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Deaf Woman Gets Robbed Twice in 2 Weeks

Updated: Monday, February 25 2013, 08:25 PM EST
UPDATE:  The owner of these dogs, Pam Estes, was robbed again today.

This is just two weeks to the day when she came home to find her champion dog killed.

She went back to her home to check on it since she had been staying with a friend after the last break-in.

When she arrived, she found the burglars in the back.  They yelled and took off on foot.

The burglars were trying to steal a laptop but they dropped it while running.

Other neighbors as well as Columbus police officers chased them, but the burglars got away.

Anyone with information is urged to call police at 645-4545.

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Web Producer: Kellie Hanna

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COLUMBUS
-- A national champion show dog that took top honors in obedience at
the Westminster Dog Show several years ago was found dead in his North
Columbus home after it was burglarized by thieves

Owner Pam Estes
found her Glen of Imaal Terrier, Shaughnessy, in a pool of blood with
his throat cut open Monday morning when she arrived home for lunch.

"There
was blood all over the house," said Pam through a sign language
interpreter, " I was hoping it was a dream, but it was not."

Eight-year-old Shaughnessy was also a certified therapy dog, and would visit students at the Columbus School For the Deaf.

Three other dogs in the home were not harmed during the burglary.

The suspects also stole laptops, jewelry, and photos of Shaughnessy, which were stored in a computer.

"To steal things is one thing," Pam told ABC 6/FOX 28. "To steal a life is something else."

Columbus Police are investigating the crime.  The burglars remain on the loose.

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Reporter: Steve Levine
Web Producer: Ken HinesDeaf Woman Gets Robbed Twice in 2 Weeks