Owner Leaves Pit Bulls To Die, Dumps Bodies In Dumfries: Police ICYMI

WOODBRIDGE, VA — A man was arrested Thursday for fatally leaving his two pit bull terriers in a storage unit on his front porch without water or property ventilation and then dumping their bodies along a walking path in the area of Cherry Hill Road, according to Prince William County Police.

Kevin Matthew Bledsoe, 27, of the 2900 block of Fox Lair Drive, was charged with two counts of felony animal cruelty and two counts of unlawful disposal of a dead companion animal. He's being held without bond.

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Thursday morning, police responded to a tip about potential animal cruelty. An investigation found that Bledsoe had left his two dogs in unsafe condition May 19 before he left around 10 a.m. When another resident of the apartment returned home about seven hours later, the dogs were dead.

Shortly before 4 p.m. last Sunday, animal control officers responded to the scene after a report from a caller who'd been walking along the path and found a dead male pit bull inside a duffel bag, which he had unzipped. After animal control arrived, they found another pit bull, this one a female, a short distance away in a plastic storage container.

Photo: Prince William County Police