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CUMBERLAND, W.Va. — A New Cumberland man accused of torturing and
killing 29 dogs, then forcing a woman whom he held captive to clean up
the mess, was behind bars Thursday on $450,000 bail.
Jeffrey Nally
Jr., 19, is in the Northern Regional Jail. He faces 29 counts of animal
cruelty, one count of domestic battery and one count of kidnapping.
Hancock
County Chief Deputy Sheriff Todd Murray said Nally was arrested by a
SWAT team late Wednesday after the mother of his ex-girlfriend called
State Police. The woman said Nally was holding her daughter against her
will, and said Nally had threatened to kill anyone who tried to arrest
him.
Murray would not identify Nally’s ex-girlfriend but said she is
19 and from the Clarksburg area. She’d moved in with Nally in December,
but the relationship quickly soured, Murray told WTOV-TV of
Steubenville, Ohio.
The ex-girlfriend told investigators Nally became
controlling and abusive, rationing her food and denying her meals for
days. He apparently started killing dogs around the same time, Murray
said.
“Mutilated, skinned, anything you can imagine,” Murray said of
the animals, some of which were buried in the suspect’s yard and some of
which were wrapped in plastic. Most were puppies.
Nally appears to
have used a different tool to kill each dog, “everything from a
crossbow, to a drill, saws to hammers,” Murray said.
Nally used classified ads to locate and obtain the dogs, Murray said, often persuading people he’d provide a good home.
Three dogs were found alive. They were handed over to county officials and quickly adopt=