Lincoln woman abandons dead, emaciated dogs after eviction, police say

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — A Lincoln woman is accused of starving her two dogs to death in their cages before abandoning the bodies when she was evicted.

Prosecutors charged 29-year-old Brigid English with a single felony count of cruelly neglecting an animal resulting in death. The charge is a class IV felony.

An animal control officer was called to a home near South 19th and Prospect streets on Nov. 17, 2025. A landlord discovered two dead dogs in the home English had recently vacated, police wrote…

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