Police investigate dead turtle left outside Turtleboy bloggers parents home [Video]

Worcester police are investigating after a dead turtle was hung outside the home of blogger Aiden “Turtleboy” Kearney’s parents home Monday morning, the police department confirmed to MassLive.

Kearney shared graphic photos of the dead turtle — which had been tied by its head to a metal bannister outside the home — on social media on Monday.

“This morning someone left a large murdered turtle hanging from a railing at my parents house. It had a hole through its head,” he wrote.

Worcester detectives are investigating it as an incident of harassment and animal cruelty, the police department said.

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The incident comes on the heels of the trial of Karen Read— a 44-year-old Mansfield woman accused of murdering her boyfriend whose innocence Kearney has been a vocal advocate for. Kearney — a 42-year-old Holden resident — has been prolifically writing …