she is as responsible as if she put them in the box herself.

Those kitties were sick to begin with.
Those momcats were not fixed
How could she let things get so screwed up that it happened? And I just bet she didn't come by and say LOOK, I want my cats--you couldn't stop me with a brick wall and a machine gun if you had my cats.

It's all one and the same to me...the landlord and the woman should be left in a box to die.