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Dog Found Bitten & Sexually Assaulted

Millie Martinez , KOLD News 13 Reporter

Pima County authorities investigate an animal abuse they call the worst they've seen in years.

The dog's owner, Wayne Allen Dean, is a suspect in this animal cruelty investigation, but has not been charged with any crime. The case is headed to the grand jury next week.

When KOLD News 13 cameras arrived to Dean's residence, junk littered his Three Points home and he had a pallet wall surrounded with barbed wire.

Neighbor Cynthia Hemminger said, "No food, no water, no septic, and he just doesn't pay the bill to get it turned on."

Hemminger lives across the street from Wayne Allen Dean. She says Dean has threatened her with guns and says she has no doubt that Dean abused his animals. 

Pima County Sheriff's removed two dogs, Sissy and Otis, from Dean's home. Cynthia knew both dogs, and Otis was her favorite. "He was about eight years old and very sweet. He's a beautiful and lovely dog."

The animals were malnourished when they arrived at the Pima Animal Care Center. But Otis' wounds were even greater. The greyhound mix was found burned, maimed and sexually abused. Authorities also said it looked like Otis' ear was bitten off by a human.

"There was a tail cut off and a tailbone sticking out," said Bonnie Lilley, a Veterinarian at the Pima Animal Care Center.

Otis had to be put to sleep. Sissy was also removed from Dean's home and gave birth to seven puppies. A bittersweet ending, in a disturbing case of animal cruelty.

If you think your home is a safe and loving place, Sissy and her seven puppies will eventually be up for adoption at the Pima Animal Care Center.

Stay with www.kold.com to see how this investigation unfolds.