A babysitter accused of killing a Wisconsin household’s canine appeared in a Waukesha County Courtroom Wednesday. 18-year-old Kielee Sonnemann waived her preliminary listening to, which means the complete court docket look lasted only a few minutes.
Kielee Sonnemann is charged with mistreatment of animals with the usage of a harmful weapon. (Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department)
Prosecutors say Sonnemann, a high school senior, stabbed a chihuahua with a pair of scissors and put a bag over its head. The canine, named Batman, was discovered the subsequent day in a baby’s room hidden below a pile of blankets. She’s charged with mistreating an animal, inflicting dying.
Sonnemann was babysitting the household’s 4-year-old daughter on the time. Prosecutors say when the kid’s dad and mom returned home, they couldn’t discover Batman anyplace, and that Sonnemann helped search for the canine.
During an interview with regulation enforcement officers, Sonnemann didn’t admit to killing the canine, however says she “shooed him away a little bit,” and “when she gets mad and lashes out, everything goes blank and she does not remember,” in line with a legal criticism.
Sonnemann doesn’t have a previous legal historical past. She’s due again in court docket on Friday, February ninth.
If convicted, Sonnemann faces as much as 4 years in jail.
This story was originally published by Scripps News Milwaukee, an E.W. Scripps Company.
