Girl Horrified To Get Gift Box With Missing Dog's Head

[matcom]

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Crystal Brown's world was turned upside down a month ago when Chevy, her 4-year-old Australian shepherd mix, didn't come home.

"I told him everything and he never shared any of my secrets," said Crystal, 17, who has had some troubled times in her young life. Chevy was her therapy dog, and she leaned on him for comfort and support.

Two weeks ago, a gift-wrapped box was left at the house where she lives with her grandmother in St. Paul's Rice Street area. Inside the box, Crystal was horrified to find her dog's head.

"This was so cruel," Crystal said Wednesday. "This is one sick, twisted person."

The incident is considered so shocking that the Humane Society of the United States announced Wednesday that it was offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

Homicide investigators are looking into the case because of the "implied" terroristic threat, St. Paul Police Sgt. Jim Gray said.

"This was extraordinarily heinous," said Dale Bartlett, the Humane Society's deputy manager for animal cruelty issues. "I deal with hundreds and hundreds of cruelty cases each year. When I read about this case, it took my breath away. It's horrible."

http://www.startribune.com/467/story/1055748.html

[MonkeyFunk]

1. ugh

I really didn't need to read this. Not up to the usual matcom standards. :thumbsdown:

[matcom]

2. oh I report the bad stuff too

always have

[Blue Diadem]

3. Incredibly cruel

:grr:

I hope they find whoever did that and I hope some way that poor girl can get over what happened. :cry:

[Mad_Dem_X]

4. Goddamn

I hope the person who did this burns in Hell.

[MissMillie]

5. there are no words in any language to describe that

seriously... awful, heinous, sick--those don't come close to decribing how terrible this is.

[realisticphish]

6. fuck that person

random cruelty to animals is one of the few things that inspires me to violence

[ThomCat]

7. The monster who did that needs to be caught.

Anybody who could do that needs to be locked away. x(

I feel so bad for Crystal. You just know that this is going to be a memory that will haunt her for the rest of her life.

[Richard Steele]

10. They shouldn't have to look far.

This wasn't random- it's someone who knows her, had access
to the dog the day it went missing, and is a seriously twisted POS.
That can't be a terribly long list.

I hope the asshole does time for this.

[raccoon]

13. That was my thought, probably an ex-boyfriend or an admirer she didn't like. nt

[BuelahWitch]

8. This is sick on so many levels

That poor girl. She lost her dog and now she's got a stalker.

[derby378]

9. My hope for humanity just took a hit

I need a hug.

But not as much as that poor little girl does.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

11. What a sick, cruel, perverted bastard

To do something like that to both the animal in question and the little girl. I'm sorry, it is not in my nature to advocate violence, but I can think of some very appropriate medieval punishments that could be meted out to the monster who did this. I hope every day of his/her life, this sick little twisted imbecile lives a rotten, miserable life.

What a evil, perverted, sick thing to do. That poor little girl will have to live with that memory for the rest of her life. I pray she is receiving lots of hugs, love and support at the moment -no person should have to endure what she has endured.

[Chan790]

12. I wish the reward was higher...

You know that every person who knows this lowlife would be clamoring and clawing to turn their ass in first if the reward were...say...$25K. They need to be caught. When we talk about animal abusers who "graduate" to serial killers we're talking about this sort of depravity.

Just a vibe, something about this seems really juvenile. Fear that when the find him/her, it's going to turn out to be a classmate who "thought it'd be funny."

I hope they're still laughing when the judge drops a hard 10 years on them. Sad that I don't know of any jurisdiction where they can be held for life for this.

[Sequoia]

14. That young lady had better watch out.

I'm thinking her life is in danger. Better get cameras and such. Bet it's someone she knows who acts all friendly like. Whomever did this is a very dangerous stalker if you ask me. Poor gal, what an awful thing.

[sasquatch]

15. This fucker needs to be locked away

And somebody should donate an Aussie puppy to her out of pure charity.

[Dude_CalmDown]

16. This was her therapy dog - not just her pet

She's clearly been through some fucked up shit. Why does she live with her grandmother? Who knows what kind of phuct up shit this girl was dealing with and to take something from her that means so much - you've got to be a pretty pathetic piece of shit.

[flvegan]

17. Can't wait until they find the person responsible.

They will. Nobody does this sort of public thing without, at some point, getting nailed.

Young woman...therapy dog...premeditation...the punishment will at some point fit the crime.

[Bucky]

19. I got five bucks that says it's a Limbaugh fan

And another ten that says some right winger personality will try to blame it on Congress "going soft on terrorism."

[Bucky]

18. Hey wait a minute. This isn't funny *at all*, Matthew Com

Why is this in the Lounge?

[sasquatch]

20. He explained it earlier

Besides it happened two weeks ago so it isn't breaking news.

[Danger Mouse]

21. Disgusting. Loathsome.

No words can appropriately express what a filthy sack of shit the person responsible for this is.