A retired area police K9 will be put down next week.
K9 Karson’s handler, former Wilmington Police Officer Jerry Popp, wrote in a social media post on Friday that he will be put down next week.
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Karson went missing back in 2014 just before Christmas, as previously reported.
He escaped from the Clinton Animal Care Center on West Locust Street. Karson endured freezing temperatures and snowstorms while he was missing. He was eventually reunited with his handler in Feb. 2015…