Season 12
• Episode 5
Making Dennis Reynolds a Murderer
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Total Crimes
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Criminals
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Crime Types
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Most Frequent
Criminal Activities
1 categories • 1 total crimes
Animal Cruelty
Intentionally killing a wild bird. Under U.S. law this can constitute animal cruelty under state statutes and may violate the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) (which prohibits taking/possessing/killing many migratory bird species without a permit).
Situation:
"Multiple characters describe or admit to killing crows. The transcript includes admissions and descriptions such as Dennis having 'snapped the neck... off a crow one time,' and Dee describing putting an injured crow 'out of its misery' while also admitting there were multiple crows ("there was a third crow, and a fourth"). Dee also graphically describes breaking a crow's head clean off. These statements indicate intentional killing/harming of birds."
Crime #1