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ERIC LAVERN HILL arrested after two dogs were found in filthy conditions and one was found dead

- Iowa, USA -


The Des Moines Police Department said that on Saturday, January 14, 2023, 38-years-old ERIC LAVERN HILL (pictured), took a dog to a veterinarian to be cremated.

The dog was an adult female black Pit/Lab mix named Dynasty.

Dynasty was unkempt and covered with sores. The veterinarian became alarmed due to the furbaby’s condition and Des Moines Animal Services became involved.


Authorities then executed a search warrant at HILL’s residence and the Animal Rescue League of Iowa assisted with the investigation. The organization said in a press release: “When an ARL Animal Services officer stepped into a Des Moines home, the stench was overwhelming.”

In the basement of the property, officials found two large dogs, named Blue and Lexi, shut in separate wire crates, living in their own filth, with no food or water.

Blue is an adult black/white female Labrador and Lexi is an adult brown female Doberman.


There was also an empty wire crate with its door open, the floor covered in dry animal waste. Inside the crate was Dynasty.


According to ARL, both Blue and Lexi needed immediate help, but Blue was the one in the worst condition as she was so thin that her ribs, hips, and spine were clearly visible. She weighed just 31 pounds. Blue was also extremely dehydrated.

Blue was placed on a special refeeding program to help her regain weight safely.


HILL was charged with two counts of Animal Neglect – Serious Injury or Death and one count of Animal Neglect.


Last week, through a Facebook post, ARL advised that Blue “has made great progress over the last several weeks.” The organization said that thanks to a special refeeding program, she has gained 16 pounds. According to a recent update posted by ARL, Blue was adopted this past weekend.


Animal Rescue League of Iowa tells me that Lexi has also been adopted.


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Voice For Us wishes to thank Animal Rescue League of Iowa for the additional information and pictures provided regarding this story.


HILL’s mugshot shared from Polk County Jail.


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JONATHAN JAY RAMEY pleads guilty to animal abuse and arson after plea deal

- Iowa, USA -


On Thursday, February 9, 2023, 47-years-old JONATHAN JAY RAMEY (pictured), pleaded guilty to intentionally setting fire in a house with fifteen animals inside. Sadly, all animals were killed in the fire.


The incident happened on October 1, 2022, when RAMEY set fire in seven different places of the house where he lived, on 1730 11th Street NW.


Two smoke alarms had been removed from the building and RAMEY had texted the homeowner repeatedly that he would set fire to the home with the animals inside.

Four ducks, three rabbits, two dogs, two geese, two fish, a cat, and a snake lost their precious lives in the fire.


The Cedar Rapids Police Department arrested RAMEY on October 18, 2022, on an outstanding warrant for Arson 2nd Degree and fifteen counts of Animal Cruelty Causing Serious Injury or Death. He was then transported to the Linn County Jail.


A jury trial was scheduled to take place in mid-February 2023, but the murderer took a plea deal and on Thursday he pleaded guilty to ONLY one count of animal abuse and the arson charge.


This means that at sentencing, scheduled for April 11, 2023, the other fourteen animal abuse charges will be DROPPED!

The sentence for the arson charge, up to 10 years in prison, will run consecutive to the animal abuse charge, up to two years, for a total of 12 years.


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Two dogs who had been missing since July, found shot dead in their head and their legs bound

- Iowa, USA -


The Cass County Sheriff’s Office said that on August 2, 2022, deputies were made aware of the killing of two dogs in the area of rural Cumberland.


According to the sheriff’s office, the two deceased dogs were found near a bridge on 660th Street, close to Tucson Road. Before being thrown over the bridge, both dogs had been shot in the head and their back legs had been bound. The sheriff’s office added that both furbabies had been missing since July 27, 2022.


FOX 34 identified Mr. Logan Lank as the dogs’ guardian.

Lank said that his dogs, a 1-year-old female Pitbull named Bella, and a 3-year-old black Labrador named Pepper, were snatched from his home in Cumberland. The bridge where Bella and Pepper were found is just two miles away from his home.


Lank told FOX 34 that when Bella and Pepper went missing, the community was a big help with the search which sadly ended with the heartbreaking discovery.

“All of the neighbors around here loved them. I’ve never had any complaints about them,” he said.

Additionally, according to Lank, the community has donated money towards a reward for any information that would lead to an arrest.


The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is investigating these murders and is asking anyone with information to come forward.

Cass County Sheriff Darby McLaren said whoever did it could face animal cruelty charges and believes, based on pictures, that the dogs were killed around the day they went missing.


Speak up for the VOICELESS VICTIMS. They deserve justice and their murderer deserves to begin his/her rotting process in prison first and then end it in hell!

Please, call the Cass County Sheriff’s Office at (712) - 243 - 2206. Thank you!


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