[yldstrk]

Again, the dog was in a closet, not a kennel.

[CivilWarBrewing]

How do you know the dog was not placed inside a crate (portable KENNEL) inside the closet?

Hmmmmmm?

[Drew68]

Again, the dog was in a closet, not a kennel.

It seems this has been revisited.

Gene Hackman's death: Police await autopsy results for famous couple but rule out carbon monoxide poisoning

"According to a search warrant affidavit, deputies found the deceased dog “in a closet of the bathroom” that was 10 to 15 feet from Arakawa, the classical pianist who married Hackman in 1991. However, Mendoza clarified to ABC News that the dog was in a dog crate or kennel, not a closet."