- Indiana, USA -
The Evansville Police Department arrested 30-year-old DAQUAIN CAPRICE THIGPEN (pictured).
According to the probable cause affidavit obtained by Voice For Us, on the afternoon of Saturday, June 15, 2024, police received a call about a dog who had been beaten to death in the backyard of a home in the 400 block of North Morton Avenue.
When officers responded to the given address, they met with a man who stated that many people were talking about the incident and added that he “walked through the alley north of the home and could smell the odor of something deceased.” The man told officers that through the fence he could see a dog laying on his/her side “very obviously deceased”, stated the affidavit.
Police found the dead dog in the backyard. According to the affidavit, the furvictim had a muzzle on, was bloated, and covered in flies. The probable cause affidavit stated, “It appeared the dog had been deceased possibly over a day. There was minor blood spatter next to the dog.” There was no sign of food or water for the poor soul.
Police also found a second dog, who was alive, and two cats in kennels in the middle of the yard.
Some witnesses told police that THIGPEN lived at the home with his girlfriend and a child.
An Animal Control Officer responded to the scene to pick up the deceased dog. According to the document, the two cats and the other dog were left at the home “due to the livable conditions.” Police reported that there were some water bowls and “the cats had litter boxes that appeared to have been recently cleaned.”
The following day, Sunday, June 16, 2024, Evansville Police officer Pitt was on routine patrol in the area and saw a vehicle parked in front of THIGPEN’s home that was registered to him.
THIGPEN was in the yard and officer Pitt questioned him about the dog. THIGPEN claimed that when he left Saturday to go pick up his brother, the dog was alive. THIGPEN told officer Pitt the dog was fine and he fed him/her pizza and chicken. He admitted to putting the muzzle on the dog but said that he/she was still able to drink. THIGPEN told the officer that he was aware the dog could not eat with the muzzle on but he did it because the dog was aggressive and had bitten people in the past.
THIGPEN insisted that the dog was alive when he left and accused the animal control officer of shooting him/her. THIGPEN even said that some people who do not like him fed the dog rat poison.
As the interview proceeded, officer Pitt noticed what appeared to be “blood droplets on the porch.” Officer Pitt asked THIGPEN if his girlfriend, Ariel Fleming, was home and he said she wasn’t. He insisted that he had no knowledge of the dog’s death and how he/she died.
Officer Pitt placed THIGPEN under arrest and transported him to the Vanderburgh County Jail for animal cruelty. Records show THIGPEN was released and he is scheduled to appear at Vanderburgh County Superior Court on June 21, 2024, at 9:00a.m.
The report did not have any details about the deceased dog. His/her age, name, breed, and gender are not disclosed. It is as though this life did not mean anything. I still cannot believe that the other three Voiceless Victims were left at the home!
I took the liberty of naming the dead furvictim Cloud. Should his/her given name be made public, I will rectify this accordingly.
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THIGPEN’s mugshot shared from the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office
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