A young Florida woman is accused of killing a neighborhood cat and then blending its organs to drink.

​Juliana Alyssa Brown captured the animal in May 2024 while her family was on vacation, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by The Independent.

At first the 21 year-old tried to kill the cat by drowning it in a white trash bag, before stabbing it with a kitchen knife, the affidavit said.

Pasco County Sheriff’s Office interviewed Brown earlier this month after a mandatory clinical reporter told them she had confessed to the killing.

“The defendant proceeded to admit to trying to kill the cat various ways over the course of several days,” the affidavit stated. “The defendant explained the cat was screaming in pain which caused her to become ‘sexually aroused’.

“Ultimately the defendant was able to drown the cat in her bathroom. Following the cat’s death the defendant placed it in a refrigerator hiding it from family members.

“The defendant admitted that she skinned the cat, dissected its organs, placed them in a blender and drank them.”

The accused told patrol deputies she decapitated the animal, keeping its head for several months by preserving it with alcohol, per the affidavit. Brown told cops she often fantasized about killing animals and had done so since she was three years-old.

The sheriff’s office said the suspect had given them photographs showing the cat alive and then skinned two days later, as well as the knife she claimed she used to kill the animal.

Brown was arrested on October 14, according to jail records, and has now been charged with one count of aggravated animal cruelty causing excessive pain or death.

​The sheriff’s office requested a high bond be set “due to an enhanced fear of public safety”.

​“I understand that cruelty to animals is often a precursor for individuals who go on to carry out mass attacks or acts of targeted violence against individuals,” a deputy wrote in the affidavit.

Under Florida Statute 828.12(2), aggravated animal cruelty is a third-degree felony and punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a maximum fine of $10,000, The Herbst Firm says.

Anyone convicted of the crime could also be required to undertake an anger management program or psychological counselling.

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