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Jay Man Gets Maximum 5-Year Prison Sentence for Killing Kitten
July 29, 2026
A Jay man has received the maximum sentence for killing his former girlfriend’s kitten.
Gunner Cole Bush, 21, was convicted by a Santa Rosa County jury of aggravated animal cruelty after a one-day trial. This week, he was sentenced to five years in state prison.
In the early morning hours of December 9, 2023, Bush tortured a kitten to death, according to prosecutors. He moved into the home of his then-girlfriend and her family in the summer of 2023.
During that time, two other cats went missing, the State Attorney’s Office said. One of the cats had been in the family for five years. Bush was also the last person seen with one of the cats. After the death of the kitten on December 9, 2023, the family discovered the remains of the two other cats nearby.
The State Attorney’s Office said a tool used to mutilate the kitten was found in Bush’s truck.
The case was investigated by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office and Santa Rosa County Animal Services. Special assistance was provided by the University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, which conducted DNA analysis on a tool used to harm the kitten and performed a necropsy on the deceased animal.
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5 Responses to “Jay Man Gets Maximum 5-Year Prison Sentence for Killing Kitten”
Let’s hope the prison’s general population knows all about this torturer’s history.
Serial Killers like Jeffrey Dahlmer often start off with killing domestic animals. This mentally ill person needs to be where he can get help like Chatahoochee. Help that will keep him away from other people! He’s not going to get help in prison. These people who allowed him to live in their home need to be alerted when he is free again.
Was this a misdemeanor or a felony?
I have seen people get less time than this for killing/hurting a human being.
Usually, these kind of people have been hurting animals at a young age and can easily move to hurting humans.
Anyone who can to torture a small animal to death is never going to be safe free.
We need to bring back incarcerated mental health institutions. A place for those with no self control with lots of independent oversight.
If someone claims insanity then they should serve the time for the crime in an institution for treatment not released as we frequently do. After that once “cured” serve what is left in regular prison.
And could we stop stacking prison sentences! If the person commits multiple crimes that each have their own time in jail then why are we not making them consecutive? If they get time for an offense they should serve time for every one of those not stack them up. I saw a court case where the guy had a 10 year, 4 5 year, and a 3 year term for attacks on a teen age girl. What did he get? Not 33 years just the 10. Why? If he was sentenced for any of the 5 years on its own he would have served the 5 but does not have to because one sentence is longer? There is no justice in that.
Next Jeffrey Dahmer right there. If you can’t see the red flags you’re blind! 5 years minus good time to get conditioned by our ‘corrections’ system and it’ll be your daughter maybe next time. Too sad. World gone to Hell!