Chained dog severely neglected, resulting in death
Dallas, TX (US)Incident Date: Tuesday, Apr 5, 2005
County: Dallas
Disposition: Dismissed
Case Images: 2 files available
Person of Interest: Ester Arlene Baker
Case Updates: 3 update(s) available
Sweet Charity, a 5-month-old pit bull puppy, was found chained and near death in the backyard of a vacant North Dallas duplex in 2005.
The dog was discovered on April 5, 2005, by two women looking at rental properties. They took the puppy to Operation Kindness, and shelter staff immediately transferred her to a Carrollton veterinary clinic for treatment. The dog, who was named Sweet Charity by Operation Kindness staff, was suffering from massive infection caused by severe mange, an embedded collar, dehydration and malnutrition. Because of the extent and severity of her wounds and her obvious pain, a decision was made to euthanize the puppy 36 hours later.
Following an investigation by Dallas Animal Services, Ester Arlene Baker was arrested and charged with animal cruelty. She was indicted by the Dallas County Grand Jury in November 2005. Baker lived at the duplex at 15842 El Estado near Coit and Arapaho in Dallas and had moved several weeks prior to the discovery of the abandoned dog.
In April 2006, Mercy, another pit bull puppy who had been stabbed, doused with gasoline and set on fire, was found at a North Dallas apartment complex and taken to Operation Kindness Mercy, whose case received international attention through the news media and internet, died from her wounds 10 days later. Deshann Quatrail Brown faces felony animal cruelty charges in that case and is scheduled for trial on April 23.
Case Updates| Charges against Ester Arlene Baker have been dismissed due to lack of evidence tying the neglect and abandonment of Sweet Charity directly to this defendant. A press release is anticipated within the next few days. | Source: Dallas County District Attorney's Office
Update posted on Mar 29, 2007 - 4:01PM |
| Ester Arlene Baker was scheduled to appear in court for a bench trial on February 16, 2007. That date has been reset for March 27, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. for a jury trial. | Source: Case # MA0507570B
Update posted on Feb 15, 2007 - 10:39PM |
| Baker is scheduled to have a bench trial without a jury Friday, Feb. 16, before Judge Lennox Bower in County Criminal Court No. 2 in the Frank Crowley Courts Building, 133 N. Industrial Blvd. in Dallas. The case number is MA050757OB. | Source: County Criminal Court Case #MA050757OB
Update posted on Jan 29, 2007 - 12:51AM |
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