authorities allege that aubrey vanlandingham, 17, used a drench gun to force-feed toxic pesticide to the goat, named willie, at a barn at the vista ridge high school in cedar park in october. vanlandingham reportedly confessed to deliberately poisoning the animal, an act that was captured on cctv footage. the goat died about 21 hours later after convulsing and showing signs of respiratory distress. a necropsy confirmed that the cause of death was organophosphate intoxication from phosmet, a pesticide commonly used for external parasite control in livestock. vanlandingham confessed to police that she deliberately poisoned the goat because she believed the animals owner was a cheater, according to the affidavit. she reportedly said it was her second attempt to kill the goat. investigators who searched her phone history found that she had searched how much bleach can kill an animal and poisoning pets, what you should know. she also allegedly searched how to clear search history. vanlandingham faces up to two years in prison if convicted of cruelty to livestock animals. the mother of the 15-year-old girl whose goat was killed said her family wanted justice and hoped vanlandingham would receive jail time if found guilty. we were there when he passed away. my daughter was actually holding him. so that was very traumatic. we dont believe there is any remorse there, the mother added. we want justice served, we dont want a slap on the wrist. we want to make sure that she is punished. with the goat dying a slow and painful death and the owner having to forever deal with the trauma of him succumbing in her arms i really hope this pos does prison time.
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