Guilty - woman took terminally ill neighbors dog & had him euthanized [View all]

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"I'm thrilled to death. Got Christmas a day late," said Thor's owner, Mark Boehler. "Thank you people of the jury."

Gisele Paris testified that she found the dog named Thor in her Spring Hill neighborhood. She claimed she took the dog home, cleaned him up and dressed a wound, then took him to the Animal Rescue League. When no one claimed him, she took the dog back, she said.

Thor was not well and not eating, so she fed the dog a special diet of rice and chicken, Paris testified. She told jurors that the dog was deteriorating. Thor was euthanized by a veterinarian.

"No matter how misguided you think she is, she doesn't find herself in this position if she didn't care about a sick dog," said Paris' lawyer, Robert Mielnicki. "In the end, I don't think the jury was able to get over the fact that Gisele herself admitted that at least a period of time before the dog was euthanized, she sort of knew whose dog it was."

Prosecutors pointed out that Paris was told by police and vets that Thor belonged to someone else, but she still did not contact Boehler, who said he is terminally ill with esophageal cancer.