Man allegedly killing pets has St. Louis neighborhood up in arms
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Neighbors in a St. Louis suburb are seeking answers after a rash of animal killings they believe are deliberate and the work of the same person. In one instance, the suspect allegedly hit a Great Dane puppy with his vehicle on purpose, killing it, reports CBS St. Louis affiliate KMOV.
The owner of the puppy, Jason Fincher, said his wife witnessed the incident. "She will swear to it, that she stood right here and watched that man swerve and hit that dog," Fincher told KMOV. The Finchers live in the Warren County neighborhood. Fincher added that the man suspected of killing his dog, named Blue, had been caught on camera vowing to do just that.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.