Dogs Found Decapitated On Train Tracks
ORCHARD MESA, Colo. (CBS4) – Two dog owners in Mesa County say two of their family dogs were murdered. They say the pit bulls, known as BB and Calypso, jumped over the backyard fence more than a week ago.
"The next morning when I woke up, they weren't at the front door," said George Ormond.
Ormond's wife, Christin, says after a few days of looking for the pets in the Grand Junction area they found their mutilated bodies on the train tracks in Orchard Mesa last Wednesday.
Tuesday night, the Mesa County Sheriff's Office says the dogs were, in fact, mutilated by the train last week.
"It was such an unimaginable scene," said Christin, who says the dogs were decapitated.
Investigators say a Union Pacific train conductor saw the already-deceased dogs on the tracks last Wednesday morning. Investigators say the train was moving too fast to stop and move the bodies out of the way.
Deputies are still asking for the public's help in learning how the dogs died and ended up on the tracks.
They say two people were seen in a dark green, late 1990's or early 2000's model Pontiac in the area.