As written in the Orlando Sentinel by Walter Pacheco on March 14, 2008:
The Cocoa woman who admitted to starving her 2-year-old dog to death is out of jail this
morning, jail records show.
Brevard County Jail officials said that Christine Dawn Abrams, 29, walked out of jail
Thursday at 11: 30 p.m. on pre-trial release. Court records show that her next appearance
before a Brevard County circuit judge is set for April 24.
Cocoa police arrested Abrams on Thursday on a charge of cruelty to animals in the death
of her dog, Ella. Her bail was set at $1,000.
Abrams told police she starved her German Shepherd to death by leaving her locked in a
metal crate in an empty house for two months without food or water, the police report shows.
Detectives said a large bag of dry dog food sat untouched just a few feet from the crate.
Police searched the area for five hours and located Abrams at her new address on Parapet
Drive, less than six miles from her former residence.
Abrams told detectives that the water had been turned off at her former residence in
January and she had to move. She locked Ella in a crate at the old home because her new
roommate did not like dogs.
Investigators said Abrams admitted that she knew what would happen if Ella was left alone
without food or water for an extended period of time. "She showed no remorse over the
dog," the detective wrote in his report.
Godspeed Ella. You are a free puppy now!
--RA&ISIS
| Her name was Ella. This is her story. I don't want her to be forgotten. |
