The Missing Pitbull Puppies - Part I

Erin returned home from a night out, four days before Christmas to her Northside Lansing home to find someone had broken into her house. Missing, were a giant television, jewelry, some collectible coins, her daughters' Nintendo Wii, all the Christmas gifts, and ten pit bull puppies.

"We got home, it was late at night, so we were hootin' and hollerin' and carryin' on, and I noticed the front window was broken, and I thought, those damn dogs! Somehow they must have gotten out of their crates and knocked over the tree, and it broke the window."

She was wrong.

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Erin and her husband owned two docile, friendly, and lovable pit bull adults, Capone, and Envy. On the eve of their vet appointments to get fixed, the female, Envy, got pregnant. In October, they were greeted with eleven gorgeous pit bull puppies. While initially overwhelmed, Erin has worked tirelessly to try and find homes for them, placing ads and imploring neighbors and friends to ask around.

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In November, a young woman showed up and knocked on her door, asking about the pit bull puppies. She said she knew of a friend of a friend who really wanted some pit bull puppies.

"I was initially nervous, because she was kind of shady," Erin said, "but I really wanted to find a home for these puppies." She asked the woman to come back in a week, and she did.

Only this time, the woman was not as friendly. "She had a big truck, and on the front, there was a sticker that read, "This ain't my man's truck, and something on the back that read 'I'm a [expletive]." The woman told Erin that "these dogs are mine," and that "I already got people lined up for these dogs." Erin dismissed the woman and decided that there was no way she was going to let go of the ten puppies without making sure they had good homes.

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When she entered her house after seeing the broken window, Erin and her husband realized they had been robbed. They found both adult dogs safe in their crates, with one puppy hiding behind Capone's crate. The house had been ransacked. The Christmas tree was tipped over, all the gifts were gone, and no puppies remained. They went outside to the front porch, and called the police. The police told them not to enter the house. Instead, they were to wait outside for the police to arrive. This sounded strange, but they complied. When the police finally showed up, things began to become even more strange.

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Part Two coming soon!