WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Tinker Bell has been reunited with her owners after a 70-mph gust of wind picked up the six-pound Chihuahua and tossed her out of sight. Dorothy and Lavern Utley credit a pet psychic for guiding them on Monday to a wooded area nearly a mile from where 8-month-old Tinker Bell had been last seen. The brown long-haired dog was dirty and hungry but otherwise OK.
The Utleys, of Rochester, had set up an outdoor display Saturday at a flea market in Waterford Township, 25 miles northwest of Detroit. Tinker Bell was standing on their platform trailer when she was swept away.
Dorothy Utley tells The Detroit News that her cherished pet “just went wild” upon seeing her.
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An 18-year-old who, along with his mother, lost custody of his two dogs after authorities found signs of bestiality, was arrested Monday after detectives found at least eight other videos on his computer of little girls performing sexual acts with grown men, an arrest report said Monday.In April, Palm Beach County sheriff’s detectives raided the Palm Beach Gardens apartment the teen shared with his mother and seized three computers.On them, authorities found a videotape showing the suspect when he was 17 having sex with his 4-year-old German shepherd. The teen told detectives that he made the video, that it was him having sex with the dog and that he’d done this only one time. Read the rest of this entry »
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The body of 25-year-old Jake Baysinger of La Salle was found Sunday on the Pawnee National Grasslands, about 120 kilometers northeast of Denver.Cash, his German shepherd, was found beside him, thin and dehydrated but still alive.Officials say the dog apparently survived by eating mice and rabbits.The Weld County coroner ruled Baysinger’s death a suicide.The cause of death wasn’t immediately determined but authorities found a gun nearby.Baysinger was reported missing June 28. Read the rest of this entry »
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Montreal: The dead body of a woman was found by their owners while they where replacing the floors in their store room. Apparently there was also the body of dead dog smudged under the wooden floors of the store room. The owners decided to replace the floors due to excessive moisture and rotting on the wood , they originally believed this was due to a pipe leak. After initial construction they soon realized this was not happening due to a pipe leak.
The discovered body was of Anne-Marie Cantin who was a previous resident of the house and was declared missing by her husband Guillaume Cantin who is currently the prime suspect in an investigation started by Montreal Police. The residents living in the Cartierville district want to remain anonymous. “I cant believe this would happen in our neighborhood” one of the residents angrily proclaimed.RCMP have wrapped up an investigation into this unusual murdere where Guillaume Cantin man killed his 84-year-old wife with a single gunshot.
Though police are not revealing how the shot was administered, they said Tuesday that Mr. Cantin murdered his longtime wife and committed suicide 3 years later. There is no history of reported domestic violence, police say.
“I can’t comment as to a motive, only Mr. Cantin knows ultimately why the events took place,” said spokeswoman Const. Sabrina Grunow.
In recent years, especially as Anne-Marie developed dementia, Guillaume yelled at his wife in public and hit her with his cane, McMurray said.
McMurray had to speak with Fred about it more than once, she added.
“Everyone remembers Guillaume like that but it’s not a big enough thing to report as abuse — and she would deny it totally.”
“She would never think of it as abuse; that’s the way it’s been all her life. The kids wouldn’t think of it as abuse because that was ‘just dad,’ ” McMurray said.
She said for people of that generation, the husband was the ultimate boss who made decisions regarding family matters.
The ages of both killer and victim are unusual. A Herald study of murders between 1992 and 2008 found the average age of murderers to be 32.1 years old and victims 31.8. Of all Montreal murders in that time period, there were 12 murder victims over 65, the oldest of which was 87-year-old Margaret Bakken, who was killed in 2006 by her son who was found not criminally responsible.
On the other side, three accused murderers were over 65, including the oldest, 81-yearold John George Driscoll, who was also found not criminally responsible.
University of MontrealSocial Work Prof. Daniel Lai, who studies aging and mental health, said though he does not know the specifics of this case, he said being a family caregiver is often a trying experience for elderly couples and it can change perspective and behaviour.
“For family caregivers, who spend hours and hours of time at home providing care, the situation appears to be never-ending and only deteriorating. It’s very frustrating for individuals. It really pushes the threshold of the tolerance level in terms of how they cope with the anger, the frustration and it affects the individual’s motivation to continue to live,” said Lai.
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