Teen charged for allegedly poisoning classmate’s goat at Vista Ridge High

CEDAR PARK, Texas A 17-year-old girl faces felony charges after allegedly killing a classmate’s show goat with pesticide at Vista Ridge High School, according to an arrest affidavit.

The incident occurred on October 23 at the school’s barn facility in Cedar Park, where security footage showed a female student administering a toxic pesticide to a goat using a drench gun, police said. The goat, named Willie, died approximately 21 hours later after experiencing symptoms including convulsions and respiratory distress.

According to the affidavit, the suspect, identified as Aubrey Vanlandingham, confessed to police that she deliberately poisoned the goat because she believed the animal’s owner’s daughter was “a cheater.” Police say Vanlandingham admitted this was her second attempt to poison the animal.

via cbsaustin.com

Willie, the goat, was only 6 months old. Ms. Vanlandingham will probably be put in prison for a long time.