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WILLIAM TYLER FARNSWORTH accused of murdering a puppy for having accidents during potty training

Updated: Apr 20, 2023

- New Hampshire, USA -


On the late night of December 18, 2022, a woman went to the Manchester Police Department to report that her boyfriend, 29-years-old WILLIAM TYLER FARNSWORTH (pictured), had killed their 5-month-old puppy at their apartment on Hanover Street, Manchester.


The arrest affidavit obtained by Voice For Us, identifies the woman as C.D.


C.D. told Officer Vignault that two months earlier, she and FARNSWORTH had bought a red/blue nosed Pitbull puppy, named Duke, for $300 and that they split the cost equally.

C.D. explained that she and FARNSWORTH “were in the process of trying to potty train Duke but he was having accidents on a regular basis.” C.D. said that the accidents made FARNSWORTH “very upset and that he would regularly lose his temper and he would hit, stomp, kick, and pin Duke against the wall after he had accidents.”


C.D. claimed she had to tell FARNSWORTH to stop, “but he would excuse his behavior as him trying to discipline the dog to correct his behavior.”


C.D. went on to say that the day before, at roughly 5:00 a.m. she woke up to a sound coming from the kitchen but she could not quite describe the noise. When she entered the kitchen, she witnessed FRANSWORTH “kneeling on Duke's neck/shoulder as Duke laid on his bed as he was cleaning up an accident that Duke had that morning.”


Officer Vignault asked C.D. if it would be accurate to describe the noise Duke was making as muffled crying or choking and she said yes.


C.D. said that she yelled at FARNSWORTH to stop and walked back to the living room. Shortly after, she heard FANSWORTH start “freaking out”. C.D. said when she went back into the kitchen, she saw FARNSWORTH attempting to perform CPR on Duke and yelled “I am sorry, I didn't mean to kill him.”


According to the affidavit, C.D. told FRANSWORTH that he needed to take Duke to the vet and that FRANSWORTH was continuing to panic over killing him.


C.D. explained to Officer Vignault that she couldn’t take Duke to vet because three juvenile children were asleep, and that she did not want to wake them up and traumatize them with the death of Duke.


C.D. said FARNSWORTH was eventually able to regain his composure and got ready to take Duke to the 24-Hour Emergency Vet on 2743 Brown Avenue in Manchester.


C.D. said she saw FARSNSWORTH putting Duke into a black trash bag and when she asked him what he was doing, he told her that he could not look at him. C.D. told FRANSWORTH to take Duke out of the trash bag and put him on his dog bed.


After FARNSWORTH left the apartment, sometime between 7:00 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., he called C.D. and asked her if she was going to call the police and he made her tell him she wouldn’t.


According to the affidavit, when FARNSWORTH returned to the apartment, he told C.D. that the vet tried to perform CPR on Duke, but he was dead and they were going to cremate him.


Officer Vignault followed up with the Emergency Vet Center and asked staff if they had any records of Duke coming in and they said no.

Officer Vignault also checked the area around the facility in an attempt to find Duke's body but results were unsuccessful.

Animal Control Officer Kayla Tremblay also stepped in and followed up with the Emergency Vet Center and staff confirmed there were no records of Duke’s admittance. ACO Tremblay searched the area again but Duke’s body was nowhere to be found.


On December 20, 2022, an investigator was able to speak with FARNSWORTH over the phone and invited FARNSWORTH to come in for an interview. FARNSWORTH requested to be called back. About twenty minutes later, the investigator received a telephone from an attorney representing FARNSWORTH to advise that FARNSWORTH did not wish to speak with the investigator any further.


Based on the information obtained by the officer investigating the case, there was probable cause to file charges against FARNSWORTH.


Police then took to social media to seek assistance from the community in locating FARNSWORTH wanted for Felony - Animal Cruelty, Witness Tampering, and Falsifying Evidence.


On the early morning of February 17, 2023, acting on a tip, police located FARNSWORTH and took him into custody.

According to an update posted on Facebook, police said that FARNSWORTH was also found to have suspected heroin/fentanyl on him at the time of the arrest and was charged with two counts of Possession of a Controlled Drug.


FARNSWORTH was scheduled to be arraigned in Hillsborough Superior Court North on February 17, 2023.


I have emailed Hillsborough Superior Court to inquire about the case and I was told that it is currently in a pending status, scheduled for a Dispositional Conference on April 12, 2023.


From my understanding, C.D. contributed to Duke’s senseless and preventable death!

It is my personal opinion that she could have reported FARNSWORTH after the very first abusive behavior, but instead she simply told him to stop and walked out of the kitchen after witnessing the filthy murderer kneeling on a tiny puppy!


Voice For Us Disclaimer: This story is sourced from official news outlets. Links included.

Details may be removed or additional information may be provided in future should such sources report an update.



FARNSWORTH’s mugshots shared from Manchester Police.


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RAMIRO ZUNIGA caught on video dumping a dog on the side of a southern Dallas road

- Texas, USA -


After a video was released by the Dowdy Ferry Animal Commission showing a male abandoning a dog, Dallas Police Department arrested 41-years-old RAMIRO ZUNIGA and charged him with cruelty to non-livestock animals - abandon, a Class A misdemeanor.


Police said that ZUNIGA intentionally abandoned the dog, a young German shepherd, in the 9000 block of Teagarden Road on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.


The Dowdy Ferry Animal Commission released the video on Friday, March 10, 2023, and it showed ZUNIGA in an older model white Chevrolet SUV pull over, open the tailgate, and the furvictim is pushed out of the vehicle by ZUNIGA. In the background people can be heard yelling at ZUNIGA, who clearly ignores the witnesses, and drives off while the furbaby chases the vehicle.


Neighbors who witnessed ZUNIGA’s despicable act, were able to capture the dog. Dallas Animal Services then responded to the scene and took custody of the voiceless victim who reportedly had a minor leg injury but is otherwise OK.

In a Facebook post, Dallas Animal Services and Adoption Center said: “We've had many inquiries about a German Shepherd-type dog featured in a news report about an animal abandonment caught on camera. We can guarantee the animal is safe, but we cannot otherwise comment on an ongoing police investigation - we appreciate your help in preserving the integrity of the case!”


After the release of the video, PETA offered a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the male's arrest.


Investigators were able to trace ZUNIGA’s vehicle to his residence, and on March 11, 2023, following the execution of a search warrant, ZUNIGA was placed under arrest. ZUNIGA is being held at the Dallas County Jail.


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ZUNIGA’s mugshot via Dallas County.


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KATHY WRIGHT accused of starving animals, some to death, pleads guilty to 4 counts of animal cruelty

Updated: Oct 26, 2023

- Wyoming, USA -


~ Update: October 26, 2023


On Monday, October 23, 2023, 51-years-old KATHY WRIGHT (pictured), appeared at Riverton Circuit Court before Judge Daniel Stebner in relation to the animal cruelty charges filed against her in 2022, when she starved several innocent animals to death.


As reported by County 10, WRIGHT maintained her innocence and throughout the hearing, she repeatedly said: “I did not do this.”


According to County 10, at the hearing, Assistant Fremont County Prosecuting Attorney Ember Oakley showed pictures taken on WRIGHT’s property depicting a horse with his hip bones as well as dead goats.

Oakley also noted that it is unfortunate that Wyoming law only recognizes this charge as a misdemeanor.


Judge Stebner sentenced WRIGHT to a total of four years of probation with the first two years supervised. While on probation, WRIGHT cannot “own, transport or possess any animals”, reports County 10. Additionally, WRIGHT “was ordered to pay $4,261.76 in restitution to the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office for hay, supplies, veterinary care, and other costs associated with caring for and re-homing her animals. “


So, starving innocent animals to death is not a felony in Wyoming. Wyomingites, please do something about that!



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50-years-old KATHY WRIGHT (pictured), of Riverton, has agreed to plea guilty to four counts of animal cruelty.


WRIGHT is accused of starving chickens, geese, goats, horses, and sheep. Some of the voiceless victims were sadly starved to death.


On December 7, 2022, Lt. Sarah Trehearne with the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office responded to a property on 54 David’s Way in Riverton after Deputy Sara Lowe found many deceased goats in pens. Some of them had died recently, while others were in various stages of decomposition.


Deputy Lowe also saw a horse who needed “immediate veterinary care.” In two pens were skeletal-looking horses, and sheep and goats were in “deplorable” condition.


Lt. Trehearne knocked on WRIGHT’s door, but no one answered. She then walked around the property and among the animals, and discovered between ten to twenty deceased animals. Some of them were still warm as though they had died that same very day.

None of the animals on the property had food or water, and although there were three bales of hay, they were insufficient to feed just one animal.


Dr. Guna Gamble of G Bar G Veterinary Hospital responded to the scene and carried out an emergency assessment. She determined two of the goats had died that day. Dr. Gamble then advised officers to feed the animals a little explaining that since they were so malnourished, overfeeding them could shock their systems. Dr. Gamble further noted that the animals needed grass hay and they could not be fed the “straight alfalfa” that was on the property.


As stated above, the poor souls were not only deprived of food, but there wasn’t any water either so, officers used a hose that was on the property and as you can imagine, the animals, who were extremely thirsty, drank immediately.


Lt. Trehearne called WRIGHT on the phone, who said that the “very thin horse” was hers but that she did not know what was wrong with her/him.

WRIGHT also said that she was planning on getting the horse wormed and treated, then quarantined at her mother’s home. WRIGHT explained to Lt. Trehearne that only nine of the eleven horses were hers and that the other two were her mother’s.

WRIGHT then admitted that all the chickens, geese, goats, and sheep were hers.

In reference to the goats, WRIGHT said that they may have been dying of chlamydia. WRIGHT claimed that a veterinarian at the state fair had diagnosed them.

When Lt. Trehearne followed up with vets in the area and at the state fair, none of them confirmed WRIGHT’s claim. Furthermore, they also said they would no longer do business with WRIGHT.


Lt. Trehearne then seized multiple deceased goats and took them to the G Bar G Veterinary Hospital for necropsies. Dr. Glenn Gamble performed necropsies on two goats and said he believed the animals died of starvation, explaining that there were no fat deposits between the skin and muscle of their rib cages, no fat around their internal organs, and no fat survival reserves.


Buffalo Bulletin reports that on December 12, 2022, two charges of animal cruelty were filed against WRIGHT for incidents occurring between January 1, 2022, and December 8 2022. WRIGHT was then arrested on December 13, 2022. At her December arraignment, WRIGHT plead “not guilty”.


According to Cowboy State Daily, on December 20, 2022, the Fremont County Attorney’s Office increased its case against WRIGHT from two animal cruelty charges to the following ten:


Count one, for more than twenty dead sheep and goats.

Count two, for a dead red roan Nubian doe and a dead cream-colored Nigerian dwarf buck.

Count three, for cruelty toward nine horses, a sorrel gelding with a club foot, two bay mares, two red-and-white paint geldings, one roan mare, one roan gelding, one bay paint pony and one bay filly pony.

Count four, for cruelty toward a red and white paint gelding.

Count five, for cruelty toward thirty-seven doe goats.

Count six, for cruelty toward a doe goat with mastitis (infection related to breastfeeding).

Count seven, for cruelty toward seven buck goats.

Count eight, for cruelty toward eighteen ewe sheep.

Count nine, for cruelty to four ram sheep.

Count ten, for cruelty toward three geese and fifteen chickens.


WRIGHT initially plead not guilty to all ten charges.

However, according to a motion for a change-of-plea hearing filed on March 3, 2023, WRIGHT made a plea agreement in which she promised to give Alford guilty pleas for ONLY four of the ten counts so that the state will drop the other six.

An Alford plea means the defendant maintains their innocence but admits that the evidence against them is sufficient to convict them in court.

WRIGHT is scheduled to change her plea from “not guilty” to the Alford plea on May 1, 2023.


I emailed Fremont County Sheriff Ryan Lee and requested pictures of the furvictims and in an email he explained that since the “incident is not yet adjudicated” further case information to include photographs of the animals involved in the case cannot be released at this time. I was advised to request them after WRIGHT is sentenced.


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