TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A woman is grieving the loss of her beloved pet after her 3-year-old dog was poisoned by her ex-boyfriend, who was a police officer at the time.
The woman, Paula Fernandez, spoke at a press conference with Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister on Friday morning after the arrest of her ex, 22-year-old Edwin Campuzano.
“I think there’s two big mistakes our suspect Campuzano made,” Chronister said. “One was what extent a dog lover and owner will go in the pursuit of the truth. He also underestimated her investigative ability.”
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Chronister explained that last May, Fernandez went to California on vacation and entrusted a neighbor to care for her 3-year-old Maltese poodle, Milo. But, the day she arrived on the West Coast, she got a heartbreaking call: the neighbor found Milo dead in the home, and something didn’t seem right…