Man arrested after dog found burned to death in ovenAssociated Press
Posted on Mon, Aug. 29, 2005
SAVANNAH, Ga. - Police have arrested two people after a woman returned home to find her home burglarized and her dog burned to death in the oven.
Angela DeLettre returned home Thursday afternoon to find her back door open, items missing and kitchen sink overflowing with water.
She was able to find one of her dogs, a 6-year-old shi tzu named Pepper. But she was unable to find her other dog, a 1-year-old rat terrier.
Police later found the dog burned to death in the oven, which had been set to 400 degrees.
Alexander Davis, 19 and Evelyn Jeanette Williams, 24, were arrested later that day after police received an anonymous tip. Authorities suspect Davis also has burglarized another home in the area.
Davis is charged with two counts of burglary and one count of cruelty to animals, which is a felony. Williams has not been charged in the burglaries but was charged with theft by receiving stolen property.
"This is just sick. This is just very, very strange," said Melanie Higgins, a prosecutor who handles most of the county's animal abuse cases.
DeLettre, a high school teacher, said she did not know the suspects or why anyone would want to harm her.
"To rob someone is one thing," she said, "but why hurt such a little animal?"
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