Olschafskie, 30, of Enfield, appeared the following day in state Superior Court in Hartford, the place his bail was elevated to $1.5 million, courtroom data present.
According to the police report, police in Wilmington, Del., have a warrant for his arrest on fees of first-degree homicide by abuse or neglect and recklessly inflicting the demise of a kid. The temporary report doesn’t elaborate on the murder.
Authorities in Delaware mentioned they plan to extradite Olschafskie, the report mentioned. He is in custody on the Hartford Correctional Center, jail data present.
Olschafskie, who was charged with killing seven cats and admitted to killing 5 of them, was sentenced on Feb. 6, 2015, to 2 years in jail, adopted by probation.
Seymour police arrested Olschafskie on a cost of second-degree harassment on Aug. 19, 2021, courtroom data present. Because of the arrest, he then was charged with violation of probation on Aug. 26, 2021.
He received a suspended sentence adopted by probation when sentenced on Feb. 23, 2022, in line with the data.
‘Watched him die’
At the time of the 2013 cat-killing case, Olschafskie was residing in Windsor Locks together with his fiancée and her household, which included a volunteer with a cat rescue organization. One cat after one other started to die of accidents that the household at first thought was from cat fights, for a complete of seven, in line with the warrant for his arrest on cruelty to animal fees.
Olschafskie was both the one one home when every severely injured or lifeless cat was found or was the primary to search out the animal, the warrant mentioned. And when the animal management officer arrived on the home on July 30, 2013 after one cat was severely injured and a second died, Olschafskie had contemporary scratches on each of his forearms, “similar to those that would be caused by a cat,” the warrant mentioned.
More than 4 months later, in line with the warrant, the cat rescuer advised police they overheard a telephone dialog the place Olschafskie admitted to killing 5 of the seven cats. He additionally described how he did it, the warrant mentioned.
According to the warrant, Olschafskie mentioned he took a cat named Aladdin out of its cage and threw the animal in opposition to a closet door. He then picked up the cat “and watched him die before laying the cat on the closet floor” and going again to mattress, the warrant acknowledged. Aladdin was discovered lifeless on the closet flooring on July 14, 2013.
He mentioned he picked up Smoochy and threw that cat in opposition to the wall. He then chased the cat, which jumped up on the windowsill and fell by the display as he approached, the warrant mentioned. Smoochy died July 24, 2013.
Olschafskie mentioned he threw Smokey into the concrete basement wall on July 30, 2013, the warrant mentioned.
“Olschafskie stated he should have put the cat out of his misery, but held the cat instead and watched it die before placing the cat on the floor near the computer desk,” the warrant mentioned.
He mentioned he took Sharbay from underneath a mattress and threw it throughout the room right into a dresser, Olschafskie mentioned, in line with the warrant. Sharbay died on April 30, 2013.
Spooky, the cat that was nonetheless alive when delivered to the veterinarian on July 30, 2013, was the one one he didn’t throw, Olschafskie mentioned, in line with the warrant. He mentioned he killed Spooky by kicking the cat, who flew by the air, hitting a chair and breaking a lightweight bulb, the warrant mentioned.
Spooky died August 24, 2013.
When he was interviewed by police, Olschafskie denied data of how the cats had been injured and expressed that he was involved about his probation and going again to jail.
It was not instantly clear on Monday why he was initially in jail earlier than the cat deaths.