Court Date for Man Accused of Killing Neighbor's Basset Hound
On Tuesday, April 7, Christopher Dewayne Delawder of Odenville, Alabama will be brought before St. Clair County Civil Court in Ashville, Alabama on the felony animal cruelty charges after being accused of killing "Babyboy," a 14-month-old Basset Hound belonging to his neighbor, Terri L. Davis.
Delawder, 28, initially denied to police that he had shot the dog, only to confess a few hours later after contacting a lawyer. He claims to have shot Babyboy because the dog had wandered onto his property and in his opinion posed a threat to his pet cats.
On June 28, 2008, a neighbor went to Ms. Davis' house to tell her that Babyboy was laying in the road, injured. Babyboy, a docile dog, who was usually kept inside Ms. Davis' house, had gotten loose from the back yard and wandered down the street.
Ms. Davis lives four houses down from Delawder. By the time she reached her dog, he was dead, but he had lived for at least five agonizing minutes after being shot in the spine. The veterinarian who performed the autopsy on Babyboy said that the nature of his injury was such that he would've been unable to walk after being shot. Babyboy was found heading towards Ms. Davis' home, 40 feet away from Mr. Delawder's driveway and off his property.
While no one witnessed the shooting, a large crowd of neighbors, many of them children, witnessed the dog's convulsive dying minutes. Delawder, who at the time claimed not to know what had happened, offered to get his gun from his home and "put the dog out of its misery." Neighbors were struck by Delawder's lack of emotion during the incident.
Ms. Davis was so traumatized by finding her dog shot dead that she went into shock and required care from EMS on the scene. Her daughters, Rebecca, now 13, and Courtney, now 14, were also scarred by the loss of their beloved pet and family member.
im happy to report that were going to court,finally i sure hope we get justice served. ive been off line for 2 months i went to your web page & i was wondering what happened to emma
i miss talking with you,if you still want to use babyboy to raise money for senior bassetts its fine with me ,any thing to help other bassets. merry christmas to all of you
im dropping by to say hello.....thanks for being our friendxoxoxox,TERRI..BECCA..COURTNEY..SNOOKY..POOKIE..MOOMOO..CHICHI.....HAVE A HAPPY♥HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Happy Birthday to the most handsome bassett we know! ~ Much Love , Maddie , Lorretta and Lilly! Please be sure and kiss Emma for us! We are slinging lots of birthday drool!
