Missouri police say a woman stole a dog, killed it, and set it on fire as part of a ritualistic sacrifice.
Brianna Lynn Lingo, 29, is facing felony charges of stealing an animal and animal abuse by torture and mutilation while the animal was alive,
A Moberly Police Department spokesperson said officers arrested Lingo after her mother dialed 911 and asked for help at her home on Thursday.
Lingo’s mother told officials that her daughter killed her dog – a terrier mix – as part of “a ritual sacrifice,” according to an affidavit.
When officers arrived at the mother’s home, they found the dog’s burned body in a fire pit in a courtyard.
Lingo admitted to detectives that she had strangled and then burned its body.
She was arrested and booked into the Randolph County Jail, where she was being held Friday on a $15,000 bond.
Lingo was arraigned Friday morning and is due back in court on June 21 for a bond hearing.
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