SuburbanHermett
New Member
That was my thought too.
Poor dogs
They look so happy/beautiful in their photo. They were doing their job and some criminal killed them. I hope they catch the jerk and put him away for a long, long time. Poor family
Dogs shot & killed at Zekiah Farms
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That was my thought too.
Poor dogs
They look so happy/beautiful in their photo. They were doing their job and some criminal killed them. I hope they catch the jerk and put him away for a long, long time. Poor family
MarieB
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Just read an article about this under Google news DC
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/l...-Pet-Dogs-Zekiah-Farms-Waldorf-312179121.html
I hope they find who did it. It's awful
frequentflier
happy to be living
It has been shared multiple times on FB. It makes me sick.
Whoever did this should be shot.
And shot again.
Whoever did this should be shot.
And shot again.
littlelady
God bless the USA
I think it is awesome what David did! I am sorry for your loss, clevalley, and your conviction to try to help, and find closure for yourself. I have never said I hate people, but this could be an example if I chose to say it. So sorry for this family's loss of those beautiful, loyal, loving dogs. I hope they catch the trash that did this. This forum is good for that. I think they will be outed. Prayers to all experiencing such sadness in the loss of their dogs that should have never happened.
Chris0nllyn
Well-Known Member
I hope they get the closure they desperately need and are looking for.
Maybe it's the naivety in me, but I'm thinking poacher as well. Could be someone coyote hunting, then realized their mistake, twice? I guess I don't want to think there are people like that in our little slice of heaven.
Maybe it's the naivety in me, but I'm thinking poacher as well. Could be someone coyote hunting, then realized their mistake, twice? I guess I don't want to think there are people like that in our little slice of heaven.
SG_Player1974
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Sorry to hear about the Hank. I hope they catch the SOBs!!!
That's why I'm hoping for the apocalypse!
I grew up right down the street from there and had folks there until about 12 mos ago. Anyone talk to the farmer across the street (I think it's Jameson)? He's an odd cat. Nice and personable but not all there and would often say some quirky things when I'd head up there to buy straw. Point being, he may know something as otherwise, there isn't much in that area. He may run some strays off and if so, they could've crossed the street and ended up at Zekiah.
Either way, I am very sorry for your loss. That's a terrible thing to have to walk up on.
Either way, I am very sorry for your loss. That's a terrible thing to have to walk up on.
It is unfortunate, but bad things happen everywhere. I hope they catch the person or persons who did this and they decide to resist arrest.
prettyinblue
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How horrible for this family and I'm so very sorry for their loss.
There was once a neighbor to Zekiah Farm property that I would have figured for this but I hope he is still in prison. I do not know how to give you the link to this story so I hope its okay to just paste it here. Its the first thing that came to mind when I read about those poor dogs.
Man Charged With Murder in Death of Boy, 2
By Michael Amon December 5, 2002
A Bryantown man accused of fatally shooting his neighbor's 2-year-old son and critically wounding the boy's father, apparently over a petty dispute, has been formally charged with murder.
John A. Booth Jr., 55, was initially charged with attempted first-degree murder on Oct. 29 for allegedly shooting Michael Meadows, 32, and his son, Will, both of whom lived on property adjacent to Booth's in rural Bryantown.
Will Meadows died from a gunshot wound to the head on Oct. 30, and authorities did not charge Booth with murder until he was indicted by a grand jury last month. Booth is also charged with the attempted murder of Michael Meadows and assault with a firearm.
Michael Meadows survived a gunshot wound to the head suffered as he drove away from his home on Booth Place with his son. He has since been discharged from Washington Hospital Center, a spokeswoman said.
A day after the shooting, Booth was arrested in Prince William County when he pulled up to two Virginia State Police troopers on the side of a highway and told them, "I'm the guy you're looking for," state police said.
In charging documents, detectives said Meadows and Booth had an ongoing, seemingly inane dispute over a security light that may have led to the shooting. The light angered Booth because it shone on his property, and he would express his displeasure by driving his van near the Meadows home, turning on the bright lights, honking the horn and once shooting at the house with a rifle, according to a peace order Michael Meadows applied for in Charles County District Court.
It's unclear from court documents, though, what provoked the incident on Oct. 29, and sheriff's officials have not publicly offered any answers.
Court documents and Booth's neighbors suggest the shooting was another instance in a pattern of bizarre behavior by a reclusive man who regularly stalked through the woods of his property with a rifle.
In 1989, a Charles County man accused Booth of shooting at him and his nephew as they went hunting on an adjacent property.
The man, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said he went looking for his hunting beagles, which had strayed onto another property, when he found both the dogs and Booth, who had a rifle.
"He was quite upset about the fact that they were there . . . he was kicking the dogs," the man said. "I got the dogs, and I'm walking back across the fields, and the next thing I know there's bullets flying all across my feet, kicking up dust."
The man told police and assault charges were filed in District Court. Booth was acquitted in a trial decided by a judge, according to court documents.
Neighbors of Booth said he was angry when Meadows and his wife, Tara, moved to Booth Place three years ago and bought a home that had been in his family for generations. Booth's family has lived on about 200 acres of land in Bryantown since the turn of the 20th century, and the Meadows family were, as one neighbor put it, the first "newcomers."
Neighbor Ed Stewart, 67, said Booth was intensely protective of his land and would ward off strangers with a gun.
"He did a lot of shooting back there," Stewart said. "Bang, bang, bang, bang. . . . I've been hearing that for a while."
There was once a neighbor to Zekiah Farm property that I would have figured for this but I hope he is still in prison. I do not know how to give you the link to this story so I hope its okay to just paste it here. Its the first thing that came to mind when I read about those poor dogs.
Man Charged With Murder in Death of Boy, 2
By Michael Amon December 5, 2002
A Bryantown man accused of fatally shooting his neighbor's 2-year-old son and critically wounding the boy's father, apparently over a petty dispute, has been formally charged with murder.
John A. Booth Jr., 55, was initially charged with attempted first-degree murder on Oct. 29 for allegedly shooting Michael Meadows, 32, and his son, Will, both of whom lived on property adjacent to Booth's in rural Bryantown.
Will Meadows died from a gunshot wound to the head on Oct. 30, and authorities did not charge Booth with murder until he was indicted by a grand jury last month. Booth is also charged with the attempted murder of Michael Meadows and assault with a firearm.
Michael Meadows survived a gunshot wound to the head suffered as he drove away from his home on Booth Place with his son. He has since been discharged from Washington Hospital Center, a spokeswoman said.
A day after the shooting, Booth was arrested in Prince William County when he pulled up to two Virginia State Police troopers on the side of a highway and told them, "I'm the guy you're looking for," state police said.
In charging documents, detectives said Meadows and Booth had an ongoing, seemingly inane dispute over a security light that may have led to the shooting. The light angered Booth because it shone on his property, and he would express his displeasure by driving his van near the Meadows home, turning on the bright lights, honking the horn and once shooting at the house with a rifle, according to a peace order Michael Meadows applied for in Charles County District Court.
It's unclear from court documents, though, what provoked the incident on Oct. 29, and sheriff's officials have not publicly offered any answers.
Court documents and Booth's neighbors suggest the shooting was another instance in a pattern of bizarre behavior by a reclusive man who regularly stalked through the woods of his property with a rifle.
In 1989, a Charles County man accused Booth of shooting at him and his nephew as they went hunting on an adjacent property.
The man, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said he went looking for his hunting beagles, which had strayed onto another property, when he found both the dogs and Booth, who had a rifle.
"He was quite upset about the fact that they were there . . . he was kicking the dogs," the man said. "I got the dogs, and I'm walking back across the fields, and the next thing I know there's bullets flying all across my feet, kicking up dust."
The man told police and assault charges were filed in District Court. Booth was acquitted in a trial decided by a judge, according to court documents.
Neighbors of Booth said he was angry when Meadows and his wife, Tara, moved to Booth Place three years ago and bought a home that had been in his family for generations. Booth's family has lived on about 200 acres of land in Bryantown since the turn of the 20th century, and the Meadows family were, as one neighbor put it, the first "newcomers."
Neighbor Ed Stewart, 67, said Booth was intensely protective of his land and would ward off strangers with a gun.
"He did a lot of shooting back there," Stewart said. "Bang, bang, bang, bang. . . . I've been hearing that for a while."
littlelady
God bless the USA
Possibly. I just looked it up. Tales are told around St. Leonard that Booth fled through the fields on Parran Road. Who knows.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkes_Booth
Dakota
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He is serving LIFE. I have known Tara since elementary school and on the off chance he would get out, he won't be living at his house again. The Meadows sued and obtained the Booth property, soon after, they burned that house down.
