Dead Dog Found In Bag In Indiana
LOWELL, Ind. (STMW) -- The Humane Society of the United States is offering a $2,500 reward for information about a dead dog that was found in a garbage bag on the side of the road last week in Lowell, Ind.
On March 9, Lake County Sheriff's Department officers were called to the 10900 block of West 147th Avenue in Lowell, just west of U.S. 41, about a suspicious garbage bag.
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They found an extremely emaciated, dead tan-and-white-spotted female pit bull inside the bag, police said. It appeared she was starved to death.
The dog was wearing a wide black collar that was closed with a padlock. Padlocks are sometimes used by pit bull owners to prevent them from being stolen if they are kept outside, said Detective Michelle Weaver.
Weaver said that she was contacted on March 8 by a business owner who found the bag.
"He told us that people dump garbage there often," Weaver said. "He could tell what was in it because it was a clear bag."
The owner didn't witness anyone dumping the bag, she said.
Weaver said police get calls about pets found in bags about once or twice a month.
"A lot of times it's people don't have money to get their dogs cremated, but this one was obviously starved to death," Weaver said. "It was very, very thin."
The dog didn't have a nametag or microchip, but police are trying to find fingerprints that may be on the padlock.
The reward is for information leading to the identification leading to the identification and conviction of the person responsible for starving the discarded dog to death.
--Northwest Indiana Post-Tribune, via the Sun-Times Media Wire
