Its the cat owners fault of letting the cat run free.
Did you tell the cat owner what happened and let her/him have the cat's body ? I would do that so the cat owner won't go everywhere looking for the missing cat.
I have a cat myself and I'm aware of that he could get run over by a car or killed by a dog, then it's my fault of letting him run loose, I know that well, I'm not as attached to the cat but also he's almost always just inside when he goes outside he is in our garden or in my neighbours garden he doesnt go far away.
Im lucky that Fido doesn't have much terrier instinct , he loves cats but though he tries to catch those he see's outside.
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