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Local NewsDog Stolen, Hung In City ParkBy Katie DeLong
CASCADE - It’s a disgusting crime. Someone stole a dog and killed it in a city park.
It was a despicable crime. Sheriff's deputies say someone kidnapped a resident's dog, brought it to a park and hung it from a swing.
Smoky, a German shepherd mix, vanished from this home after his owner let him out.
Hours later, workers at a nearby park found Smoky. The dog had been hanged by his collar from a swing until he suffocated.
"I feel heartbroken and terrible about this,” Tammy Perkins said.
Perkins lives in Cascade and she's a dog owner herself.
"I just can't believe someone would be that cruel and do that to an animal,” Perkins said.
Scratches on the ground showed Smoky struggled for minutes before finally suffocating.
"No one should do this to an animal. The dog did nothing wrong,” Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Captain David Adams said.
The suspect also slashed the tires of someone at the home. Police are asking the public for information.
"I think he should be fully prosecuted for what he did,” Cascade resident Bernard Kovacs said.
Sheriff's deputies say they do have a person of interest they are speaking with. They have not made any arrests. They do believe this person knows the dog's owner.
Anyone with information should call the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department.
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