Tucson police had been investigating after two dogs had been discovered lifeless by their house owners.
According to Tucson police, the house owners of the dogs reported the deaths on Friday, one close to Euclid Avenue and East Speedway Boulevard and the opposite close to Fort Lowell Road and 1st Avenue. Although the 2 incidents occurred at completely different areas, police mentioned they might be related.
Police recognized Cyris Panos, who knew each house owners, as an individual of curiosity within the case.
Earlier on the day of the incident, one of many house owners advised police that Panos requested to take her dachshund terrier, Ellie, for a walk. When he returned, he didn’t have the canine and advised the proprietor that he had given her to a homeless individual, the proprietor mentioned in an interview with News 4 Tucson.
After going out searching for her canine, the proprietor returned home and located a fireplace pit had been lit and will see Ellie within the flames, police mentioned.
The proprietor contacted police to report the incident and later referred to as Panos’ roommate to allow them to know she suspected Panos had lit her canine on fireplace, she mentioned in an interview with News 4 Tucson.
When Panos’ roommate arrived home from work, Panos and her basset hound, Hazel-Marie, had been lacking.
When police arrived at Panos and his roommate’s home, they discovered her canine lifeless and shoved into the suitcase within the backseat of a automobile, police mentioned.
Necropsies had been carried out on each dogs and officers are awaiting the outcomes to find out the reason for loss of life, police mentioned.
Police mentioned that Panos was the one individual of curiosity within the case.
