A dad is facing animal cruelty charges after his teenage daughter accused him of killing her two dogs to punish her for not doing the dishes.
Charges were filed against 35-year-old Jeffrey Don Edwards of Harrah, near Oklahoma City, on Wednesday.
Edwards’ 17-year-old daughter told investigators her father got mad at her on Tuesday because the house was messy and the dishes were dirty.
Investigators say the girl’s mother came to get her, and when she returned Wednesday, her dogs were missing.
An uncle then allegedly told her Edwards had shot them to teach her a lesson.
The dogs’ bodies were found around 100 yards from the house, police said. Mr Edwards denies the accusation, saying it is ‘a complete lie’.
He said he was at work at the time and declined to comment further.
Oklahoma County court records show Edwards has since been charged with animal cruelty. His ex-wife, Danielle Depee, said both of the couple’s children were stunned by the incident. She said: ‘They are devastated and in shock that their dad would hurt them that way. Both my kids never thought he would do what he did.’
Depee, who said she has been divorced from Edwards since 2007, said the couple’s 17-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son lived off-and-on with their father at his home in Harrah, and that the dogs lived there, too. ‘My kids believe he deserves the punishment he gets,’ Depee said. ‘They want nothing to do with their father.’
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