UPDATE: Sean Lynde
You guys know that admin and I get emails all the time. Most are tips on new stories or new information about older ones. I couldn’t really run the site with this lifeline to our readers.
Once in a while, however, we get something else.
It looked innocent enough. It even sounded reasonable after reading it once. Well, here it is
From: CS [mailto:wideawake@me.com]
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 1:27 AM
To: admin@pysih.com
Subject: : Victim’s nameMight it be possible to remove victim’s last name from this article? Lynde is a convicted felon now (took a plea) and I’m sure she doesn’t want her name tied to his on this site. That said, well done. The article is great.:
See what I mean? No big deal, right?
But you know me, I always have to check a story out. So, mainly because I hadn’t heard anything about Sean Lynde copping a plea, I googled Sean Lynde.
And had my whole fucking day ruined.
NO JAIL TIME FOR SERIAL CAT KILLER/TORTURER In N.Y.C.
from the article by Karen Nichols – The Cat’s Meow (Blog)
Cat murderer Sean Lynde, 37, who had been charged in the deaths of five of his girlfriend’s cats (and is presumed to be responsible for the disappearance of a sixth), entered a plea deal which requires that he attend weeky psychotherapy sessions for a year and stay away from his ex-girlfriend and her dog. He will get no jail time for his heinous acts.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus (mobus@courts.state.ny.us) signed off on the plea, in which Lynde admitted to killing one of the cats and to violating a court order by harassing his girlfriend online, but said he wasn’t happy with the agreement.
“I’m concerned about it, because of the conduct not only towards animals, but towards his ex,” Rachael Strate, who was the cats’ owner, Obus said.
He added that he was only signing off on the agreement because prosecutors said Strate was “fully on board” with the deal, which spares her from having to testify about her heartbreak in court.
“If not for her desires, this would be hard to accept,” Obus said, adding that he and prosecutors would be keeping a close eye on Lynde, and that if he violated the terms of the agreement or gets into any trouble with the law, he could end up in prison for up two years.
“It’s very much in your interest to make sure this works out,” Obus told the cat killer.
Lynde’s murderous spree began in October 2008, just three days after he moved in to Strate’s West Side apartment. He pleaded guilty to killing Bonafide, and to a charge of criminal contempt for violating a court order to stay away from Strate. He’d posted a picture of her on Craigslist along with an ad soliciting sex.
You can imagine how I felt after reading this article. Six cats, four of them innocent little kittens, killed in all sorts of brutal, excruciating ways, including poisoning, blunt force trauma, and a broken neck. Let’s take a look at an excerpt from my original story on Sean Lynde:
Three days after Lynde moved into her apartment, Rachael Strate’s 15-year-old pet kitty Cleo was found behind the dryer with a mouth full of laundry detergent and evidence of head trauma. By the end of October, Strate’s other cat, Zoe also mysteriously suffered severe head trauma and had to be euthanized.
…the following month she the woman adopted two kittens, Willie and Betty. Willie became unresponsive after his first night in the couple’s home and had trouble walking because his legs had stiffened from trauma. He was returned to his adopter.
The second kitten, Betty, died November 24th. Lynde told the veterinarian the kitten had suffered brain damage and stopped breathing after falling off a table, The second kitten, Betty, died Nov. 24. Sean Lynde told the veterinarian the kitten fell off a counter top and just stopped breathing.
…she instead adopted two more kittens named Emo and Bonafide…The same day he was adopted, Dec. 18th, 2009, Emo was treated for a broken paw. A month later, on January 22nd, 2009, Emo went missing, never to be seen again.
Shortly before Christmas, Bonafide suffered phantom trauma resulting in blindness and brain damage. A month later, on January 23rd, the kitten’s body was discovered with it’s neck broken.
That’s 5 dead cats and one severely injured in the space of 4 months. Yet in spite of all this cruelty, Sean Lynde will walk away from this beef in a year with a clean record. How can this be?
The information I dug up said that Rachael Strate wanted a plea bargain because she didn’t want to testify about “her 
heartbreak”.
What? What did she say? My God, what about those poor animals? What about their pain? Don’t they deserve some justice?
What Sean Lynde did was cruel, uncivilized and inexcusable, but Rachael Strate betrayed the pets she promised to love a protect. Her transgression isn’t nearly as bad as his, but it hurts me just as much.
Anyways, I got some satisfaction out of answering CS’s email. Hope you enjoy it.
Hi,
I’m Max The Cat, editor of PYSIH and author of the article on Sean Lynde. I’m sorry, but I can’t remove Rachael Strate’s name from the story, and I’ll explain why. Rachael wasn’t Sean Lynde’s only victim. There was Cleo and Zoe, Willie and Betty, and finally, Emo and Bonafide. Those six cats and kitten died horrible, painful deaths at Sean Lynde’s hands.
And when it was time for justice for Cleo and Zoe, Wille and Betty, and Emo and Bonafide, Rachael Strate let them down. She signed off on a plea agreement that not only allowed Lynde to avoid serving any time in prison, but promises that if he meets certain conditions, like attending weekly psychotherapy, and avoiding contact with Rachael Strate, over the next year, all his charges will be dismissed. So he will never be a convicted Felon – he isn’t one now, and he won’t be one in the future, unless he screws up during this year.
One can only hope.
People need to know this, and when I post my update to the Sean Lynde story, they will know it. And they will also know that Rachael Strate did her part to make it possible for this SOB to get off with a slap on the wrist. The judge said in his statement to the court that he probably wouldn’t have accepted the plea bargain if Rachael hadn’t agreed to it, so there’s no doubt that what I’m saying is true.
I don’t know if you intended to mislead me by saying Sean Lynde was a convicted Felon, or if you didn’t understand the terms of the plea bargain, so I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt. I’m just glad I checked it out.
You have a nice day, m’kay.
Max The Cat
Editor, PYSIH
editor@pysih.com
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go cuddle with my furry buddies and try not to think of something bad happening to one of them.
I love my cats, almost as much as I love my children. I’ve finally stopped apologizing for that.
God, at this moment I feel so much like beating Sean Lynde’s face into a bloody fucking mess.
But it’ll pass.
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Amen! Well said, Max, especially your e-mail reply. Oh, and I loved the pictures, too. :-)
And I know some shitbag’s going to say, “Oh, c’mon, it was only cats, fer chrissakes!” I’ll try not to reach in through the monitor and out through his and rip his balls off and reply, “Oh, c’mon, it was only a pair of very fucking tiny testicles, hardly worth the effort, fer chrissakes, you fucking bastard!”
Or not. But I wish I could.
Every time someone says “It’s just an animal”, I want to go streetrat crazy an their asses. Because they are not as ‘smart’ as we are, we can cause them grevious torture, pain, death, sadness, etc.
If I found out someone had killed one of my animals, I have no idea how I’d react. God help them if I catch them in the act. I have a bat with their name on it. This last Xmas, I had to put down a cat that I’d had for 14 years, who I saved from being dumped. She and her sister were six weeks old. And it was heartache I don’t want to remember, let alone relive it, cause her sister’s still kickin’ strong.
People like this evil, heartless douche need some serious ‘rehabilitation’, if you get my meaning.
Oh yes, I get your meaning… ;-)
I was always AMAZED (and horrified) that after the 2nd cat died she didn’t figure out something was wrong or think “hey these cats all die suspiciously–maybe I should just stop adopting them”. Oh and as everyone knows people who torture animals are seriously not alright in the head. At the minimum this guy is a sociopath, if not full blown psychopath. If one can torture INNOCENT animals they show that lack of empathy that oh say child molesters, rapists, and serial killers have. This guy beyond disgusts me. Rachel isn’t very high up on my list of repected people either. I hope his hell is being mercilessly tortured by kittens while being forced to eat big cat turds on a constant basis.
I totally agree with you that it is mind boggling that Rachael didn’t question what was going on with her pets turning up dead with suspicious injuries, but instead continued to adopt more cats. However, there are many people out there just like her and they tend to be the rule rather than the exception. It’s too bad that she is emotionally and mentally weak and preferred to ignore the problem instead of attacking it head on. The reason that there are so many similar problems is because a large fraction of the population chooses to take the more passive route because it is easier and doesn’t put them outside their comfort zone.
I had an ex who threatened to kill my cat when he got drunk a couple times. The first time I chalked it up to him being drunk but when he said it again it just set off my radar. I broke up with him shortly after…and surprise, surprise in retrospect on top of the cat thing he had showed signs of being the manipulative, abusive, lying douche that he turned out to be. I doubt that Sean was a model boyfriend and I’m sure there were signs that he was absolutely psycho. Maaaybe (big maybe) he was abusive toward Rachel and she was under his control/didn’t feel as though she could leave BUT she should have not kept bringing home cats and she definetly should have testified against him.
OMG cat people like meee here. Oh shit you guys are wayyyy better than dreamin demon. Thank the gods I found you!
Awesome article, you go!
I am thinking Rachel did know and doesn’t want to testify for fear of perjuring herself. You don’t have kitten after kitten become injured like that without starting to look around you. And it makes me so scared for my cats, if anyone ever breaks into my house and hurts them, I will be in jail for murder if I can find them. I’ll tell you that now.
You should send that email to the investigators. It is probably from her.
Not as smart as we are??? You’re a dumb ass! And most animals are smarter than you.
Lemme tell u a story
The other day I am sitting here when my cat suddenly comes up to me DEMANDING love. I was like wtf , that’s weird why… then I realize on the TV is the song, “some say love…it is a hunger.” The Rose or w/e. Many years back I began singing to my cat when she was all happy, lovey, and comfy because she has a really bad heart problem. And I want a tool to be able to remind her of happy times during car rides or if shit goes down.
I sang that song to her years ago, around 5 years ago. I didn’t even realize at very first that the song being on the TV triggered her to come over to me asking for love.
I was a little shocked. Had no idea she would remember a song I sung to her a couple times at least 5 years ago. (her favorite is you are my sunshine but maybe she likes The Rose lol).
I don’t underestimate animals feelings or intelligence and now I don’t underestimate their memory. God humans are such idiots…
some serial killers kill children,
some serial killers kill women,
some serial killers kill men,
other serial killers kill animals which is just as horrific of a crime and they should be all held equally accountable.
Amen.
Max, you said that you love your cats as much as you love your children… I can totally relate! But there are times I wonder if I love my cats more then my kids. As bad as it sounds… Cats never had colic… They’ve never got chicken pox all at one time. They don’t demand Rock Band that cost $200 play with it for a week and abandon it… This list can go on and on.
No, this sack of shit didn’t kill the cats out of jealousy, he killed them because he is a chickenshit pussy coward who doesn’t have the balls to pick on someone his own size. That motherucker, I’d mop the pavement with that ugly face of his. I’d like to put his head through a plate-glass window. Oh and I think Rachael Strate knew what was going on, either that or she was mind-numbingly stupid. Fuck this asshole, I want to go to NYC, find him and teach him a lesson in street justice he’ll never forget. Real men don’t hurt animals, women or children!
No, he didn’t kill them out of jealousy. He killed them because it was fun. He killed them because it gave him pleasure to inflict pain, suffering and death upon helpless creatures. Heaven help any vulnerable creatures, including children and the elderly, that happen to fall into his depraved clutches in the future. He should be given a free tattoo on his forehead that says Kitty Killer so that everyone will know him for what he is the instant they see him. Maybe a free tattoo of a target on his chest would be nice too.
New York dropped the ball on this one. Who knows if she didn’t want to deal with the heartbreak, or in actuality, didn’t want to face any repercussions from her ex when he gets out. But still, the judge could have said “Well, that’s very nice, but he needs tio serve time.” Right?
It makes me really sad that the plea bargain didn’t take into account the pain and suffering these poor creatures suffered at his hands.
I fear the worst. Anyone who can happily go about killing 6 cats may turn his attention toward humans.
Please let this lowlife get pushed onto the subway tracks.
Good reply! And as a parent going through empty nest syndrome I can truely say that my 2 yr. old Dobey Kuro and my 5 yr. old Pit mix Peaches (both rescues after our daughter moved out) have become my children, I even cook for them and they have their own bedroom lol. If ANYONE were to even threaten to hurt them they would have hell to pay!!!!
The more I think about this, the more it bothers me….while I have always mourned my childhood and adult pets/cats, there have been times when I was so sorry/overcome with emotion that I wanted to replace the (cat) who had to be put to sleep (for natural causes)…I never did. My first instinct was always to replace my BELOVED friend but I never could. I sobbed to death at any animal/family passing so I can’t imagine just getting another replacement the next day (as much as I wanted to make the hurt go away)…as for 5-6 to however many cat/kitten deaths…it kills me however these cats have suffered and how their lives were in vain. RIP kitties !
Great Move Max! Hell no that bitch doesn’t deserve any consideration. She kept replacing the kittens as if they were mere possessions. The original story states that after 2 kittens died one of the couple’s friends reported this asshole to the ASPCA. Now why could they see it and she not? My two cats Simon and Felix get extra hugs tonight.
Rachel Strate is a fucking idiot. She saw her cats dying in painful and mysterious manners and continued to adopt more. How long did it take for her to put two and two together? she deserves hell for her dangerous stupidity alone.
The hypocrisy in this article and the comments are abundant.
Really? Elaborate.
All I’m getting from these comments is disgust aimed at the piece of shit that murdered innocent animals and got away with it. As well as at the moron who enabled him. He SHOULD NOT be roaming the streets. He is obviously a disturbed, dangerous person. If people are in prison right now for writing bad checks, this idiot deserves to be in there right along with them for callously murdering defenseless creatures. Fuck anyone who enables him.
I agree this guy is a scumbag and got off too easily, but all the talk about violence to people who have nothing to do with this for example what Horner said, no one even said anything towards the effect of “They’re just cats.” and went on a huge hateful tirade.
and if I may quote the end piece of the article.
“God, at this moment I feel so much like beating Sean Lynde’s face into a bloody fucking mess.
But it’ll pass.”
Advocating justice is one thing, this is another. Truly I would’ve thought people of this site than any other would figure that violence only begets violence, this behavior promotes ignorance also, words are a better means to get your view across.
There are some truly evil and psychopathic people showcased on this website, but do we have to go down to their level in order to repell it? I’m aware that not all people can channel their anger properly, not all can sum it up in a few words and forget about it, but shouldn’t we strive for that rather than type up idle threats or even worse fantasize about torturing or killing who those themselves have tortured and killed?
First off, the poster whom you’re referencing is HOMER…with an M, not an N.
And secondly to answer your other questions, that answer is a simple “no”.
People featured on this website who rape and murder babies for instance not only should be killed, but should be killed in an incredibly painful and agonizing manner. I have zero sympathy for them, and would not be moved or touched at all witnessing their demise.
Cruel and barbaric ? You bet. But you know what, when it comes to some defective sick fuck who literally rapes a baby to death, I can deal with the barbarism. And would joyfully and gleefully roast the holy living shit out of them if given that opportunity.
- Now go ahead, and call me evil and sick, and say that I’m no better than these “people”.
CLW,
I’m also curious as to what YOU think is an appropriate punishment for someone who rapes and/or murders a child.
Would you admonish their naughty behavior, take away their cookies, and warn them if they don’t clean up their act they might be sent to bed without a snack and won’t be allowed to play with their little friends for one week ?
Am I close ?
Max seems like a wonderful person who happens to love cats. He writes these stories day in and day out if he wants to vent once in awhile about these sick fuckers he has my total blessing.
Seriously why would that bother anyone? I don’t get your opinion myself. sorry
Wow, you seriously think I went on a “huge hateful tirade”? Really? Holy shit… All I can say is:
1) Your attention span must be out of this world if you classify that as a “tirade”.
2) For someone using big words you show an astounding lack of understanding as to what they actually mean.
3) Your definition of people who would defend cat-killing shitbags as having “nothing to do with this” does not hold water, nor does your theory that we are lowering ourselves to their level by graphically describing what we would like to do to said shitbags. Ever heard of a thing called symbolism?
4) You really approached this whole article and discussion with an open mind and a full understanding of what this website is all about, didn’t you?
5) Your instant – not to mention accurate – ability to judge others based on single comments and your instinctive posturing as someone better than us lead me to think that you are one of those bible-thumping idiots who know they’re right even when they’re wrong. Or then you’re just an arrogant asshole. I’m not sure. The jury’s still out on that one.
6) “Truly I would’ve thought people of this site than any other would figure that violence only begets violence, this behavior promotes ignorance also, words are a better means to get your view across.” *Ahem* In case you missed it, we ARE using words here. Or do you seriously think I could reach in through my monitor and out through yours and rip your balls off? (Or whatever genitals you possess.)
7) You should see my collection of jars filled with testicles that I’ve ripped off the internet. No, really. I keep them on a shelf in my bedroom. They help me sleep at night. (And no, I’m not interested in knowing what Freud would make of that.)
8) You thought my earlier post was a tirade? Hey, you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet. I’m just getting warmed up…
Well, I for one enjoy your “hateful tirades” ( note sarcasm ), and I’m sure I’m not the only one who wants to make this request….
Keep em’ coming.
Don’t worry, there’s plenty more where that came from. ;-)
Peace, love and understand… (Fuck, I pressed the wrong button!!!)
*frantic search followed by deep sigh of relief*
Hate, humiliation and horror, Homer out! (That’s the one!)
Aw, c’mon Honer! Take a pill and relax… not that pill… OH NO! HONER HAS HULKED OUT! TAKE COVER! TIRADE INCOMING! YOU MIGHT HAVE TO USE THAT CASKET!
Some people don’t understand that we come here, for one thing, to vent about these monsters. That’s all we’re doing – venting. Of course, if any of us truly got a chance to commit some of these ‘fantasies’ upon the monsters, we would. I would happily curb-stomp a baby rapist, or chi-mo even if the kid didn’t die. This guy Lynde just has no human soul, that’s all. Therefore, he doesn’t get the respect we reserve for humanity.
Do I wish him death? No, nor do I think we should ignore his capability for violence. I think he should be locked up for a while, and monitored forever upon release. If he can turn off his sense of compassion for a baby animal, it’s only a small step to ignore the screams of a child. I believe this, as extreme as it sounds, because I’ve seen too much evidence of it. I would love to believe otherwise, I promise you.
Don’t like it? Don’t read it, or read it from the proper perspective. We’re all just as horrified as you are, but we express it in different ways. Cool your jets, spazman. Save it for the monsters.
Sorry, “Horner”. I misspelled the misspelling. Or do they cancel eachother out in this case? I’m so confused when it comes to proper grammar. *sigh*
XD!!!!
And speaking of pills, I thought you told me to take the blue one… *sigh* Maybe I should change my name to Boner… ;-)
Anyway…
LET THE TIRADEATHON BEGIN!!!! XD
Oh, dear. You’re right. Tell you what, I’ll even the score.
They’re just cats.
Happy?
Yes, I said it. They’re just cats. You know, cute, lovable furballs each with their own intriguing personalities. Those same personalities analyzed and admired by psychologists, philosophers, etc..
Moreover, their just cats; animals about the size of a full grown man’s two feet put together who depend on their pets for their survival and care. In this case, though… kittens as well, which are about the size of a full grown man’s hand.
They’re just cats. Typically living the same situation as a small child, thinking of their size and dependency. That certainly explains why most sick fucks start out killing animal’s before moving on to children.
They’re just cats. Thank god they weren’t children.
They’re just cats. Happy now?
Thank you all for your great attitudes about this story. Almost every comment has been positive, and some have been quite touching – others made me wonder if PYSIH is available on other planets.
@CasketLotteryWinner – I fail to see the harm in confessing that I would have like to beat the crap out of Sean Lynde, since I immediately made it clear I had no real desire to resort to violence. I can’t watch what I say for fear of giving any of the many kooks around here any ideas. Christ, the stories alone are chock full of sick crap for people to do if they’re unstable enough to give it a whirl. I have made it clear many time that I do not condone vigilante justice. I don’t see how anyone could think I was encouraging violence.
Well done Max! Fuck censoring that, that scumbag and the scumbag that let him off the hook deserve all kinds of bad karma.
Poor kitties. I wish they had ended up with good owners. If the kittens I adopted kept getting injured or were disappearing and the only other suspect was my bf, then I’d seriously injure him and end up with an assault case myself. I love my cats and damned right I’d hurt anyone that hurt them.
When are people in this country going to realize and accept that there is a DIRECT correlation between animal abuse and human mistreatment ? And when is this kind of cruelty towards animals going to be a felony is all 50 states, with a minimum 5-7 year prison sentence ? Their names should also be added to a watch list like sex offenders, and of course…the DUH requirement is that they should never ever be allowed near animals again.
The problem is there are no consequences. Stick these assholes in the pokey with the big boys for 7 years, and I can almost guarantee a severe decline in this kind of sick fuck behavior.
I read an article several years back about how there was some law passed, or they were trying to pass it, in some state (New York maybe, sorry, my memory on this one is really vague) about making it possible to get a restraining order for an animal. That is, an order saying John Doe must stay at least 100 yards away from Sparky the Dog at all times. The rationale was that abusive husbands and boyfriends (and, I suppose, wives and girlfriends) will harm a pet as a way of abusing their partner, and maybe keep the partner from leaving by threatening to hurt the animal. It seemed like a good idea to me. Wish I could remember more about it.
Unbelievable! What a monster…. it’s only a matter of time before he does it again….to animal or to a person. :: shivers ::
I love my two kitties and treat them as part of the family. I don’t understand how sub-humans like this guy can commit these monstrous acts. And WHY DIDN’T THE GIRLFRIEND REALIZE SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING SOONER??!!?!?!?!?
Perhaps the idea that her boyfriend might be murdering her pets is something that simply didn’t occur to her. I don’t think that idea would have occurred to me if it was my boyfriend.
That’s how serial killers of humans are able to live seemingly normal lives with families who have no idea what they’re up to. One serial killer I’ve read about liked to cut off parts of his victims and preserve them in plastic or something. His wife found one of the parts — a woman’s breast — and thought it was a paperweight. Nasty shock for her when she found out the truth.
sorry but i don’t know anyone that had a cat die behind a washing machine with a mouth full of detergent..she is obviously stupid..she prob kept forgiving him…and he had proof she knew that’s why she let him take the plea…sorry 1 cat maybe not 2,3,4,5 and finally 6
Eh, toss him off the top of the Empire State Building. Watch him go splat.
“I love my cats, almost as much as I love my children. I’ve finally stopped apologizing for that.”
I’m glad you don’t apologize for that any more Max. our pets are our family. my dog died 2 years ago and I am still not over it as people think I should be…I called him my lil furry son, why would I ever ‘get over it’ ?
I think people who don’t have the love for their pets who bring them so much joy everyday the way we love them shouldn’t be pet owners to begin with.
This is what’s wrong with our justice system. Now if this POS hurts another animal, or a human for that matter, who will have their blood on their hands? Not just this monster. I really wish there were people like the 300 guy from the movie “Law Abiding Citizen”. If you haven’t seen that movie, I HIGHLY suggest renting it.
The guy murders like thirty members of law enforcement, stabs his cellmate to death with a plastic fork, and attempts to blow up a building full of people AFTER exacting revenge involving poisoning a lethal injecton AND taking the other murderer apart with power tools.
Thank FUCK there aren’t people like the guy from Law Abiding Citizen
not to even mention she kept getting new victims for him..come on there is no way that she didn’t realize he was hurting the kitties??? no friggen way!
The saying goes “The pen is mightier than the sword”, which makes no sense her. Let’s change it to “The penis mightier than the truth”.
Yeah, that’ll work.
A dude would have to have a hell of a wang to make me want to sacrifice cats to it. Bitch needs a new religion.
Let me tell you…. if those were MY cats, Lynde would have been lucky to make it to trial. It seems to me that Rachael should have noticed the warning signs, like the fact that EVERY cat in her possesion was turning up dead or severely injured… sometimes I questions people’s common sense. That being said, Rachael isn’t the criminal here, just the enabler. I actually heard recently that either the Feds or the state(NY) was looking into an animal abuser registry similar to the sex offender registry. I love my cats and would want, no NEED, to know if some piece of shit like this moved into my neighborhood.
All in all, congrats to Rachael for being an idiot and Sean Lynde should have been squirted on his mothers face… that will be all.
RIP kitties…
Rachel Strate is an idiot. As soon as she found the first cat with a mouth full of laundry soap she should have known right away what happened. Cats don’t just eat laundry soap, for Christ’s sake.
Both Sean and Rachel need to be spayed and neutered now!
If she can not watch out for the welfare of rather independant animals like cats, how well will she take care of a baby?
Sure she may want the baby much like she wanted the kittens, but at some point the baby may get to be a drag too….. and more intensly!
While Sean may never kill a human being, one can tourture a baby and get away with it for quite some time.
If these two lower than the animals are allowed to breed either with eachother or other human beings, we will be reading about them again, wondering why nothing was done when the warning sighns were so obvious!
Everything you read in the paper is TRUE!
The post and the daily news are not unlike the word of God and should be treated as such. They NEVER get anything wrong. Legal stories are presented with tact and humble honesty. There is never drama or embellishment of any kind. That’s why when Lynde was arrested he got a TWO PAGE SPREAD in the post or the news with bold print, pictures of the cats and words like “CAT KILLER.” I am sure the fact-checkers are on the ball and would NEVER lead readers in the wrong direction to sell a paper.
Seriously people? Are you this stupid? Are you going to sit here and believe everything you read? Who raised you?
Ecourts? Actual information? Anyone? No? Want to surf blogs for your news? Cool with me. I’m going to go read the bathroom walls and hope for an update on the Greece’s economic future.
Same difference.
He thinks he’s the only one who’s ever heard of New York’s online Court case look-up system, E-Courts.
Basically you can get court dates and dispositions, but as far as actual detail of what went on in court, you either need access to the trial records or know someone who has attended the trial.
Your problem is, Breakfast Blend, is you’re trying to convince people who know how good my information is. They know it, not because I brag about my sources, but because I’m almost always right, and I never, ever lie to them. I admit that I don’t always have the answers, and I’ve been wrong once or twice – In fact, I was the person that informed everyone that I was wrong – but not in this case.
There seems to be a concerted effort to hide Rachael Strate’s involvement in the disposition of Sean Lynde’s case. I am very interested in who’s behind this, and why they’re so interested in preventing people from learning the truth. This tactic of discrediting PYSIH because we dared to look at the entire story and realized that the emperor has no clothes isn’t going to work. Our reputation for accuracy and honesty was hard earned an is even harder for people like yourself to overcome.
Also Max you are quick to correct or admit mistakes, weather thru further research or if a comentor corrects the information in the story.
Also having submitted two stories, I know that you do further research adding and correcting facts.
Dared to take on the whole story? You rewrote some other stuff you found online and added your own opinion. No reason to believe this is cutting-edge journalism here.
Lynde’s case was all over the newspapers and was picked up by the AP when he was arrested. The woman’s name was there too. Nobody is “hiding” or “covering” anything. The Associated Press just didn’t place blame on the person who DIDN’T kill the cats. That’s your thing.
You don’t know who did what and to whom and who brought what home or why. Rather than just stating the facts you do have, and allowing your readers to ponder the questions independently, you make a whole lot of assumptions and state your view as fact.
The outcome of this case was too lenient and Lynde certainly fits the title of your site entitled “People you’ll see in hell”. Outside of that, I’ve got nothing to say.
I really think speculation about whether or not someone deserves to be the victim of violence is a hobby for assholes with too much free time and mean spirits.
If you’ve got nothing to say, then why do you keep “saying” it?
Jesus, Breakfast Blend….who shat in your corn flakes this morning ?
Lighten the fuck up, yeah.
I find it hard to believe that Rachel did not know what was going on. There are some women who really dig the “bad” boys.
Poor kitties;( This dude is an evil killer and his chick is just as bad for allowing it. Bullshit she didn’t know it was him. Her radars should have been up after the first incident. I would never let a man come into my life and abuse my animals- no matter how much I loved him. He’ll be a free man on the loose ready to kill more innocent animals. Just great. Wonder how he’s gonna treat his children if he ever has any. Hopefully he never will but I doubt it. We will be hearing about him again in no time:( just great
Rip kitties
Disgusting.
Good decision. She absolutely should be linked with his name.
Do you all cry “whore” when a woman is raped?
Did you read the old stories? I did!
Lynde was smashing computers and whoring her out on Craigslist. Clearly there is shit we don’t know. I hope Rachael is in witness protection and not reading the stupid accusatory crap that assholes are writing here.
Food for thought: My sister went through a very messy trial during which her twisted ex-husband’s attorney made it seem like she’d encouraged his twisted mindfucks, that she was stupid and stayed because she liked bad boys. She was publicly humiliated despite never having done anything wrong aside from trying desperately to survive until she could protect herself and leave. She an MBA, a corporate job and seemingly perfect life. Her story ended the way this one could … he’s in jail and my sister has been dead for two and half years now.
Hey Christy, hey Max, should I carve her ex-husbands name on her tombstone? Or is her death enough of a punishment for her? Ever think how it feels for her family to know that her online presence will be forever tied to his? It’s a great comfort to our mother, let me tell you.
Furthermore, this isn’t even accurate. If the judge wanted her to testify, she would have to testify or she’d be held in contempt of court. We went through all of this with my sister. In Lyde’s case there wasn’t a trail because that why he took the plea.
The judge can say what he wants to the press, but he’s the only one who can accept or deny a plea bargain. NYC justice for you. Now Lynde is free to walk the streets and the judge can sleep at night after blaming the woman? There isn’t a part of this that isn’t insane.
Don’t start with the ‘there’s more to this story than you know’ crap unless you have proof, or we’ll eat you for breakfast.
Already on that with you, too, Becky.
Just waiting for the right time……….
Looks like you don’t need me to pass the milk. ;)
I can’t, for the life of me, figure out why I’m thinking of the letter ‘q’ right now. Am I the only one?
Bite your tongue Nic! I’m writing code right now which, when implemented, will not allow the use of the letter ‘q’ on this website. I wonder if a letter has ever been banned before this?
That’s right…. never mention a demon’s name unless you want the demon to appear.
lol… God that would be so funny. You should so do it! I can’t help but wonder what C.D. would do if it couldn’t find it’s precious letter?
Since this site uses newspapers as primary sources, then yes, the writer of this update did not include relevant details — like those mentioned in my previous post — in his/her own retelling of the story. Clear?
Prove your ‘relevant details’ are relevant and factual. Journalists are required to cite their sources. What is PYSIH supposed to cite – “Breakfast Blend”?
You’re a loony.
Try and stick with me, VC. Sometimes reading slowly helps you understand. Nowhere am I saying that I HAVE details. I am saying that PYSIH is using newspapers as primary sources. Do you know what those are?
Newspapers included details about Lynde’s other violent acts that were not included in PYSIH’s wrap-up. Newspaper accounts vary by paper on this case. FOX news says a cat had a “broken eye.” A broken eye? I mean, what is that? There are discrepancies in the accounts of the case (akin to a game of telephone, got it?). When there are lots of different stories, do you not believe the truth lies somewhere in the middle? When there are that many stories floating around, you think that this site is the one that got all the facts and knows the total truth? This is truly one of the most entertaining evenings ever!
Unless Max the Cat is Sean Lynde or was there for the conversations between DAs and Judges , do you really think you are learning anything new here?
Is this really that confusing? Do you believe everything people say, write and present to you or do you ever think to ask a question? Geez.
Oh, my mistake, you’re an asshole AND a loony. That’s a fun combination. I’m sure you’re a corker at parties!
Proof. P.R.O.O.F. Not conjecture or regurgitation. Provide facts and proof. Sling your insults, I’ll sling mine, everyone will be entertained and I won’t lose any sleep over it. Will you? Most likely. Nothing on this site will change without facts and proof. I don’t care if the whole thing is made up. If you want anyone here to respect ‘new and accurate info’ you must have some sort of proof.
By the way, do you think this is a NEWS SITE? Really? This is, among other things, an archive of and tribute to victims that have been overlooked. You can’t read a website’s FAQ before getting into the mud with its regulars, and you’re inferring that I’M dim. Now THAT’S entertainment!
Your choice of “primary sources” suggests you don’t know what a primary source is. Perhaps you want to consider what a primary and a secondary source is before this continues?
I think what you actually meant was, since this site uses Police Reports, Nationally and locally syndicated articles available online and occasionally trusted or verifiable sources close to the case, you feel that you have relevant details to the case that are more accurate.
As Vcbecky already said, please provide these and provide a way to validate them.
A primary source is one closest to the event. Are you confused?
The closest Max the Cat comes to this particular event is touching the newspapers in which he read the story. He is not citing anything that isn’t found in those publications, NOR is he citing local NYC papers that would also be documented in police records, such as Lynde’s previous criminal acts. I guess documenting a criminal record just didn’t fit with his agenda.
VC, it’s a tribute to victims? You’re a riot! This is by far the most fun I have ever had on line! It’s like seeing a good comedian – you just can’t believe you’ve never laughed over that particular idea before.
I never said I had facts. I just pointed my finger at the obvious fact that rarely are we presented with truly unbiased journalism. Again, given the fact that I can google 8 different versions, I doubt we know the whole truth.
Oh it must be so scary to believe everything you see in print!
Aliens are invading and Brangelina are adopting sextuplets from West Virginai!
Aggghhh! What is the world coming to, VC?
Quick, hide!
No seriously, give us all a little break.
Your entire purpose here is to point out the fact that you can’t believe everything you read? You must be on the wrong website. I suggest you try sesamestreet.org.
I don’t like to belabor the obvious, which is why I ignored your silly taunts about my reading comprehension and my supposed idealization of the news media. I will put that on my list of ‘well DUH’ statements silly people have made here, thinking they were being intelligent and witty. Thanks!
Now I can add the words ‘self-important, arrogant’ to my assessment of you. Which means you’re a loony, and a self-important, arrogant asshole.
I can see you still haven’t bothered to look up the difference between a primary and a secondary source yet, but I also see your reading comprehension is too low to notice the words “Background Checks” placed prominently in the menu bar, the footer, and bread crumbed throughout the site an a few articles. If you clicked on those links you’d be taken to a sometime sponsor of this site. Max and Admin both on occasion have provided the whole police report for some of these folks. A large number of cases occurring in Maricopa County Arizona have led to links and citations from there. Funny thing is, a Newspaper and a Police report are both Primary sources because they’re both contemporary to the time. You might be talking about first-hand and second-hand information or the difference between heresay and eyewitness testimony, but then you’d have to be doing more than carrying your brain around in a bucket with your shoes so your socks stay dry. I gave you a chance, you continued to misuse the phrase, now’s the time to look it up, realize you were wrong, apologize and then try and scrape some sort of pride out of this as you skulk off to cry.
Thank you Jason. I’m really tired of explaining what is available to be seen by anyone with just a little effort. I tried to get this punk to look at the work I did on Elyse Mamino, but I guess that wouldn’t fit into his agenda of trying to hurt me by hurting this site.
I don’t mind being the focus of his anger, since, as always, his words are meaningless in the face of the truth. No matter what he says, I comfortable knowing that I’ve never told a lie to you people.
So as Buddy Holly says, rave on….
No, dickhead here is right – for updates, I do use a newspaper article, in fact, I give the paper and the writer credit. But for the original articles, I pull facts from a variety of sources. It amazing how much people will cooperate with you when you don’t act like a pseudo-intellectual blowhard.
The rest of what he is blabbering about is pure speculation. He thinks if he says it with authority, all of a sudden it will somehow become, fact. You’re wasting your time here Breakfast Blend – no one is paying attention to what you’re saying. You aren’t the first to try and discredit this website, and you probably won’t be the last. We have our track record to fall back on – what do you have, except lots and lots of arrogance and a ton of attitude?
Max, Jason, VJ and the lot,
Truly astounding.
Max the Cat is indeed citing his sources here. It’s a blog called “The Cat’s Meow”. It sounds very relevant. You later refer to the exact same piece of information as something you “dug up.” You weren’t even quoting the pathetic sensational tabloid NYC papers nor do you credit them. I mean, your view of the post and daily news as primary sources is telling. It’s like saying the national enquirer is also a paper worthy of being called a primary source. Geez, Jay. Remind me why you’re not working for a more high profile news/opinion source?
If you’re sponsored by backgroundcheck.fu.com? Then you certainly saw the police report detailing Lynde’s previous crimes and STILL neglected to include them in your piece. So you messed up twice.
Regardless of reading these facts in two alleged primary sources, you still manage to funnel your rage at a victim, while your fans call this a “victim tribute” site. Seriously? I at least viewed this site as entertaining drivel. Now it smacks of desperation and misplaced ego issues.
You have yet to acknowledge the main point: had the judge wanted this case to go differently, it would have. Again, why not present what you know, acknowledge the discrepancies in the many “primary sources” you’ve consulted and acknowledge this case, as presented in the media, is full of gaps in information. Stop presenting your interpretation as fact and allow someone, somewhere to actually draw their own conclusions. Why not focus on your efforts on actually doing a better job rather than pointlessly defending the way you failed in this case?
Regarding you, Max the Cat (and admin) You’ve quoted ME on this site. You’ve summarized MY work here and have never – NEVER contacted me with a fact check. Just move on, already! Your continued insistence on being right rather than truthful is tedious.
You left things out of your half-assed assessment of a blog post regarding of the actual article in a sensational newspaper on the case. You blame the victim, you refuse to acknowledge the reality of the legal outcome. You cannot recognize or admit that when there are many versions in of the story in print – in your alleged PRIMARY SOURCES – that there may be the possibility of uninformed reporting. Well done. You have made my point crystal clear. I am grateful for the time and effort you’ve put into doing so.
What ARE you going on about? Do you think I found out about Rachael not wanting to testify from the NY Daily News. While I did read it there originally, I confirmed it independently, although I won’t say how.
I don’t use background check services – I do the footwork myself. It’s pretty easy to access court record in most states. Arrest records are a little more restricted. I’ve even taught a couple of my writers how to do it, and one or two other crime bloggers.
Obviously, I’m working on the theory here that Rachael Strate isn’t exactly the victim she’s making herself out to be. I believe she purposely sabotaged Sean Lynde’s trial in order to get him a plea deal and as light a sentence as possible.
I don’t know why she would do such a thing, but it’s been your efforts to shield her from public scrutiny, Breakfast Blend, CS, RS, FU, or whatever you’re calling yourself today, that’s convinced me. You’ve really gone out of your way to discredit me and this website, yet not once have you bothered to address any of the question I had for you. We here at PYSIH call that blowing smoke. It’s an old trick and pretty ineffective if you ask me.
But really, what’s your deal anyways. why are you so interested in Rachael Strate’s fate – and don’t give me that line about being a concerned stranger. We both know that’s bullshit. How are you related- Friend? Relative? Are you Rachael herself? Who knows, since we rarely get a straight answer from you, or any answer at all for that matter.
I’m sorry you and your loved one’s have to deal with what the asshole ex did to your sister. It’s not right and please rest assure that if your sister’s story was on here we’d be ripping him to shreds as well. I’ve had to deal with similar things. Very similar. One thing I learned is that always comparing everything in life to the experience even when the case is completely different only makes one bitter.
Differences:
-The sorry fuck who did that to your sister is being punished, I hope to the worst of the legal system’s full ability.
-This woman is not dead.
-This woman is not the only victim.
-This woman could keep it from happening again. When I was abused I went to trial and faced the guy down, just to insure it didn’t happen to anyone else and he paid for it.
-Your sister’s story is not on here. Which means pretty much nobody is telling you to do anything to her tombstone.
-The felines in this story were under this woman’s care. Over and over again this shit happened to them, but she kept getting more. Which makes you wonder how she could possibly sleep at night knowing it is in fact partially her fault they died these horrible, untimely deaths.
-You did bring up an excellent point however. Maybe she was abused to the point where she would do anything to keep the bastard off of her. Like maybe get him access to other living creatures he could take it out on.
-Most importantly, this guy is not locked up and will be freed from the system soon. Meaning his personality is free to progress on to bigger and better things. And by better I mean whatever his twisted mind sees as better, which should terrify everyone in society.
IF you truly “went through this” with your sister, then you learned nothing. There is no way that letting a stalker with violent tendencies OFF with ANY type of plea works. No way in fucking hell. K?
To begin with, I can’t believe you would equate your dead sister with this jacked off shithead, but hey, who knows about sibling rivalry.
The bottom line is this: you can make whatever comments you want want you started off tearing the article apart on its journalistic merits before you realized that was going NOWHERE.
What will your angst morph into next??
Back to an attack on what you think an internet should give you? Your stage to spout smoke and mirrors to redirect the comments away from considering Rachels complicity in Sean’s actions?
But no, a new angle, a similar situation, only your sister died. Did her psycho ex kill 6 kittens, is that the link?
Please illustrate with facts of your own, and not some pseudo-intellectual rant about THE TRUTH.
Ow! I bowed down to you too quickly, resulting in such a forceful blow that it not only cut my forehead, but cracked my head, as well.
However….. BRAVO, Max! I only wish you had some more to add to the hate mail section of your site, here. People who stick up for morons should be treated as such.
Let’s recap real quick: Ow… and BRAVO, I say!
Sorry, I meant *cracked the desk*. Not head. It’s all your fault for making me bow, dammit!
I do fault your reading comprehension, but now I am thinking that maybe it correlates with your age. You must be, 11? I mean, your main defense is flinging insults so it seems logical to assume you’re just very young. Does your mom know you’re online this late?
You finally seemed to have muddled through the last portion of my argument (the “duh” you mentioned in your last post) but oh no, now you have forgotten how that simple point pertains to my initial argument. Sorry for the difficulties you’re having. But a solid thank you for re-introducing me to the word “DUH”. Well said. Quite an elegant use of language.
Best of luck to you and your pals here on this charming “victim tribute” site. It’s no fun to enjoy the humor when you’ve got to explain the jokes.
So now you call yourself Breakfast Blend? Funny, when you were trying to trick me into removing Rachael Strate’s name from the Sean Lynde articles, you were CS – Then when you tried to harass me by email after I refused, you were RS, FU, and – oh shit, I forget who else. I should share some of those emails with the group, but honestly it’s just a lot of the same mental masturbation from you and some brilliant, if I do say so myself, pare’ing by yours truly.
You are quite pathetic, really, going to all this effort just to soothe your bruised ego. You can always tell the ones that have crappy repetitive jobs and dull, boring partners. Proving how smart they are to a bunch of strangers always get’s the best of them, every single time.
BTW, VCBecky is my friend. She’s also a much better person than you are. I know this because she’s here every day, and she’s never once tried to prove to me how smart she is. She doesn’t scoff at the mission of this website, just because “d’ere mean and dey don’t wike me!” She doesn’t try to belittle and question how we do things because the editor refused to cowtow to his “better”.
No matter how many big words you use Breakfast Blend, and no matter how smart you are, deep down your just another punk.
Ah, Max my friend. Sock puppets are fun. They make fantastic cat toys. ;)
Yes they do Becky. I’ve certainly enjoyed batting him around this week.
Is breakfast blend friends with the kitty killer? I’m confused on why he’s so mad.
He’s confused too, Annmarie…and after his verbal beat down he doesn’t know whether to shit or go blind.
Kids these days. *sigh*
“You can always tell the ones that have crappy repetitive jobs and dull, boring partners. Proving how smart they are to a bunch of strangers always get’s the best of them, every single time.”
- Says Max the Cat who spends his day staring at a computer screen with his bestie invigorating the world with his uninformed monologues.
Still haven’t addressed any part of my actual argument, Max.
Not friends with a Kitty Killer, Anne. And not particularly angry. Just a little frustrated that Max the Cat has presented this update as irresponsibly as way he has.
Sure you are,,,we don’t think you’re friend with Lynde , we think you friends with Rachael and you trying to shield her from any kind of public scrutiny. It’s what you original email was about, and it what your pattern of harassment and attempts to discredit me and this website are all about.
But really, why the multiple identities? It’s just another “tell” of someone who has something to hide – a hidden agenda perhaps?
Why does it come to this?
Why can’t people just look the words up when they’re wrong?
http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/glossary/g/defprimarys.htm
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/secondary+source
This isn’t really even close to the basic level of google-fu you have to use to find anything major. Type in the phrase and the word define. you don’t even need the quotation marks, you don’t have to do booleans, limit sites or a half-dozen other little tricks to pare down the results.
There seems to be some confusion about the nature of a citation and proper credit. Somewhere in this entire process as the words “primary sources” were mangled into something they weren’t, you finally made a point about proper attribution.
Say what you mean, don’t reach for something you can’t understand without at least verifying you know what you’re talking about. One of these days, all of this “junk” written down is going to get parsed up and organized by a software developer. They’re going to derive from it, the substance of what you’re trying to say, the value of those words and finally the accuracy. What you’re saying now is simply wrong. You haven’t been able to make any real sense here.
No one knows what you want.
No one cares anymore.
But *I* care, Jason. So do many others here. ;-p
It is infuriating though when you take the time and trouble to point out the obvious and they don’t bother to even acknowledge that, “Hey, I’ve been running around using the wrong terms to express myself!”
I would like — just once — to see a recognition or an answer, but I’m afraid that does fit in with their “agenda”.
But I do sooooo love to see your comments! Vulcan manna!!
from an old Trekkie
:-D
BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Google-fu?! I love it. I have nothing more substantial to say other than that at nearly 5 a.m. I’m angry and disgruntled and just plain tired. It’s best to just keep my mouth shut. ;-)
No way!! That is *exactly* the purrrfect time to express oneself!!
;-D
“Regardless of reading these facts in two alleged primary sources, you still manage to funnel your rage at a victim, while your fans call this a “victim tribute” site. Seriously? I at least viewed this site as entertaining drivel. Now it smacks of desperation and misplaced ego issues.”
Then get the fuck out. Seriously.
Not only are you beating a dead horse, you’re dragging the corpse around the room and still trying to ride the damn thing.
LOL! Grape Nuts is still here? Wow. It’s like we pushed all of your buttons at once. This is hysterical!
He’s definitely cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs, and has gone absolutely bananas.
Okay, I’m stopping now.
My gosh that was some great stuff Max and admin, and all to Breakfast Blend.
I am so sad to hear of this outcome. This case, the Cheyenne Cherry bitch, and the that fuck Tyler Weinman (whose case is coming up by the way) are on my list of followups. I am sad to hear that Ms. Rachael didn’t want to “go through her heartbreak” all over again….sorry, but that is BS…if she loved her kitties, she would want that POS put away!!!!
I am sad today.
I think there are at least a dozen people I know who are waiting on the Weinman case.
Thanks George, it’s nice of you to say so. I understand exactly how you feel about Rachael Strate’s failure to live up to her responsibility to those six little kittens and cats. Of course, I the word I was thinking of was a bit stronger than “disappointed” – LOL
I thought it was very clear…2 cats and 4 kittens were the TRUE victims. They were systematically tortured, beaten and killed. They are dead.
So did I my friend, and what bothered me the most was that IMO they were being victimized all over again, this time by the person who should have protected them in the first place. I was willing to give Rachael Strate the benefit of the doubt when Lynde was arrested, but not any more, not after we found out that she was the reason Lynde walked away from this case with a slap on the wrist. He won’t even get a felony conviction out of this.
In other words, he’s essentially suffered no consequences for torturing and killing 6 helpless animals. I wish to God I was 20 years younger so I could hunt that son of a bitch down and show him a little of the pain he showed those kittens. I remember when I first read this story last year, and I remember how I felt. I felt physical pain – literally – as flashes of what that little cocksucker did to each of those cats would flash in my imagination. I’ve learned not to let those imaginings run too long, or I think I would totally lose control.
Now it’s up to Karma to take care of Sean Lynde. As smart as he thinks he might be right now, he’s going to find out that there are some things you just cannot avoid.
What ass-hats and their apologists fail to realize or recognize is that cruelty to any life form will not discriminate — animal, child or adult.
It is the way the universe is.
So I must allow karma to assign its debt to Sean and his ilk, but that doesn’t mean I can’t revel in some outrageous but fun fantasies of retribution.
And speculation about Rachel’s true motives is just part of the territory; like many others, I may have bought the first death, but 6?
No. I’m not even willing to say she’s staggeringly stupid. The sheer number of deaths would mean absolutely NONE of her friends said a word to her, like, “SIX?? Shit Rachel! WTF?? Are you running an animal lab or what??”
Actually, there is a point at which you do have to look at the justice system. In all of this back and forth it is the only point I can see being at all important. The judge IS the only one to make the decision and plea bargains are taken in lieu of a trial, usually to avoid harsher sentencing.
first max, let me clear something up here. sean lynde IS a convicted felon. he will be for the rest of his cowardly, pathetic life. a conditional discharge does not apply to the charges or the conviction on his record. it only applies to his sentence. that means that although he pled guilty to one felony charge of aggravated (which means torture) animal cruelty, he is not going to prison if he meets the “conditions”. a conditional discharge means that the judge maintains the right to put sean lynde in prison if he violates the conditions. if lynde does not violate, he escapes prison but the felony sticks. he is a convicted felon, period (and a sick, dangerous fuck too). these innocent pets were definately let down and despite the fact that sean lynde was court ordered to undergo “intensive psychotherapy” (told to me personally by someone connected judicially to the court), sean lynde, imo, will still never be “normal”. imo, sean lynde is a classic sociopath and they do not benefit or respond to psychotherapy, psych meds or any other intervention. sociopaths cannot be fixed, they just become more crafty at not letting their dissociative behavior and actions be discovered. they do not FEEL mortal emotions. no remorse, no guilt, no compassion, nothing. they are always on the outside looking in on social etiquite and behavior. then they mimic it convincingly enough to fulfill their own desires, to derive whatever benefit they seek. people like this can never keep up this facade in intimate, long term scenerios. max, i appreciate your keeping sean lynde’s name and crimes in the public eye. sociopaths are consumate actors and since lynde has not been removed from society, he will continue to be a threat to it. i could tell you much more about this case but for now, lets just all keep our eye on sean lynde and keep his picture and crimes in the public eye. hopefully, the more people who know who this sicko is and what he looks like, the less potential victims he’ll have access to.
Is that correct? My understanding of the plea deal was if Lynde behaved for the year, the the court was going to dismiss the felony cruelty to animals charge. Maybe I didn’t read it right, and you seem to know more about it than I do, so I’ll take your word that you’re correct. I agree with you that sociopaths like Lynde are impossible to reform, and he’ll offend again – what scares me is he may decide that kitties just don’t do it for him anymore and move on to more evolved animals, like, say, CHILDREN.
With all the nonsense that Rachael’s anonymous defender pulled, I never really got a chance to say how much I fucking hate Sean Lynde. If I think too much about the specifics of what he did to those poor little kittens, I really come close to losing it. I don’t get animal abuse – one of my cats has a condition that causes his claws to fail to peel, so I have to keep an eye on his or they will grow too long, curl under and dig into his paw pads. It becomes very painful for him to walk. If I let it got to long before I check it, and it’s gotten even a little uncomfortable for him, I get pissed off at myself – and forget about trimming his claws. I constantly worry about cutting too close to the quick and making him bleed.
But guys like Lynde get off on twisting a little leg until it snaps, or throwing a tiny kitten against a wall, when all it did was try and get you to show it a little love. To me that’s the saddest thing in the world…..Kittens are innocence and love come to life, and torturing one to death is like spitting in God’s face. I’ve been fortunate in that I’ve never caught anyone in the act of hurting a cat of kitten, because I fear what I would do to that person. I’m no killer, and I’m not cruel either, but I think I could put a serious case of run-of-the-mill whup ass on that somebody.
yes, that is correct. rachael strate agreed to the plea deal of sean lynde pleading guilty to one felony count of aggravated animal cruelty versus going to trial for both senior cats and four kittens. imo, sean lynde has been torturing and killing cats and kittens since he was very young. imo, lynde is not smart enough and too much of a coward to try to torture a human the way he did those trusting, friendly pets. before he knew he was being investigated but after he had killed, lynde’s website moniker was a cartoon type line drawing of a tabby cat with X’s for eyes. lynde’s own little private mockery of what he’d done. i have it printed out. as soon as lynde was notified that he had been indicted by a grand jury, the moniker abruptly changed to a variation of his drawing he named Nemo which was no longer a cat and no longer of a thinly veiled, cruel nature. sean lynde thinks he’s much smarter than he really is. many, many people are watching sean lynde very closely…very closely indeed.
Alright, the jig is up now Breakfastblend, CS, RS, FU, and now, Sean_Lynde_kills_kittens & Seanlyndekillscats. It was fun playing along on this little charade, but with the post below, I had to let on that I knew this was you again.
Let me repeat this one more time – Sean Lynde is NOT a convicted felon. When he meets the conditions of his plea bargain, the felony animal abuse charge will be dropped. Look it up, dumb ass. It’s a matter of public record.
And try to remember this the next time you go on a campaign of misinformation – make sure that someone like me isn’t anywhere within a 1000 miles of your bullshit, or you wind up doing irreparable damage to your cause (Rachael Strate). If you had kept your big mouth shut, I probably would have left this alone, since all I really had was a suspicious plea bargain. You made it possible for me to flesh out my theory that Rachael Strate purposely helped to get Sean Lynde a reduced sentence. So I guess I should probably thank you. But I won’t – I’m not that cruel.
So after all of this nonsense, are you telling me that the person who wrote to Max in the first place was right? Sean Lynde IS a convicted felon?
No CS,RS, FU, breakfastblend, YOU are still wrong. His record will be wiped of the felony conviction after one year, if he meets the conditions of his plea deal, as I’ve been saying all along.
Did you think I didn’t know it was you in the previous post calling yourself Sean_Lynde_Kills_Kittens (this time)?? I was waiting for you to play your hand, so I could show you again that I OWN YOU!!!! You are just too fucking easy man.
Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!
I was pregnant when the Sean Lynde story first came out. I cried for a couple nights thinking of those cats. Now reading that he didn’t have to serve any jail time is getting me emotional all over again. What the hell is wrong with our justice system? This is sending a damn message that hurting animals isn’t that big of a deal. My wound has now reopened again. And his stupid bitch GF who basically served victims to him on a silver platter is JUST as guilty as he is. They both should burn in hell.
I read this shit streak last night and posted my comment.
Tho Sean_lynde_kills_kittens gave me an idea for my name, I cant take credit for those comments.
Comments here were stupid and now are getting insane. You got some rage to burn, people. You should aim it somewhere worth your time.
We are. Worry about the worth of your own time, and how you spend it. Why are you here, wasting your time?
oh, no, no, no, max. youre wrong there. i have nothing to do with rachael strate or sean lynde. the information i gave you came straight from a person directly involved with the case. sean lynde IS a convicted felon. remember, “conditional discharge” is exactly that. it refers to the sentence, no the charges. i could tell you all alot of other FACTS about this case but right now, i am questioning your rationale, max. i dont know what the above reference in response to Seanlyndekillsccats is trying to imply.???? when you originally posted the first story, i did post (undoubtedly under a different name but couldnt remember it so i re-signed in with the above name). im not defending rachael strate for not testifying, i do not believe that two wrongs make a right and I ABSOLUTELY WOULD NOT REMOVE HER NAME FROM YOUR COVERAGE however, given the degree of judgement, venemous and angry comments regarding rachael strate and her naivety (some call it stupidity), lack of intervention, etc., im sure that the DA foresaw the risk in strate being the main witness (im sure strate, too, blames herself for not seeing or believing that her new live-in boyfriend [or anyone she knew] was capable of actually poisoning, beating, breaking the neck of innocent or killing any friendly pets). all it would have taken would have been just ONE juror to see rachael strate in the same light as some of these commentors and strate’s testimony would have seemed less credible. i am NOT saying that the jury would not have viewed lynde’s crimes as less abominable, i think it just would have made it harder to convict. remember, the verdict has to be unanimous. elliot kay (lynde’s [imo] scumbag attorney who was willing to defend a [again, imo] dangerous, sick, sociopath) would have revelled (rolling around in it as a dog rolls all over the carcass of a dead squirrel, getting high off of the foul scent of injustice, masking his own natural scent) in lessening sean lynde’s abominal crimes by spreading the blame for the deaths of these pets onto strate. remember, lynde’s creepy attorney doesnt have to prove that lynde is innocent, all lynde’s attorney cares about (aside from his fee, the truth or anything else) is creating reasonable doubt for at least one juror. then he gets a mistrial and the whole process starts again. if elliot kay were able to spread the blame around enough and the jury’s verdict was not guilty, sean lynde walks away scott-free. we all knew the chances of THAT happening were next to none (even sean lynde knew that which is why he grabbed the plea deal and didnt have to answer for all 13 counts) but a sure thing (guilty plea to one felony count of aggravated animal cruelty) is a sure thing. if, in new york state (i think it should be nationwide) we can get an animal abuse registry with the convicted’s picture, sean lynde’s cowardly, sickening crimes, persona and location would be public record and society could help monitor their own pets, neighbors, etc. btw max, where did you get the public record information that sean lynde’s felony conviction will be dropped? im curious because THAT is misinformation and if that’s what’s out there, i will contact the DA and the source and ask that it be corrected.
God damn, I am sooooo tired of this. Are you or are you not the same guy that wrote the letter that I based my story on? Honestly, I did mix up names – your IP doesn’t match BreakfastBlend’s, it matches the other guy, SeanLyndeKillsCats. I agree that your scenario makes perfect sense, except my source says Rachael asked for this plea deal. Unfortunately, I can’t share any details about my source.
hi again max. no, i AM NOT the person who wrote to you asking that rachael strate’s name be removed from your article. furthermore, im glad that you refused to do it. I AM certain about the information i gave you though, regarding sean lynde being a convicted felon. i dont know shit about IP addresses but for this article, i have never posted under another name. when i saw this “update” though, i did go to many of the other sites which carried the original article looking to see if they were contacted by anyone requesting that strate’s (????the victim???? hmmmm) name be removed. so far, if anyone else has gotten that request, i cant tell. btw max, i also applauded you when, in your original article’s comments, you too busted on “NY Cop”s posting…he (aka sean lynde i believe) posted that same bullsh*t on other sites saying that if this case sounds strange, that’s because it is….i applauded youre picking up on the “NY Cop” with the “boston” location. i busted him with the same thing on another website where he made the same post. i also saw that he edited the location right after being busted…what a loser he was. anyway max, there are reasons that this abuse was discoved late. sean lynde (a so-called graphic designer) “worked” from home while strate worked two jobs outside of the home. it was lynde who was bringing the cats and kittens to the vet for problems which lynde himself supposedly recognized (like diarrhea, etc.). lynde was the one who was supposedly communicating with the vets and “reporting” to strate about their status. what strate didnt know was that her various cats and kittens were already dead or nearly dead when lynde brought them to the vet in the first place. strate believed they were being treated for the innocent symptoms which lynde was describing to her. strate did not know of the violence surrounding her pets’ hospitalization, and believed the supposed treatments. she believed the excuses lynde made about the reasons for their hospitalizations. the reasons lynde gave seemed innocent enough. and then, who knows how many days after they were already dead but supposedly being treated by the animal hospital, sean lynde gave his own official news that they died. since lynde was the one bringing them in (it wasnt one vet seeing so many of lynde’s cats and kittens with various violent injuries, lynde used many different vets which is why it took awhile for the authorities to catch up to him), strate thought she was being kept informed of her pets’ conditions by sean lynde. it was like the fox guarding the henhouse. strate had no idea that she was being deceived by her new live-in boyfriend. sean lynde went to great lengths to cover up and hide his abominal, torturous passtime while he actively participated with strate to adopt subsequent kittens. lynde helped strate innocently adopt additional kittens in response to her grief over her poor little kittens’ dying at the animal hospital(s) from illnesses (lies) she was told was diarrhea, mysterious falls, strange poisoning, etc. lynde was portraying himself as the concerned, compassionate, responsible boyfriend, bringing them to the vet and keeping strate updated on their non-existent status. imo, he’s a sick f*ck and just like any sociopath, despite these series of deceptions, lynde couldnt keep up his false, manufactured persona, long term. no sociopath can…its all a facade and before long, the cracks in the facade start to appear. lynde eventually became violent in strate’s presence (punching her computer, etc.) and she broke up with him. even then, lynde posted private information about strate on craigslist offering sex with strate’s phone number. remember, lynde violated several restraining orders issued on behalf of strate after they broke up. for all we know, the last kitten (who, as i understand it, had already suffered a broken foot but was treated and returned to strate after theyd broken up and lynde had moved out, who’s live body ultimately “disappeared” altogether from strate’s apartment and is presumed dead (allegedly also killed by lynde), disappeared while strate was at work when lynde was (again) violating the restraining order, passing the doorman and entering strate’s apartment. lynde was crafty but as i said, no sociopath can maintain their facades in close relationships, long term. lynde was not (and, imo, never will be) capable of pretending to be normal in any intimate, long term relationship. the question is (and always will be with sociopaths) is how long the partners in their relationships are willing to ignore the red flags…how long are the people the sociopath’s are involved with willing to second guess their own instincts and inner voices? its hard to imagine that something so evil can lurk behind someone you thought you knew. its hard to imagine that you didnt recognize such evil (in your partner) when you looked them in the eye, when you slept and lived with them. its hard to imagine that such evil exists and that you spent more time questioning yourself, trusting a potential stranger than trusting your own intuition and that little something that makes your skin crawl just a bit when things just dont seem exactly right. i believe that this describes some of the dynamics of the strate/lynde scenerio and one of the dimensions of lynde’s dissociative mental health. beware of mr. sean lynde…he has excuses for everything and has become proficient at diverting blame every and anywhere other than himself. lynde preys on the naive as well as weak and trusting pets. btw, in order to exempt myself from any accusations of liable, i contend that this post is a commentary based on fact taken from personal knowlege of this case, public info, opinion and research. as i said before, sign the petition in your state mandating an animal abuse registry including pictures of the convicted person and keep your eye on mr. sean lynde. imo, sean lynde is a classic sociopath and it is well documented that sociopaths do not respond to psychotherapy.
That’s the problem with the damn internet – one never knows if the person they’re talking to is who they say they are. I’ll be honest with you bro, I really want to like you. I swear to God.The problem is I’ve been doing this job too long, and I’ve become overly cynical as a defense against trolls. I don’t care about being fooled personally, but everything I do reflects on PYSIH, and if I were to be made a fool of, It would ruin affect our credibility.
I believe in what we do here at PYSIH. I don’t think there’s a nobler cause than protecting the rights of victims of violent crime. We’ve had some limited success at this, thanks mostly to a loyal bunch of readers and a selfless corp of writers. I feel it’s my job to protect this place like a mama bear protects her cubs. That includes defending any story from attacks on its credibility and truthfulness.
I know I’ve treated you pretty badly, and for that I apologize. I may have misinterpreted what I read in regards to Sean Lynde’s sentence. Who knows? While I have a pretty good working knowledge of the law, I still not a lawyer. I believe it’s best to leave it at that.
PS: this apology only counts if you are who you say you are – LOL.
apology accepted. i am who i say i am and you now have exclusive information regarding sean lynde. though tempted, i have not posted most of the info above on any other site. i understand your skeptism but I KNOW of what i speak and no, i am not rachael strate nor am i a friend of either one of them.
Max, changed my name from Still Alive because I decided to stick around for awhile.
If this guy can be believed:
I can actually see this going down with Strate if this is is true. For one thing, it was early in the relationship, and ‘paths are really really good at sucking you into la la land with them. What normal person automatically thinks my kittens are dying, must be this wonderful new lover I have. Granted, I would be suspicious, but not at Rachel’s age. I was incredibly gullible. If she wasn’t finding the kittens dead, well, it’s darn suspicious anyway but like I said, lala land. I”m also a lot more knowledgeable about animals than Rachel probably is. For one thing, those babies would have gone to the vet with me in attendance. When the vet operated on my big cat, I watched his every move. If he had let me I would have been handing him the tools. I have no way of telling how much of a “cat person” Rachel is. Not defending her in the least, six kittens? But if she saw Lynde go off, well believe me, watching the person you thought you knew, the person you loved and believed loved you is severely traumatic. You suddenly realize this person is perfectly capable of killing you with no remorse at all. No one who hasn’t been there can imagine it. For most of us, killing a kitten is so remote from what we would ever do, it’s hard to wrap your mind around it, that this so supportive person who says he loves animals is actually killing them? She was smart enough to get a restraining order, which he violated with ease. Restraining orders have zero effect on sociopaths. She’s probably justifiably terrified. Lynde will probably go after her. She may have received nasty “gifts” from him already. Many victims literally can not deal with anything to do with the sociopath. I also don’t know the time line on this.
I’m sure Lynde enjoyed Rachel’s pain over the kittens as much as he enjoyed killing them. I hope the authorities are keeping a very close eye on him.
coyote wildflower, you are right…the scenerio above is real and no psycologically healthy person would immediately wrap their mind around the degree of sean lynde’s cruelty, deceit, evil or facade. imo, regardless of what he initially portrays or the character illusion he is able to manage, sean lynde is derranged. lynde operates best with short [in duration] relationships (the frequency of which doesnt matter) and relationships that do not require extended, intimate components. sociopaths cannot be consistient in their facade in close relationships or under close scrutiny. the cracks in their facade start to show. the personality sean lynde displays to the public and in casual relationships is fake. compassion, empathy, sorrow, are all fraudulent sentiments if ever demonstrated by lynde. in his (previously) public profile on “good reads”, he posted reading “Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness” and wrote a review. according to his previously public profile and review, sean lynde claimed that the book was recommended to him by his mother. lynde read it on march 2, 2009 before he even knew of his indictment and pending arrest (which, imo, means his mother (has probably always) known that lynde has anxiety, depression, obsessiveness, anger and impulsiveness problems). in addition, on feb. 15, 2009, lynde claimed in his public profile on “good reads” to have read “stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers” by mary roach. it is “an exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem”. according to the dates, sean lynde read both of these books after these cats and kittens were killed but before he was aware of his indictment and subsequent arrest. this previously public information/evidence has also been printed and is in sean lynde’s file. sean lynde is, imo, like every sociopath, typically narcissistic, believes he is far more intelligent than everyone else and privately taunts and mocks society. imo, he is sick, twisted and has no right to be slithering within our society. coyote wildflower, youre right, if one hasnt been involved with a sociopath, its hard to imagine. that is part of the secret to their success. that is what continues to give them access to a stream of new victims. their true evil is very, very hard to imagine or detect. this is why i warn you. if you know or meet anyone and there’s something about them that just doesnt seem right (despite that they may appear to be saying and doing all the right things), someone whose presence, actions or dialog makes you feel vaguely uncomfortable or uneasy, trust that deep, evasive intuition. trust that deep little feeling that you just cant put your finger on. trust it and stay far away from that person. no matter who you are, you could easily be fooled by a sociopath. that uncomfortable feeling is not your imagination. you are very possibly dealing with someone, a sociopath, who is missing a whole component of being human…they will NEVER truly feel guilt, sympathy or remorse for their victims or anyone else and when it comes to sean lynde, imo, you will not be the exception.
All my cats are dying in unimaginable, horrid ways so I will just bring more home! What a brain dead chick.
hey icy, sean lynde was lying to his exgirlfriend apparently telling her that he’d brought the pets to the vet while she was at work for benign issues like diarrhea, accident, etc. then fabricate the various pet’s progress for her. what she didnt know was that the pets were already dead when he appeared with them at various different vets. sean lynde is a very sick man who poses as a concerned, loyal boyfriend.
Oh wow, I wish I hadn’t read this. I adore cats – all animals, but cats most of all. How could someone be this twisted and evil? Those kittens were only around for a few hours before he’d start torturing them! Like he just HAD to. If that is not a sign that this is a dangerous individual, then I don’t know what is. Like the second he had a chance, he HAD to kill them. Wow. If my boyfriend ever hurt one of our cats, there is not a chance in hell I could EVER forgive OR forget. And there would be ABSOLUTELY NO EFFING WAY that I would drop the charges against him! Not.A.Chance.In.Hell.
I don’t know much about the law, but can’t the police still charge someone, even if the “victim” wants to drop the charges? The guy still committed a crime. The kitties are still dead, and even I know that this is the way serial killers and other soulless bastards start out. I think the police should be keeping an eye on this creep. We will hear from him again.
And please – stop giving this woman pets! She does not deserve them!
you know, I always wonder about stories like this, when it’s gf vs bf, because I’ve seen how the US legal system works in these scenarios and it’s not pretty.
Once upon a time I had a crazy ex (didn’t we all). Long story short, she came at me with a butcher’s knife, I threw a folding lawn chair at her to distract her long enough for me to run out of the house. Didn’t come back until next day, grabbed my shit and I’m gone.
That should be the end of it.
6 months later I didn’t completely stop at a stop sign (oops) and got pulled over. Turns out there’s a warrant for my arrest! (omg right?) I’m arrested on the spot, car’s just left there on the side of the road (wth?). I’m in jail overnight, next morning I’m finally told what happened: crazy ex called the cops, told them I beat her. I’m released (no bail needed). Prosecuting attorney tells me I can either hire an attorney and fight it ($$$$$$ + waiting months for court, apparently free public defenders are for murderers and rapist, not little domestic violence cases) or plea guilty today and get two years probation.
Guess which one I picked? Yep, I have now have a record for the rest of my life, because was poor.
Find out later they probably didn’t have anything (he said she said), probably weren’t even going to bother with bringing it to court, offering plea deals is just a way for the prosecuting attorney to say “LOOK I CAUGHT ANOTHER ONE!”
The US legal system might be the best one on the planet but it’s still seriously fucked up.
I could call the police and accuse you (who ever is reading this) of beating me. They would issue a warrant for your arrest and you would be arrested eventually and you would go to jail for at least one night. In the morning you could talk to the judge and they’d set a trial date even if you said you’ve never met me in your life. Then, before the trial, you’d be offered a plea deal, or you can hire an attorney and fight the charges in court, charges from someone you’ve never even met. Even if you completely win and all charges are dropped you still spent hundreds if not thousands of dollars fighting those charges. You could then try and sue me for lying and the $$$$ you spent fighting the charges but only if you can find me and have me served with the lawsuit papers (subpoena). If I decide not to answer the door when the cops try to serve me I don’t have to and therefor I’ve legally never been served so I do not need to go to court (this is true, look it up, I have done this and had it done to me from people I’ve sued). This is all perfectly legal.
So next time someone takes a plea deal you really have to wonder did they really do it?