When too much drinking goes terribly wrong….a New Mexico husband and father brutally murdered a pet dog and even worse, planned to serve it for dinner.
The 46-year old, Salvador Martinez, was in a drunken stupor one day when he decided there was not enough food in the home to feed his family. He angrily took the dog to the backyard where he used a screwdriver to stab it in the heart. Martinez continued to abuse the young 9-month-old Chihuahua and dachshund mix-bred pup, named Onyx. He then skinned the dog – all while his children were in the home aware of what was happening to their beloved pet.
When Martinez’s girlfriend told him she was going to report him to the authorities for killing the dog, Martinez took his sick plan a step further. His girlfriend said there was plenty of food in the home, but Martinez thought otherwise. He decided to cut up the remains in small pieces and store the pup in the freezer for dinner at a later time. Martinez even told his girlfriend that if he could not cook the dog at home, he would cook it at his mother’s house one day at a barbecue.
The deranged and drunk dog slayer has been arrested and charged with animal cruelty and child abuse. This incident violates his parole, after previous run ins with the law, including a 2003 arrest for smuggling cocaine into the US from Mexico.
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