UPDATE IN DUN MADRAS CASE:

ARRESTS MADE IN CASE OF BOXER STARVED TO DEATH!

Two people have been arrested and charged in the death of a male boxer in Gladwin, MI.

Steven Joseph Suiter  of 301 ½ E. Grout Gladwin MI and April Dawn Suiter of 419 Pearl St., Hazel Park, MI, have each been charged with one felony count of killing or torturing an animal, and a misdemeanor charge of Animal Cruetly.

The felony count can carry a 5-year-sentence.

Steven Suiter is being held on a cash bond of $15,000

April Suiter is being held on a cash bond of $10,000


Both are currently lodged in the Gladwin County jail.

The boxer, approximately 8 years old, was taken from Gladwin County Animal Control by Mid Michigan Boxer Rescue on February 28 and immediately delivered to the rescue group’s veterinarian in Lansing, MI.

Joyce Heideman, DVM, along with her staff at Southside Animal Hospital, did all they could to stabilize and save the boxer, but it was to no avail.  The boxer, named Dunn Madra by the boxer rescue group, did not survive the night.

Since the time of his death there has been a cooperative effort between Mid Michigan Boxer Rescue, Heart of Michigan Rescue (based in Gladwin), the Michigan State Police, and Southside Animal Hospital.

Arraignment is March 27, 2008 at the Gladwin County Courthouse.

If you see a dog that looks like Dunn, starved and uncared for, speak up. Call your local authorities and inform them.

For complete information on Dunn Madra’s story, you can visit www.midmichiganboxerrescue.org and click on his photo on the front page.

NOTE: All of us at MMBR would like to send a special thank you to Marietta and Heart of Michigan Rescue for their invaluable assistance in this case.  Without you, these peoples identities would still be unknown.

THANK YOU 

Do you know who killed me?

Hello, my name is Dunn Madra.  Well, not really, but that's what they named me.  She said it means "Brown Dog".  She chose the name because she decided that whoever my owners were, that's probably how they thought of me — Brown Dog.  She's a generous and kind person, this woman that I speak about.  She's never met me in person, but she cried for me today.  She was not the only one.  Many people cried for me today.  I wish they didn't, I am happy now.  I am not hungry, or tired, or cold, or covered in fleas.  I am warm and I will never know the feeling of hunger again.  I know they tried to save me.  But they were too late.

They want to know how I got here.  A lady picked me up from the shelter and put me in her warm car.  She talked to me on the drive — no one has talked to me in a long time.  I could see the pity in her eyes.  The nice Doctor and her friends — they want to know too.  They had never seen a more emaciated dog, or so many fleas. They stop by and pet me every time they walk past. They were very kind to me.  They fed me and made sure I had a warm blanket to lay my head on.  They knew how much it hurt me to move.  They cared.  They loved.  They want to know how I got here.  I wish I could tell them. 

They made promises.  They told me that I would never be hungry again, or tired, or cold.  They were going to find a new family for me, someone who would love me and play with me.  But they were too late.  They tried everything they could, but they were too late.

Now they are angry.  You see, I died this morning.  I didn't have to.  Please help them find the owners that did this to me.  You know that you have seen me before.  If you haven't seen me, you've seen someone like me, another Dunn Madra, or Brown Dog.  I live on a chain in the yard next to you.  Maybe you watch me run loose down the street, but you know where I live.  You see me in the trash, searching desperately for food, or hiding from the freezing wind under your front porch.  If you don't do something, who will?

If you know my owners, please make an anonymous call to (248) 256-1583.  There will be a reward offered.