Two homeless men are accused of brutally killing a dog last week in Northwest Arkansas.
Stacey DeLeon, 46, and Timothy Triggs, 42, were arrested Tuesday in connection with aggravated cruelty to animals after they were interviewed by Springdale Police Department detectives, according to Lt. Derek Wright.
DeLeon and Triggs, both of whom Wright described as homeless, are accused of stabbing a dog 15 times and burying it in a shallow grave at a residence located at 228 N. West End.
Police were called to the address on Dec. 16.
“Officers discovered a large amount of blood in the garage and numerous small drops of blood leading to the backyard,” Wright said in a news release.
Police found a freshly dug, shallow hole that contained the body of a dead dog.
“The dog was found to have approximately 15 stab wounds,” Wright said.
The landlord of the residence told police that DeLeon and Triggs were the previous tenants.