Puppies Beheaded, Stabbed in South Cobb

A Mableton man allegedly cut off the head of one 6-week-old puppy with a scissor blade, stabbed another in the throat and buried them—along with the weapon—in his backyard.

A black and white pit bull puppy's neck "was completely severed with the head attached to the body by a single piece of skin," according to an arrest warrant for Robert Davis. "The neck was cut in what appeared to be a sawing type motion. The spine of the puppy did not appear to cut by a single cut, but instead by several cuts."

The other puppy's throat wounds were "large and deep," according to the warrant.

Authorities were led to Davis' home in the 1100 block of Mable Street after he told a man that he had killed the puppies, which had been given to him by a 14-year-old child.

When that man went to Davis' home with the teen, Davis allegedly dug up the black and white puppy from its grave and showed them the body, according to the warrant.

"After they left to call police the accused relocated the puppy to another area by throwing the puppy over a fence into thick vegetation in an attempt to conceal the puppy," according to the warrant.

Davis was arrested about 11:30 p.m. Saturday at his home on two counts of aggravated cruelty to animals and three counts of tampering with evidence.

"The accused stated that he knew that his acts were wrong," according to the warrant.

Davis remains in the Cobb County Adult Detention Center in lieu of $250,000 bond.