Praying for Justice
When Michele Swift came home from work on Thursday night to her rural Claremont home, her husband Tim gave her some of the worst news imaginable.
Her dog Sophie had been shot and killed by an unknown assailant.
Sophie became apart of the Swift family about nine years ago when they got her from a puppy mill when she was just 4 months old.
“She was really timid at first,” Michele said.
One of the favorite memories that Michele had of Sophie
was how loving she was always snuggling with her and the family and sleeping in bed every night.
While all of the family dogs often times get to go on car rides with the family Sophie was able
to go more places since she was a lap dog and much easier to carry. “She got to go everywhere,”
Michele said. “She was the families lap dog,” she added.
Every Saturday morning Tim takes the dogs on a drive and to get a treat something that the dogs love doin time with her dad. Another thing the family remembered about Sophie as well is the fact that she would always be "praying".
"She would pray for food and everything. Now we're going to pray for jusicte for Sohpie," Michele said.
ONGOING INVESTIGATION
After Tim found the dog, he called the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office to investigate. In the police report, the deputy noted “the area where the blood spots were located were right in front of his main entry door, which faces away from the road. It appeared that someone may have driven into his yard and executed the dog. There were no spin marks and the area had been driven over by myself and Tim prior to discovering the blood spots.”
Tim did not have any idea who could have done this and added that a few years ago they had added an electric perimeter fence, the report said.
The deputy spoke to farmers that were working their fields in the area and one reported seeing a white SUV drive by that they didn’t recognize. Another reported a
black Ford F-350 4-door pickup with a topper drive through the area but neither observed them stop or drive in the yard.
If anyone has any information about the incident, contact the Sheriff’s Office at 507- 635-6200.
FAMILY REACTS
Furious.
In one word that’s how the family described how they are feeling after the incident.
One of the things that is most troubling for the family is that the dogs for many years have enjoyed going outside and running around freely within their perimeter without any troubles until the incident occured.
“Someone came to their home and violated that, it’s disturbing,” Michele said.
In a exclusive video interview with the DCI, Michele said that she hopes something like this never happens to anyone else. For the full video go to the DCI Facebook Page.
At the end of the day, the family hopes that whoever is responsible will nd and
there will be justice for Sophie.
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