When police found the dog, it was dead and not much more than a skeleton with some fur wrapped around it. They took the dog's body in for a necropsy which determined that the poor dog had died of starvation and dehydration.
When authorities entered the home less than a week after Martin was last seen at her home, they found a dead dog in a small cage that had been starved and dehydrated.
The medium-sized pit bull was covered in urine and feces as well.
The animal appeared skeletal to authorities. The necropsy reported the official cause of death was starvation/dehydration.
Can you imagine how long that dog cried and barked? At night, the unheated house must have been freezing and it had to lie in its own feces in the dark crying for April, wondering why she had left it. Maybe it tried to tear the cage apart and cut up its mouth? It probably dug for hours thinking it could dig its way out to no avail. Eventually it laid down on top of all the feces and urine in the cage and didn't have the strength to cry out any longer.
It died all alone, abandoned by APRIL MARTIN, who was charged with animal cruelty.
As long as April doesn't get arrested and violate her probation terms, at the end, these charges listed as Deferred will be entered in as Dismissed. However, the first cruelty charge that is listed as Suspended WILL remain on her record as a conviction.
Offender: April Lynn Martin
Gender: Female
Race: Hispanic
Height: 5 ft 2 in
Weight: 240 lbs
Hair Color: Blond
Eye Color: Brown
Birth Date: 11/28/1978
OK DOC#: 740418
Court: OKLAHOMA COUNTY COURT
Offense: CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
Conviction date:
Term: 5 Years
Term code: P&PSUS
Sentence begins: 01/17/2017
Court: OKLAHOMA COUNTY COURT
Offense: CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
Conviction date:
Term: 6 Years
Term code: P&PDEF
Sentence begins: 11/09/2016
Court: OKLAHOMA COUNTY COURT
Offense: POSS OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
Conviction date:
Term: 5 Years
Term code: P&PDEF
Sentence begins: 11/09/2016
Court: OKLAHOMA COUNTY COURT
Offense: UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA
Conviction date:
Term: 5 Years
Term code: P&PDEF
Sentence begins: 11/09/2016
