Elephant seal pups are not normally found in the San Diego Bay and researchers had been keeping a watchful eye on the pup until it ended up under the Sonar Bridge near Spanish Landing, which is where Miller and his friend Mark Valentine had been hanging out drinking. Miller was on his second bottle of vodka at the time of the seal attack.
Deputy District Attorney Karra Reedy stated the seal pup had several skull fractures and a brain hemorrhage resulting from Miller forcibly striking the seal pups head repeatedly. Miller claims, from the sounds the seal pup were making, he was under the impression that something was wrong with the pup so he thought he was helping to end its suffering. However, a marine mammal veterinarian testified that she had observed the seal pup at an earlier date and it was acting normally.
Elephant seal pups are not normally found in the San Diego Bay and researchers had been keeping a watchful eye on the pup until it ended up under the Sonar Bridge near Spanish Landing, which is where Miller and his friend Mark Valentine had been hanging out drinking. Miller was on his second bottle of vodka at the time of the seal attack. |
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