By: HEATHER MCKINLEY/myfoxatlanta
ATLANTA - Atlanta police said Wednesday that they are investigating a series of animal mutilation cases in one neighborhood. A headless goat was discovered by residents near an elementary school.
The mutilated animals have been found at the intersection of Fairburn Road and Adkins Place in northwest Atlanta. The area is located right next to Townes Elementary School and Harper Archer Middle School, providing a gruesome walk for students and parents.
"I think it might be some kind of gang thing and they want this turf and they are trying to send a message," said neighbor Steve Durden.
Residents in area said various mutilated animals have been dumped in the road, including chickens, hens, roosters and now a goat.
Neighbor Aleisha Adams said she thought it was some sort of religious ritual. "It's very disturbing," Adams said.
The students at the nearby schools have to cross the intersection where the carcasses have been dumped.
"That would put fear in the kids' heart, in the mind," said neighbor Harvey Hood. "Next it will be a dead body out there with its head cut off."
Police said they suspect the mutilations are some sort of ritual and now they are trying to determine why the animals are decapitated and left in the same spot.
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