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By Staff reports The Charleston Police Department arrested a 31-year-old woman Friday after authorities allegedly found several dead cats at her apartment, including one in the refrigerator and another in the freezer. Madeline Gourevitch, of Charleston, was not at her Wyoming Street apartment when the landlord visited March 10, according to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court. The landlord meant to address a broken window, but he then found a dead cat stuck to the floor, apparently decomposing near the front door for a long period of time, according to the complaint. A quick inspection of the dimly-lit apartment revealed cat feces and an odd smell in the kitchen, the complaint states. Upon opening the refrigerator, the landlord reportedly noticed a paw sticking out of a black trash bag.