Dozens of Pets Found Dead as Elderly Couple Arrested for Animal Abuse
A Las Vegas area couple in their 70s was arrested Friday on allegations they hoarded and neglected hundreds of animals, with police revealing they made the horrific discovery of 30 dogs—10 of which were dead—stuffed into a rented hotel room.
The arrests of Carolyn Luke, 72, and Timothy Miller, 79, became public Tuesday after multiple agencies shared the grisly details of their discoveries in multiple areas of the Las Vegas valley.
Police in Boulder City, Nevada, said they took the couple into custody after conducting a traffic stop on their car. The couple pulled over and rolled down their window for an officer, who said he could smell the stench of dead animals from outside the vehicle, police wrote in a news release.