I don’t know whether it’s best to know that your pet has deceased or that they’re still just lost. Both situations sound horrible for the original owners of the deceased cat :/ if it had owners, that is.

Kind of surprised their Ted didn’t have a collar on? They let that cat roam the neighborhood without any identification that he has a family? We don’t let our cats roam the neighborhood anymore, but when we did, we always made sure they had a collar so someone didn’t assume they were strays needing a home or to be taken to the shelter. Otherwise, would have thought it strange that this cat didn’t have a collar on, unless they assumed it was ripped off at some point?

That’s the problem, a lot of these people didn’t have someone raising them.

If you haven’t already, you should watch Mystery Team specifically for the character of Duncan “Boy Genius” who absolutely fits this characterization to a T.