Animal Protection Police Asking for Help After Dog Found Fatally Stabbed

Sully Police District — Officers from our Animal Protection Police are asking community members in O’Day Drive neighborhood to review home surveillance footage after a pit bull was found fatally stabbed.

On December 3, at 9:30 a.m., officers responded to a small trail connecting Rt. 29 and South Barros Court in Centreville. A community member found the deceased dog near a wooded trail behind the townhomes. The dog is a young female, gray and white, pit bull mix. A necropsy was conducted and determined the dog was stabbed multiple times.

Officers believe the dog was likely left in the area for less than 24 hours prior to the community member discovering her. Officers are asking community members who live near O’Day Drive and Barros Drive to review home surveillance footage. Anyone who may have drive by the area on Rt 29 and seen something suspicious is asked to call.

If anyone has any information on this case, please contact the Fairfax County Police Department at 703-691-2131 and request to speak to an on-duty Animal Protection Police Officer. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Solvers by phone – 1-866-411-TIPS (866-411-8477), and by web – Click HERE. Download the ‘P3 Tips’ App “Fairfax Co Crime Solvers”. Anonymous tipsters are eligible for a cash reward. Please leave contact information if you wish for a detective to follow up with you.

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