Neighbor Man Stabbed Dog To Death

The headlines read in the newspaper when we got home from vacation. The Springfield news channel had the story on the five o’clock news and we were twelve hundred miles away from home having fun. We were devastated to say the least. We loved Alex, the neighbors loved Alex, even cats and other dogs loved Alex. Testimonial letters were written and given to the sheriff, the man was put in jail several times, once for waving assault rifles at homes in our “Restricted” neighborhood, once for letting a pit bull dog loose and biting our Alex. The day we left on vacation my husband was packing the car, and I was walking our little dog Maggie. I heard terrible screaming from down the hill. I immediately ran and got Fran. We drove down the hill to see what was going on and the pit bull dog had literally torn a little tiny dog the name of which I can’t spell which required lots of stitches. He was eventually put in jail on a $50,000 bond. He made bond after a few days and is now at home. None of the people in our neighborhood feel safe anymore. We are locking our doors; we never did before. Interestingly enough we looked for an attorney to represent Alex and they don’t want to get involved. I thought only witnesses to violent crimes acted like that, not people that go to college for years to represent people when they and their family members (Alex was part of our family) are hurt.
Alex was murdered. He was called to this man’s driveway to be petted and when he got to the man, he grabbed Alex’s collar and he slashed his throat and stabbed him several times. There was a witness to this heinous crime who called 911 immediately. While talking to the 911 operator, the neighbor called 911 to say that he had been bitten by a vicious dog. The neighborhood is in an uproar as well as the little town that we are a subdivision of.
Everyone will miss Alex, he was our friend as well as the protector of children in our neighborhood. Goodbye dear one.