(Wahington Post) Cathryn Washington, 67, left 14-year-old Delta in the vehicle as she ran in to buy some pet products on an afternoon when the temperature hit 104 degrees, Sgt. David Luckenbaugh of Frederick Animal Control said.
She intended to just be 15 minutes or so, she later told her estranged husband Charles Washington. She returned after about an hour and 15 minutes to find Delta clinging to life. “The dog just died in her arms,” Charles said he told her.
Luckenbaugh said the precise moment of Delta’s death was unclear. After Cathryn returned to the vehicle, investigators say she went back inside the Costco and returned the dog food, bedding and treats she had purchased. At that point, she told Costco employees the dog was dead, authorities said.
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