A Missouri lady accused her daughter of allegedly strangling her canine and burning the stays in a hearth pit as a part of a "ritualistic sacrifice" on Thursday morning.

Moberly Police arrived on the scene within the early hours of Thursday morning after receiving a name from the canine's proprietor claiming her daughter stole the canine and killed it.

Briana Lingo, 29, of Moberly, Missouri, was arrested at round 4 a.m. and was charged with felony animal abuse and felony stealing an animal, in keeping with court docket paperwork.

In response to the Humane Society of America, all 50 states have animal abuse legal guidelines that embody felony provisions. HSUS additionally reported a powerful correlation between intentional hurt of animals and violence in opposition to individuals.

Woman allegedly killed and burned mom's dog
In response to police, Briana Lingo admitted to the crime twice: as soon as on the home and as soon as on the police station. ChiccoDodiFC/iStock

It's estimated that almost 10 million animals die from abuse annually within the U.S. and 65 % of abused animals are canine.

Lingo's mom advised officers over the telephone that she got here house from work to seek out that Lingo had allegedly killed her canine as a part of a "ritualistic sacrifice," native retailers reported.

Police allegedly discovered the half-burnt physique of a terrier combine canine in a shared firepit, in keeping with a possible trigger affidavit obtained by KRCG-TV.

"To my data, we have not had any stories like this in Moberly that I can recollect, in any case this was the primary a kind of," Chief of Police Troy Hyperlink mentioned per KMIZ. "In fact, we investigated completely different animal abuse circumstances over time however by no means one to this extent that I am conscious of."

In response to police, the girl allegedly admitted twice -- as soon as on the house and as soon as on the police station -- to killing the canine, watching it die and burning the physique.

She allegedly advised police she strangled after which burned her mom's canine. Lingo is at present in custody and is being held on a $15,000 cash-only bond. A bond listening to is scheduled for June 21 at 1:30 p.m.

Newsweek reached out to the Moberly Police Division.

In October 2021 on Tybee Island, Georgia, police found two roosters beheaded on the seashore in what they reported was an animal sacrifice.

In response to police, the roosters had been found beheaded on the seashore subsequent to cups full of blood.

In January, a drunk priest in India allegedly killed a person as a substitute of a goat throughout an animal sacrifice gone improper.

A person in New Jersey was additionally accused of sacrificing animals in his rental condominium however denied the claims, saying he was consuming them as a part of his faith.