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DAVID THOMPSON, accused of stabbing two dogs in Colorado in 2022, killing one, arrested in Arkansas

- Colorado, USA -


On the night of August 29, 2022, a male stabbed two defenseless dogs, named Diesel and Jax, from outside the fenced yard of their home off of 6th Street near the McDonalds in Wellington.


Sadly, Jax lost his precious life during the attack while Diesel was seriously injured.

Jax was the emotional support dog for Yadhira Morales.


The Lamier County Sheriff’s Office was alerted to the incident and launched an investigation.

Ms. Morales offered a reward for information and the sheriff’s office reached out to the public in hopes of identifying the suspect.

Tips from the community led investigators to identify the suspect as 47-year-old DAVID THOMPSON (pictured).


More than two years later, the sheriff’s office has now announced that “After an extensive investigation, which included analyzing forensic and digital evidence and traveling to Arkansas to interview the suspect, LCSO obtained a warrant for Thompson.”


In November, THOMPSON was arrested in Arkansas and extradited to Larimer County on two felony counts of aggravated animal cruelty. He was issued a $15,000 cash/surety bond by the Larimer County Court which he was able to post on November 21, 2024.


According to the sheriff’s office, THOMPSON had no prior connection to Ms. Morales, her yard or her dogs.


Captain Bobby Moll, who leads the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division, said: “This was a disturbing case that robbed a family of their beloved pet. Our team put considerable effort into identifying the person responsible and building a strong, evidence-based case. While it can’t reverse the loss, I hope this arrest brings some measure of comfort.”


THOMPSON is due back in court on January 17, 2024.


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Voice For Us Disclaimer: This story is sourced from the press release by the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office. Please note that details may be removed or new information added should updates become available.

In the case of charges being dropped, dismissed, or the case being purged, this article will be rectified accordingly, if official documentation is provided to Voice For Us.


THOMPSON’s mugshot shared from the Larimer County Sheriff's Office




RYAN MICHAEL KIECKHAEFER accused of repeatedly torturing his parents’ puppy over a two-week period

Updated: May 15

- Colorado, USA -


⚠️WARNING⚠️The article contains details some of you may find distressing⚠️

 

On the morning of October 7, 2024, Officer Naik with the Grand Junction Police Department received an anonymous tip about a puppy who was being abused at a home on 2930 Highway 50.

 

According to the affidavit obtained by Voice For Us, the tip revealed that 23-year-old RYAN MICHAEL KIECKHAEFER (pictured), “was severely abusing and torturing a three-month-old Pitbull puppy at the property over a period of two weeks.”

 

The tip further advised that KIECKHAEFER was using fentanyl (a potent synthetic opioid drug) before torturing the puppy. The affidavit identified the furvictim as a gray Pitbull puppy named Nova.

 

The reporting party provided a video which Officer Naik reviewed. This revealed KIECKHAEFER inside the garage of the home in question, pulling Nova with a leash towards the security camera. In the video KIECKHAEFER “can be heard making statements out loud, but Officer Naik was unable to understand what he is saying due to the audio quality.”

 

The video goes on to show KIECKHAEFER raising the leash with his hand, causing the collar to pull against Nova’s neck. This action lifted Nova off the ground, forcing all her weight against the collar. At this point, while Nova is in the air, KIECKHAEFER swings her back and forth by the leash, and Nova can be heard whimpering throughout.

 

KIECKHAEFER then starts spinning the leash while hanging Nova in the air, causing the leash and collar to wrap tighter on Nova's neck. The furvictim can be heard whimpering louder as KIECKHAEFER starts to spin the leash. At one point, KIECKHAEFER spins Nova rapidly  before releasing the leash, causing Nova to fall to the floor.

 

Nova appears to be understandably scared and is cowering. Her rear is lowered and she walks slowly towards KIECKHAEFER with her tail very low to the ground. KIECKHAEFER then immediately yanks the leash up, causing the collar to pull against Nova's neck again. KIECKHAEFER bends over and pulls Nova to his face and says something to her. He proceeds to strike Nova's small head with the handle of the leash while continuing to hang her in the air.

 

After reviewing the video, Officer Naik and Officer Tafoya responded to the given address and made contact with Mrs. Kieckhaefer, KIECKHAEFER's mother.

 

Mrs. Kieckhaefer revealed to the officers that she was the one who submitted the tip and the video and advised that she had many more showing KIECKHAEFER's behavior and actions towards Nova. Mrs. Kieckhaefer also said that her husband witnessed their son physically throwing Nova to the ground on October 2, 2024, and that prompted them to review their house surveillance video.

 

Mr. Kieckhaefer told the officers that one of Nova's teeth was permanently damaged, as a result of their son using pliers to break the tooth. He then went to get Nova and showed her tooth to the officers.

 

When Officer Naik returned to the station, he reviewed additional videos that Mrs. Kieckhaefer provided.

 

The affidavit contains only a summary of the actions that Officer Naik saw KIECKHAEFER committing toward Nova between September 25, 2024, and October 2, 2024.

 

In more than one video, KIECKHAEFER was seen pulling Nova by a leash, and then quickly yanking the leash in the air, causing Nova to hang with the collar pulling on her neck. KIECKHAEFER can also be seen quickly spinning the leash around, causing the collar to tighten upon the neck.

 

In other videos, KIECKHAEFER can be seen restraining Nova by a leash and collar and forcefully spraying her with a garden hose. KIECKHAEFER did this on several occasions at night and during the day. As Nova tried to walk away, KIECKHAEFER grabbed the leash, pulled her in, and continued to spray her. Nova can be heard whimpering while this happens.

 

Additional videos showed KIECKHAEFER holding Nova on the ground and spraying the hose directly into her face and ears.

 

One of the officers reported: “From watching multiple videos, it can be observed that Nova is aware of what is going to occur when Ryan picks up the garden hose, based on previous actions from Ryan. Nova sits very still and does not want to approach Ryan while he is holding the hose, to the point where Ryan has to physically pull Nova closer to him. There is a video where Ryan places Nova in a dog kennel, and then walks into the kennel and continues to spray Nova with the garden hose.”

 

A video from the evening of September 25, 2024, showed KIECKHAEFER in the yard of the home throwing Nova against a metal chain link fence by the leash.

In the video he holds Nova by the leash and the poor soul can be heard whimpering. KIECKHAEFER then walks Nova into the backyard where he suspends her in the air by the leash before dropping her to the ground and forcefully holding her there.

 

The video goes on to show KIECKHAEFER grabbing a garden hose with which he repeatedly strikes Nova as she was crying in pain.

 

KIECKHAEFER was not done and continued to torture Nova by spraying her at close range and later unmercifully spraying her while she was helplessly hanging in the air.

 

On the same evening, at a different time, a video caught KIECKHAEFER throwing Nova by the leash, hanging her in the air by the leash while violently spraying her in the face. At some point, KIECKHAEFER holds Nova to the ground and sprays the hose directly into Nova's small mouth.

 

On the evening of October 7, 2024, an arrest warrant was issued for KIECKHAEFER. He was taken into custody and charged with aggravated animal cruelty.

 

Online arrest records show that KIECKHAEFER is being held in the Mesa County Detention Facility.

KIECKHAEFER’s next court date is set for October 15, 2024, at 8:15 a.m.

 

Although Mesa County District Attorney Daniel P. Rubinstein provided me with a copy of the arrest affidavit, he declined to share Nova’s pictures as this is a pending case.

 

A response to my email from the Grand Junction Police Department advised that Nova “sustained serious injuries” and she is still with the Kieckhaefers. 

 

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Disclaimer: This story is sourced from the affidavit provided to Voice For Us. Please note that details may be removed or new information added should updates become available.

In the case of charges being dropped, dismissed, or the case being purged, this article will be rectified accordingly, if official documentation is provided to Voice For Us.

 


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KIECKHAEFER’s mugshot provided to Voice For Us by the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office




Dog missing for ten days found by another dog among snowdrifts and fallen trees near her home

- Colorado, USA -

 

The power of a close community, persistence, goodwill, and unselfishness led to a happy-ending story for a 6-year-old dog named Pepper and her family!

 

Pepper, a Bernese/black Labrador mix, disappeared from her home in Blue River on the morning of February 22, 2024.

Pepper’s family then called Summit Lost Pet Rescue, Inc. and its volunteers immediately sprang into action to help them find their furbaby.

 

Summit Lost Pet Rescue said in Facebook post: “We sent them our standard search protocols- put out a scent station on their front porch (owner's dirty clothes and dog bed), set up cameras, made social media posts to spread awareness, hung neon signs in the neighborhood, and boots on the ground search.”

 

Additionally, to facilitate and speed up the search, flyers were handed out to neighbors asking them to check their garages, decks, tree wells and any other places where Pepper might be stuck.

 

The snow was very deep in the Blue River area and had very high snowbanks.

 

Despite the tireless attempts, Pepper was nowhere to be found leading the search team to assume that either Pepper was stuck someplace nearby or got picked up and left Blue River.

 

At that point, the search area was expanded to nearby trails. The team felt it was more likely that Pepper was stuck in the snow, so her family and the volunteers of Summit Lost Pet Rescue spent a lot of time snowshoeing and searching in areas where Pepper could be stuck.

 

The search team had a glimmer of hope when they noticed dog tracks that were circling the neighborhood near Pepper’s home with no human prints nearby so it could've been her. Volunteers kept track of those prints as clues. However, they couldn’t be sure as Pepper never showed up on their cameras.

 

It’s now ten days later and Pepper does not know that her ordeal is about to come to an end and that she is about to finally be reunited with her family!  

 

Kevin, a volunteer with Summit Lost Pet Rescue, had spent many hours looking for Pepper. Giving up was not an option for him, so along with his dog named Finn, they went down by the creek once again. “Finn was very interested in this location”, said Summit Lost Pet Rescue. It was not easy to get to the area due to the depth of the snow and fallen trees.

 

After further exploration, there she was! Pepper was stuck “in a small area of the creek surrounded by steep snowbanks and taking shelter under a fallen tree.”

 

As Summit Lost Pet Rescue noted, “A black dog under muddy black tree roots made it very hard for Kevin to see her, but his dog Finn did.” 

 

Kevin saw Pepper’s tag shining on her collar and immediately contacted her family.

The family arrived at the scene, performed “calming techniques” and snowshoed/post-holed in the deep creek. It took three people to finally free Pepper. For ten long days Pepper had been stuck 714 feet from her house.

 

The good news is that a veterinarian examination revealed that she was well!

 

Melissa Davis, executive director of Summit Lost Pet Rescue, explained: “We often take our dogs on searches with us and use them as ‘magnet dogs’.  When pets go missing, they often are afraid of humans, but have a better trust with other dogs.”

 

Voice For Us Disclaimer: This story is sourced from the Facebook post published by Summit Lost Pet Rescue.

 




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