Jenkins shows where Amber was found
When an unknown individual began killing and mutilating domestic cats in the south London borough of Croydon in October 2015, the authorities were slow to take note. Police said it was the work of foxes or road traffic accidents. SNARL did what many organizations do when looking to exert pressure on the authorities: They alerted the press. After local newspaper the Croydon Advertiser warned readers about a depraved "Croydon Cat Killer"—leading to headlines in the national press—the police and British animal welfare charity the RSPCA began to take note."It took a while for us to say, we've got a problem here," RSPCA chief inspector Mike Butcher acknowledges candidly. We've left the woods and are sitting outside a Starbucks on an anonymous stretch of road. "After four years you think you've seen it all." Next to Butcher, Detective Sergeant Andy Collin—who is leading the Metropolitan Police's 12-man-strong team investigating the murders—chips in.Read more: Fatal Attraction: The Women Who Love Serial Killers
Boudicca Rising in the woods where Amber was found.
Tony Jenkins, co-founder of SNARL
Rising and Jenkins
People who abuse animals abuse humans too. We'll be looking at extreme porn; domestic violence.
DS Collin's evidence book
Tony Jenkins
The cul-de-sac Amber was abducted from
Despite the challenges, Collin is absolutely certain he'll nail the culprit responsible. "We will get him. Whether I catch him, or he gets nicked for something else—it will happen." Until then, the investigation is all consuming. "I want this guy more than anything in the whole wide word," Rising announces with her usual passion. "I want him caught, I want him banged up, and I want this to stop. I want SNARL to go back to being a tiny rescue no-one had ever heard of." With that, we bid farewell to Butcher and Collins and head out to another crime scene.Before the murders started, Rising—whose describes herself as a pagan and whose favourite god is the Hindu deity Ganesha—spent her spare time writing a blog in cat-speak from the perspective of their 34 cats. (Sample: "I got dragged to the bet today becos Mommi cambe home yesterday and fownd me in mid sneeze on the landing. I wuzzent feeling my best becos the sneeze wuddent combe owt.")Read more: When You're Best Friends with a Famous Serial Killer
Rising uses her phone so often for the case, she has to keep it constantly charging.
Jenkins, with fag.
Rising, at Addiscombe Woods
