A mother, son and the son’s girlfriend have been charged in the killing of six dogs in an Eastpointe rental home, the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office announced Wednesday.
The three had been evicted from the home on Monday. The dogs were discovered, decomposed, in the basement by the rental’s property manager and cleaning crew, authorities said.
Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido said the dogs were starved to death.
All three were charged with third-degree killing or torturing animals, a four-year felony, and abandoning and cruelty to four to 10 animals, a two-year felony.
“This is a horrifying case of animal torture, where these individuals showed a complete disregard for life by allegedly starving these dogs to death. The suffering they inflicted is beyond words,” Lucido wrote in a Wednesday statement.
Andrea Sahouri covers criminal justice for the Detroit Free Press. She can be contacted at asahouri@freepress.com.
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