A man has been arrested after he allegedly cooked his girlfriend’s dog and fed it to her for a romantic meal.
Ryan Watenpaugh is said to have turned his ex-girlfriend’s Pomeranian pooch into a dish and served it to her before sending a gloating text message telling her what he had done.
The 34-year-old then left two paws belonging to a Pomeranian outside the woman’s California home.
Watenpaugh is accused of repeatedly beating his former partner while they were in a relationship.
During one attack, the woman left the apartment and came home later to find her boyfriend had left and her beloved pet, called Bear, was missing.
The couple briefly reconciled last week and police claim Watenpaugh cooked the woman a meal.
Investigators say he later sent her a text message asking her how her dog had tasted.
Sgt Todd Cogle said: “It set all of us back when we actually read the text messages about the incident.
“You can really get the sense from reviewing the text messages that the relationship was extremely toxic. It was a pressure cooker of anger and resentment.”
Watenpaugh, 34, has been charged with animal cruelty, domestic violence, stalking and false imprisonment.
He claims he did not kill or cook the dog but has admitted he sent the creepy texts and left the paws – which belonged to another dog – at his ex’s home.
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Source: Mirror.co.uk