$12,000 reward for cat killer

MIAMI - Community donations now total more than $12,000 for tips leading to a cat killer, South Florida police say.

Horrified owners have been finding their cats killed and mutilated for the past two months in two south Miami Dade County communities. Many of the cats were missing fur and appeared to have been cut with a sharp, straight instrument, police say.

Alicia Glazer rushed out of her home on a Saturday morning after her husband found their cat Sarah, dead.

"We come outside, and we find Sarah lying on the ground over here...at which point, we just assumed that she was hit by a vehicle," said Glazer.

But they realized the death was intentional -- Sara had been sliced open and she was mutilated.

"Half of her face was missing," Alicia Glazer said. “There was no blood anywhere. So we are dealing with someone that is methodical, calculating, knows exactly what he or she is doing.”

Police say they've increased patrols and are seeking leads -- but so far, no suspects.

So residents are trying to put the message out.

“This person that I know of -- person or persons -- hasn't given any indication that they are indicating that they are going to be doing this to human beings," said Rebecca Perez, spokeswoman for the Miami-Dade Police Department. "In other words, there haven’t been any threatening types of activities to lead us to believe that this is some sort of a scare tactic."

But on the quiet suburban streets, fear is growing that the cat killer won't stop.

"These are 30, almost 30, cats. And what happens after that? Where do we go from there ......it is scary, “ said Alicia Glatzer.

South Florida investigators are looking into about two dozen cat deaths, with enough evidence to try to prosecute at least 15 of the cases. The cat deaths may be linked, police say.