Girl Finds Dog's Head In Gift-Wrapped Box

(AP)  A 17-year-old Minnesota girl who spent weeks looking for her missing dog was horrified when she unwrapped a box left on her doorstep and found the dog's severed head inside.

Homicide investigators were looking into the case because of the "implied" terroristic threat, St. Paul Police Sgt. Jim Gray said. The Humane Society of the United States said Wednesday that it was offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

"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."

"That level of depravity is beyond belief," Bartlett said.

After Crystal Brown's 4-year-old Australian shepherd mix wandered away last month, she peppered the neighborhood with "missing" posters, and went door to door looking for him. She called the St. Paul animal shelter and rode the bus there several times.

"I felt empty," Crystal said. "I couldn't talk to anyone. He was my dog. It was just me and him. ... I told him everything and he never shared any of my secrets."

Two weeks ago, a gift-wrapped box was left at the house Crystal shares with her grandmother. The box had batteries on top, and a note that said "Congratulations Crystal. This side up. Batteries included."

Crystal opened the box and found her dog's head inside. The box also contained Valentine's Day candy.

Crystal screamed when she saw her dog's face, the Star Tribune reported.

"She was just hysterical," said Crystal's grandmother, Shirley Brown. "She was screaming. She said, 'Grandma, it's my dog's head.'

Authorities say the case is an isolated incident and the suspect likely knew the family. A motive is unclear.

[nothappyatall]

"he only charities that I support are animal welfare groups...Best Friends Animal Society, ASPCA, American Humane Society, and US Humane Society. Please consider checking out these groups and making a donation to help in the fight to end animal cruelty and neglect." Missut

Better do some serious reading and research into those groups like HSUS and PeTA, their shady finances, their anti pet owning agenda and the fact that some Peta employees were arrested for taking healthy adoptable pets under FALSE pretenses and killing them, dumping them in a mall's dumpster.

You want to help animals support your LOCAL animal shelter, Pasado's Safe Haven is a good one and went the extra mile during Katrina while the big bucks groups dragged their heals.
Read and listen to an audio file in the news in COlorado- a response from PeTA to help stranded cattle suring the blizzard- basically they turned up their noses and said the cattle were all going to be killed anyway so they were not going to lift a finger, yet that's what all those donations given to those morons is supposed to DO!

[anopinion1]

Zoroastor

no i didn't look at it this way first..
if you actually read posts before assuming thing you would know this..
But when agnim started pointing out this sentence"I felt empty," Crystal said. "I couldn't talk to anyone. He was my dog. It was just me and him. ... I told him everything and he never shared any of my secrets."
it made me think..... i then posted either A. she did it or B. her and someone have been fueding for awhile and she probably had done some pretty nasty things to that person also.

read things before you assume....
opps i forgot you were born knowing everything...sorry my bust

[zoroastor]

anopinion1,

The fact that your mind jumps to this hypothesis first, explains a lot to me about your other posts about political and social news.

[missut2]

My sympathy to his young girl for the loss of her beloved dog. It saddens and distresses me that people can be so cruel to an animal and a young girl. I was so glad to see that the Humane Society is involved and is also posting a reward...other than my university, the only charities that I support are animal welfare groups...Best Friends Animal Society, ASPCA, American Humane Society, and US Humane Society. Please consider checking out these groups and making a donation to help in the fight to end animal cruelty and neglect.

My thoughts and prayers go out to this young girl for the trauma she has endured. I hope that some day she will be able to move past this. I hope she will soon begin to heal her heart and her spirit.

To the person that committed this unspeakable act...You are a COWARD, a snake, and a worthless piece of human excrement. I hope you are caught, convicted, and sent to prison...maybe there, they will feed you to the lions..for their pleasure, of course!

[kvsmith59]

Jeez....Agnim and those of your type...you stupid posts prompted me to sign up here..

Maybe YOU are the perp. Mass murderers like publicity (think Zodiac)...maybe dog murderers do too...You don't happen to live in Minnesota do ya?

My guess is you're in your mid 20's, a white male, single, lacking any kind of social skills, and the majority of your friends are of the "online" type. Close?

If you don't have compassion for this young girl that lost her friend, I seriously doubt if you have any compassion for the thousands of people that have been killed in Iraq. To you, they are only a number you can toss out to help further your left wing agenda. You and others here who have posted negative *** about this are really no worse than the sicko who did it. The only difference between you and him/her is that the killer followed through with his sick thoughts, while you (hopefully) only follow through in writing.

end of rant...hope they catch the *** that did it...

[nothappyatall]

Gezus, what a maniac!!!! the screwball who did this needs serious psychological and jail time, this is about as sick a case with animals as I've seen, I'd happily volunteer to kick this low-life off the planet permanently.

[processor2]

Politics aside for a moment, this is...

one of the saddest and angriest I've been in a while after reading this article

Poor little girl ... I hope her heart heals soon

As far as the perp(s)...to h-e-l-l with them.

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[knyghtwolf]

Sorry you don't get it Gaye5, the IMPLICATION here is that the girl received her dog's HEAD in a package along with stale Valentine's day candy. That is a terroristic threat, it is intended to GENERATE TERROR in the person receiving the package, its a PSYCHOLOGICAL thing, it is intended to make her fearful of someone that got close enough to take her pet from her. Its probably someone she knows or has had a recent brush with that she felt uncomfortable with and dumped them for whatever reason.

[cmp271]

Whoever did this needs to be caught and put in jail for the safety of pets and humans. Only a sick and disgusting person would ever do this to a defenseless dog.

She has all our sympathy. If anyone ever hurt any of my cats, god help them live to see another day.

[juliemd]

There's a special hell for whoever did this...and the creep or creeps can fry there.