Houston Couple Charged With Torturing & Killing Animals To Fulfill Sexual Fantasies

Ashley Richards, 22, and Brent Justice, 51, were jailed after the couple used a meat cleaver to slash a puppy's neck, cut off its tail and slice apart the puppy's leg.

Richards was also charged with a 2010 animal abuse case in which she is accused of killing a cat by slashing its neck and using her heel to stomp and mutilate the cat's face.

According to police, Richards and Justice abused a pit bull and several other animals to death, recorded the acts on video and then uploaded the videos to the Internet to make money. The videos were allegedly uploaded to a "crush site" that features the mutilation and death of puppies, kittens, mice, rabbits and other animals.

Investigators Richards would usually perform the animal executions while Justice recorded the videos.

Richards is already facing charges in a 4th of July incident in which she was part of a 400 person riot that threw fireworks and rocks at officers after they refused to disperse a downtown Waco location..

Richards was booked into jail and charged with two counts of animal cruelty and resisting arrest. Her bond was set at $40,000.

Justice was also charged with animal cruelty. His bond has been set at $20,000.