:06 pm
Andrew Thompson is one sick fuck who gets off to strangling dogs. This has NOTHING to do with the vet schools policy on terminal surgeries.
Comment from Rebecca
Time June 30, 2011 at 2:30 pm
So they still haven’t figured out why the heck he would do such a thing?
Comment from Weirded out
Time June 30, 2011 at 4:13 pm
Talk about creepy. I live in Lansing, and just met this guy last week. It sounds cliche but he didn’t seem like this type at all. He came into my workplace, and he put on a great front. Everyone who talked to him thought so too. Then, I heard about this. It makes me sick.
He’s a great liar.
Comment from jwoestendiek
Time June 30, 2011 at 4:25 pm
Rebecca, If they have, they don’t seem to be sharing it with the public. I’m wondering why not.
john/ohmidog!
Comment from jwoestendiek
Time June 30, 2011 at 4:29 pm
@ Weirded out, If you, or anyone you know of, has any details they might be willing to share, confidentially or otherwise — as to what’s going on, or what the suspect’s motivations were — they can contact me at muttsblog@verizon.net
john/ohmidog!
Comment from Anon
Time July 2, 2011 at 2:08 am
Ok, this guy lived in an apartment complex with tons of other med students and other undergrad/grad students and this went on for over half a year??? How the hell does that work.
Also he was going to medical school, not vet school.
Comment from Anonymous
Time July 14, 2011 at 2:06 pm
I went to grad school with him – he was only at BU for one semester. I went out for drinks with him and some of our friends a couple of times. He claimed to be a male model and seemed pretty cocky – but I would not suspect he was an animal killer. I have to say, though; at the time, me and some of the other students who went to BU with him felt that there was something off about him. He lied about test scores and even where he went to medical school after he left BU. We suspected he had some weird past.
This whole thing is beyond disturbing. He showed pictures of him puppies on facebook as if they were his pets. It’s creepy to think that he might still have my phone number.
I hope he gets the maximum sentence. I can’t see how this type of cruelty just happen to begin in med school – I think he’s been doing it for a long time. Anyone ever see “Dexter”?
Comment from Anne’n'Spencer
Time June 30, 2011 at 8:18 am
I don’t ever remember seeing that many Italian Greyhounds together in one place even alive and well. I wonder where he got them.
Since all the facts haven’t been released, I’m guessing he killed the dogs in some way that had elements of dissecting them or operating on them. The medical school may be aware of this and may be reacting to it. The authorities may be keeping back some details as they work on their investigation.
I hate to think he might have become a doctor!