A dog left in a parked truck during the midday heat east of Woodburn died on Sunday, and investigators say its body was later carried behind a local bar and dumped. Marion County deputies believe they know who was involved and are now asking the public to help track them down.
According to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to the Monitor Inn, a roadside bar east of Woodburn, after reports that a dog had been left in a hot truck and later found dead in the vehicle. In a statement to KOIN, the sheriff’s office said the animal is believed to have died sometime between about 11:20 a.m. and 2 p.m., when outside temperatures were in the range of 88 to 93 degrees.
Surveillance video from the scene, investigators told KOIN, shows one person carrying the dog behind the Monitor Inn and leaving the body there. Deputies say they have identified two people they want to talk to and are urging those individuals to turn themselves in while the investigation continues.
How quickly a car becomes deadly
Those afternoon temperatures in the high 80s to low 90s are more than enough to turn a closed vehicle into an oven in a matter of minutes. As KOIN reported, DoveLewis Animal Hospital warns that when it is 90 degrees outside, the inside of a parked car can hit almost 110 degrees in just 10 minutes…