Brookhaven neighbors are posting signs and combing the area around Brookhaven Park for an 8-week-old tabby kitten still missing after a woman was charged with throwing multiple kittens from a moving minivan on Osborne Road.
As of Monday, Aug. 10, the tabby has not been found.
Terri Eden and Maria Stewart, the two residents who helped rescue surviving kittens after the Wednesday, Aug. 5 incident, posted flyers around the park on the evening of Friday, Aug. 7 and have continued searching since, according to Atlanta News First.
Stewart witnessed the incident. She told Atlanta News First on Aug. 6 that she was driving behind a silver Toyota Sienna on Osborne Road NE around 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 5 when she saw kittens thrown from the passenger-side window.
"I just saw red, and I just kept following her until we got stopped at a light at Dresden, and I took pictures of her car," Stewart said in that interview.
Stewart called 911 and provided the license plate number and a description of the driver. Brookhaven police located the driver, Valentina Tobon Henao, 25, at a nearby business and arrested her on a charge of cruelty to animals.
Officers found one kitten dead in the roadway near the 2700 block of Osborne Road SE, according to a news release from Lt. Anthony Petron of the Brookhaven Police Department's Criminal Investigations Unit. A second kitten was recovered by neighbors and taken to a veterinarian, who found it had a dislocated tail and ear scratches but was otherwise healthy.
Eden, Stewart's friend, went searching with her daughters after Stewart posted about the incident on social media. One of Eden's daughters found the second surviving kitten.
"It's a miracle that this baby was found because they are teeny tiny," Eden told Atlanta News First on Aug. 6.
Eden is now fostering the two recovered kittens and looking for a permanent home for them, WSB-TV reported. The third kitten, which Stewart saw run toward Brookhaven Park during the incident, remains unaccounted for.
Tobon Henao was booked into DeKalb County Jail and released on bond. The charge level remains unclear: Fox 5 Atlanta reported a felony animal cruelty charge, while WSB-TV described the booking as a misdemeanor count. Under Georgia law, aggravated cruelty to animals carries one to five years in prison and up to $15,000 in fines. No court date has been publicly announced.
Petron said on Aug. 6 that residents who cannot care for a pet should contact animal control or a veterinary office rather than abandon the animal. DeKalb County Animal Services, at 3280 Chamblee Dunwoody Road in Chamblee, accepts surrendered animals and can be reached at 404-294-2949 or [email protected].
Anyone with information about the missing kitten or the incident can call Brookhaven police at 404-637-0600.






