Fallen Angel

Okay, so this is one of the craziest things I was involved in, in Port Huron, and the a bit of background is essential. We were teaching two unmarried couples that happened to be friends with each other. One couple, which I will call the Zimmer team, had been evicted from their apartment and the other couple, Rob Hornyak & Carlene Nicols, had allowed them and their cat (Angel) to temporarily live with them. Together we called this group the "Zimyak Team." The Zimmer team had stayed longer than expected and somehow a lot of tension was building amongst the four adults now living in the same bedroom. My journal entry reads as follows:

"... the big news of the day is the Zimyak team! We went over for a lesson before the soup kitchen and taught Rob and Carlene (Hornyak team). While we were there, the Zimmer Team was out apparently looking for a real job. We finished up the lesson and went to serve at the soup kitchen at 11:30. Rob was leaving for work and Carlene said she had school in a bit.

When we got in for the night, Carlene had left a message for us to call her. We were in the apartment for just a couple minutes when she called again. She told us that she had been arrested and released after the Zimmer Team accused her of killing Angel, their cat. Carlene said, she had found the cat dead and wet in the sink when she got home from school. Also, she found a window to be broken. She wasn't sure who had broken in to drown the cat.

Some time passed. Elder Whitchurch and I discussed what may have happened. They had recently kicked out a roommate... maybe he came in the house and did the deed. He knew the Zimyak Team much more than we likely do. He knew that framing this horrific scene would tear them apart.

We then got a call from Bro. Zimmer. He told us that he had bad news. That Carlene had killed Angel and they've packed their bags and left. We inquired and he told us some details. The cop said the cat died around 12:30 (One hour from when we left! We were playing with that cat today, dangit!). Carlene had a bandaged up hand with teeth and scratch marks when the Zimmer Team got there. We asked Fred (Zimmer) if he knew what time Carlene's classes were. He told us 12:30, but that she didn't go today!

When we were at the house today, she was reluctant to get ready when Rob asked her why she wasn't. She was very quiet, perhaps more so than usual. She knew when to expect the Zimmer Team home, and once Rob went to work she would have the house, and Angel, to herself.

I can vividly picture what her slow-moving person looked like as she handled the innocent cat into the water. The horrid thought that she'd killed a cat with water, something it's naturally afraid of, plagues my mind. Our baptismal candidate is a cat-killer!"