Posted on 07/24/2009 2:20:30 PM PDT by aomagrat
SHARON, SC (NBC) - It's a horrific crime one that's hard to even hear: a dog killed, its body cut up with a chainsaw.
The little boy from South Carolina who owned him is devastated. His mother says she can't bear to tell him the truth.
The little boy has a backyard full of things that are fun, but one thing is missing: his dog named Buddy.
Jennifer McAlister has a picture frame full of the dogs she's loved, but she loved Buddy the best.
She bought the lab for her son Gage on his birthday.
"We went and Gage picked him out and named him on the way home," said McAlister.
Buddy and Gage became fast friends until Buddy disappeared.
"We were walking and he said 'you know I murdered your sister's dog,'" said McAlister's sister, Brittany.
Brittany McAlister says her cousin admitted he used a chainsaw to torture and kill Buddy.
The family isn't telling Gage what happened, but they are speaking out because they want to keep the dog's memory alive.
"How can you replace a dog like that? Big eyes and a pink nose...you can't find a dog like that," said Jennifer McAlister.
James McAlister, 19, is in jail in York County. He is charged with ill treatment of animals (torture), stealing dogs and petty larceny.
As for Gage, he says he doesn't want another dog
What did he want...a medal???? WTH??
It’s bad enough that bastard could do that to any animal, but to a Lab? That little psycho f*** needs to fry.
No kidding. I hope he receives the maximum.
Horrible story.
And horribly written too.
Did someone use a chainsaw to hack this report up.
Geez, I hate local TV journalism.
Leaky raft, shark infested waters, razor cuts, heavy chains and a heavy storm. That’s all I ask God.
Maybe someone should use a chain saw on Mr. McAllister.
The worth of a Lab in God`s eye is no greater than a hound?
That is one seriously scary individual. I can't imagine how someone could get to be that heartless.
How very sad.
Jail.
Hell.
“It`s ok if it was a nice hound dog?”
I dunno about hounds, but if it’d been a pit bull it might have been a fair fight.
It would have been an unholy mess.
There is something seriously wrong with that kid.
An eye for an eye.
People like this START with animals, what the want to hear is screams and begging.
As for the breed, I am a Lab owner myself. No friendlier animal. It says something about the perp. He was looking for an easy mark.
I hate alphabet network "journalism" at least 10 times worse.
OMG! People are just freakin sick!
Agree.
Fry the sick freak.
I recall seeing a story a couple of weeks ago about an inhumanly vicious gangsta girl in Brooklyn that put a kitten into a 500 degree oven.
These stories make me sick to my stomach. The torture killing of an innocent animal is one of the most despicable crimes imaginable.
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