Teen arrested after 3 horses stabbed multiple times at Vegas competition

[Ponietz]

Source: KRQE citing KTLA

According to Phillips, surveillance cameras in the barns captured the teen entering at least two stalls, which helped lead police to her.

“Detectives located the teen at a nearby hotel and took her into custody without incident. She was transported to Clark County Juvenile Hall, where she was booked on 12 counts of willful or malicious killing, maiming or torturing of an animal, horse, and three counts of felony malicious destruction of private property over $5,000,” investigators said.

The teen suspect was a competitor in the event, according to a statement from the National Barrel Horse Association, which said the incident was immediately addressed.

“The individual involved has been removed and placed in the care of authorities, and there is no ongoing threat of any kind,” NBHA officials added.

Read more: https://www.krqe.com/news/teen-arrested-after-3-horses-stabbed-multiple-times-at-vegas-competition/

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Sad. Horrifying. Surely there were missed warning signs.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

1. ..

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

2. "Competitor Arielle Phillips' horse, Detail, was also stabbed several times. In a social media post, Phillips described

Competitor Arielle Phillips’ horse, Detail, was also stabbed several times. In a social media post, Phillips described the teen as “a crazy obsessed stalker who has been following me on social media for a long time, obsessing over Detail, obsessing over meeting me.”

[mahina]

3. Depraved. Monster.

[obamanut2012]

4. Emily Grace, a fellow barrel riding competitor

None of the horses should be fine, although one mare is in worse condition that the other two.

[mwmisses4289]

5. Umm..do you mean all of the horses should be fine?

Looks like auto correct turned your sentence into a mishmash. I hate when it does that!

[ZDU]

6. Three swift kicks...

Let's let the horses give the perp three swift kicks to her head. Done. Problem solved. Next

[Brother Buzz]

7. Shades of Tonya Harding

[Bobstandard]

8. "Those barrel racers are all crazy," classic line from Yellowstone tv series.

[ananda]

13. I knew barrel racers.

I never thought of them as crazy really.

one was my cousin's daughter.

Another one taught me how ro ride.

[electric_blue68]

9. Really horrific!

[OC375]

10. She did that to my animals, I'd be the one going to prison.

Family is family.

[catchnrelease]

11. I read yesterday

In an article--and I have no idea where I saw it now--that her parents have been warned that she is a bully. So it sounds like they can't say they are shocked at this behavior.

[riversedge]

12. I would say that even if they knew she was a bully--to find out she stabbed horses over

and over would be shocking to any parent. --well most anyway.

[Javaman]

15. that's not a bully, that's a psychopath. I wonder what other animals she's killed before this. nt

[IronLionZion]

14. WTF is wrong with people

[purr-rat beauty]

16. There is something deeply disturbing about this....

I've never known a girl who didn't love horses that they would sacrifice themselves for the animal.

This is sociopathic and a sad sign of something much worse in this kid's head and heart.

those poor horses and their riders and fans

[LymphocyteLover]

17. Unbelievably sick. I wonder what happened to her to made her so messed up? What are the odds her family is MAGA?

[Alice B.]

18. This story is bringing out the best in the internet

I don't know a single, solitary person who isn't heartsick for what those horses and their owners/riders/connections are going through. But some of the reactions I'm seeing online seem to be just different stops on the same spectrum that includes willfully harming an animal.

My FB search results of the girl's name yesterday turned up posts by two different women publicly announcing that they weren't her and they had no connection to horses or barrel racing. Apparently they're receiving messages/comments; I'm guessing threats. I'm also guessing no one contacting these people have any meaningful connection to those involved so, as always, I ask WTAF compels a person to send threats to a complete stranger, let alone one they can't even be sure is their target.

And then there are the comments, including a man whose profile indicates he shoes horses, recommending use of a specific hammer on her skull.

People are scouring the internet and drawing highly detailed conclusions about this young woman and her family from scraps online but no one really knows anything about her, her family, her emotional and mental health.

A lot of the comments strike me as performative rage ginned up and rewarded by the nature of social media and the internet. The last post I read, in which the FB user offered her "74-cents," suggested a lot of sympathy being posted online. Maybe it's the algorithms but I haven't really seen it. The online lynch mob seems to be outweighing questions about this person's mental health and whether or not a 100% punitive response is the most appropriate one.

I'm a horse person and, as I said, heartsick contemplating what those animals experienced, but I'm also pretty sick at what I've seen posted by strangers about a stranger that we know next to nothing about.