Medical Student Charged With Killing 14 Dogs

Cops respond after tip that Italian greyhounds were disappearing
By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 29, 2011 3:58 AM CDT
Medical Student Charged With Killing 14 Dogs
College student David Thompson is suspected of killing as many as 14 Italian greyhounds like this one.   (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

A Michigan medical student is being charged with torturing and killing up to 14 dogs he purchased in the last nine months. Police checked on David Thompson, 24, after a tipster complained that he was bringing in a large number of dogs, mostly Italian greyhounds, that were never seen again. The Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine suspended Thompson last week when the first charges surfaced. Thompson is currently in jail, struggling to come up with his $100,000 bail. If convicted, he faces up to 4 years in prison on each of the 14 charges against him, reports WLNS. (More animal abuse stories.)

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