After Christopher Lee McCuin was booked into the Smith County Jail in Tyler, Texas, on charges of murdering and possibly eating the flesh of his girlfriend, the county sheriff received a letter from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals requesting that McCuin be placed on an all-vegetarian diet while in jail so that he could not be “involved in any senseless killing.” At first jail officials thought the letter was a hoax, but the Tyler Morning Telegraph interviewed the author, PETA Vice President Bruce Friedrich, who confirmed he had written it and said it was not intended to be funny. “It is up to you to prevent McCuin from contributing to any more suffering and death,” said the letter. Friedrich added that, if fed meat, McCuin could possibly become violent and kill again. "Only in a culture where people routinely kill and eat living, feeling beings,” he said, “would anyone even think to kill and eat a human loved one." Need we point out that the girlfriend tasted like chicken?