A local family has an autistic son. He was only capable of sign language. The family found an african tortoise. After failing to locate an owner and told not to release it into the wild by Fish and Game they adopted it. And the little boy made friends with 'Bob'the tortoise and began talking. And Bob disappeared. the mother posted flyers and received a phone call stating 'Bob' was taken to recreate the recently aired episode on DISCOVERY of a military survival expert killling a turtle for food. He demanded money to reveal Bob's whereabouts. The woman met the man who took off on a bicycle. And there was Bob under a bush. And her little boy ran over to discover his head,neck and legs were slahed and his shell stabbed repeatedly and shattered. Bobs in a Santa Barbara hospital,still alive, his care already in the thousands of dollars.