Catlady Incompetent To Stand Trial

[matcom]

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The infamous cat lady -- who hoarded 200 cats in a filthy Petaluma home and, after her arrest, did it again -- was found incompetent Wednesday to stand trial on charges of animal cruelty.

The decision means Marilyn Barletta will be committed to an as-yet-to-be- determined treatment facility so she can overcome her apparently insatiable desire to surround herself with meowing felines.

The decision, by Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Robert Dale, was made after a psychiatrist issued a report indicating that the 64-year-old Barletta's cat-hoarding instincts may not be under her conscious control.

"Based on the report, we agreed that at this time she is not competent to stand trial," said Larry Scoufos, the chief deputy district attorney for Sonoma County. "It goes without saying that it's a sad case for everyone concerned, the cats and the defendant."

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/05/27/BAG5B6SAEP1.DTL

[underpants]

1. How do people live like that?

Seriously the peanut and whipped cream expense must be enormous.

[matcom]

2. SNARF!!!!!!

luneon Burbon kicking in........

[underpants]

3. Pat I'd like a C and an H please

luncheon

:beer:

[Loonman]

4. Hey, our Cat Lady is more infamous!

http://www3.whdh.com/news/articles/local/A13183

Heidi Erickson, the Cat Lady of Greater Boston!

She's nuttier than Chinese chicken salad.

[demnan]

5. Poop on this thread

Who says she's crazy!

[Loonman]

6. 40 cats in a 12X20 space

Yep, she's sane.


amid mountains of excrement and concentrations of urine so powerful that breathing the air inside her home on Petaluma's Baker Street was considered dangerous. Six dead cats, some cannibalized, were also found.

[quispquake]

7. Does she look crazy to you???