Kidnapped Dog Jagger Found Dumped Dead by Railroad Tracks
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The alleged dognappers of the chubby English bulldog, Jagger, who went missing last month, are now in police custody after the dog’s remains were found dumped on the side of a road and railroad tracks in South Kelso, Wash.
Police have arrested two male suspects after multiple tips lead them to the men, Jesse James Clark and Johnny Lee Jordan, according to a news release from Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office.
According to the news release, “Clark is being charged with possession of stolen property 2nd degree and giving false and misleading statements to a law enforcement officer. Jordan is being charged with possession of stolen property 2nd degree and extortion in the 2nd degree.”
Jagger’s owner, Jennifer Thomas of Woodland, Wash., said her pet was dognapped on Oct. 4 and the captors demanded a $1,000 ransom and her prescription pain pills. Thomas, who is confined to a wheelchair because one of her legs is paralyzed, said they also demanded that no police be involved.
Thomas began receiving threatening text messages.
“The first one was, ‘I’m the call you have been waiting for, do exactly as I say and your dog won’t be hurt,’” Thomas said.
The phone number used to send these menacing messages is used by Jordan.
Thomas texted back trying to get more information and comply with the demands.
The text messages escalated, culminating with one claiming, “I’m not playing a game here, we are doing it my way not your way… If you don’t do exactly as you’re told the next few messages will be of your friend slowly getting tortured to death.”
On Oct. 24, the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a local citizen reporting a dead dog’s body lying by railroad tracks.
According to the sheriff’s office, “The Thomas’ were contacted and confirmed the recovered dog was Jagger. After examination, it is believed that the dog was killed and placed on the tracks, after which it was struck by a passing train.”
Thomas feels like she’s lost a family member.
A few days after the tip about the body, other witnesses contacted the sheriff’s office claiming they saw Jagger at Clark’s home. The sheriff’s office then obtained a warrant and searched the house and Clark’s car. Officers arrested him on Nov. 1.
Clark provided information leading to Jordan’s arrest.
Thomas suspected Jordan was involved after he showed up at her house with his girlfriend the day Jagger went missing. The couple had come to pick up baby supplies that Thomas had purchased as a gift for the couple after meeting them at a neighbor’s home.
Jagger was last seen in Thomas’ driveway, where Jordan was waiting for his girlfriend while she was inside the Thomas home.
The sheriff’s office said the case may not be closed.
“The investigation is continuing as deputies await the results from the crime lab,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement. “There remains the possibility of additional arrests and additional charges for those arrested.”
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A bad combination of not very bright kids, probable drug addiction, cruel and abusive minds. I hope they throw the book at them and anyone else who was involved.
Posted by: whatever | November 2, 2011, 10:11 pm 10:11 pm
how can people do this to a dog the dog didnt do anything i thing they deserve alot of charges and i hope they find everyone involved and hope this is a message to everyone that this is not cool i dont care if u hate dogs why be mean to them
Posted by: f | November 2, 2011, 10:21 pm 10:21 pm
sickening. poor handsome baby. I hope the additional charges include felony animal cruelty and that they rot in jail.
Posted by: ana | November 2, 2011, 10:29 pm 10:29 pm
Unfortunate there is the amendment against cruel and unual punishment. I would just position both so a passing train cuts off their arms, legs, and reproduction piece. Then leave em to bleedout and broadcast on You Tube.
Posted by: Just sayin | November 2, 2011, 10:38 pm 10:38 pm
Do you know how many children go missing every single day? Do you know how many people go missing? Do you know how many people and children die? WHY IS THIS NEWS? This is ridiculous ABC. Seriously. It was a dog. No wonder the US as fallen so far.
Posted by: T | November 2, 2011, 11:20 pm 11:20 pm
is hell too good for these creeps?
Posted by: barbie cross | November 2, 2011, 11:23 pm 11:23 pm
Just sayin: Kiss off! For some people who can not have children, dogs are their children and this woman lost her dog to some dumb, stupid people. Who are you to critize someone for loving a pet and being outraged that this happened. Maybe if people would learn to treat everything and everyone with respect this US that has “fallen so far” could gain a better handle on the sanctity of all life.
Posted by: Bulldog Owner | November 2, 2011, 11:36 pm 11:36 pm
I’d throw their butts in jail and leave them there for a long, long time. Freaking idiots!!
Posted by: Karen Lee | November 2, 2011, 11:48 pm 11:48 pm
T:, Yeah, it was a DOG; a sentient, living, feeling, BEING. (With, according to some estimates, cognitive abilities on a par or close to a human toddler). Sure, thousands of children and adults STARVE to death every DAY on this planet while we destroy food to keep prices high and/or tolerate corrupt governments and others are abused, exploited, abducted, murdered, killed in wars we wage….that sad fact doesn’t mean we can’t see THIS crime as the vicious travesty it is.
A desensitization to cruelty and killing, be it of an “animal” (other than a human animal) or some human we consider “less” than us, erodes our humanity in general.
If you don’t want to read this NEWS, which is, FTR, both coverage of a CRIME and a HUMAN INTEREST story (since the crime has affected PEOPLE), move on.
Posted by: Raven | November 2, 2011, 11:51 pm 11:51 pm
“The US has fallen so far?” Serial killers often start with abusing and killing animals. If they had been successful at dognapping they would have likely moved on to more lucrative KIDnapping. The woman had bought them baby gifts! Who does that to someone who bought you baby supplies!? Also the dude had a BABY! Imagine what kind of dad he would be!? Who would do that to a disabled woman? Sick people. That poor woman and her poor dog! Thank God they caught these maniacs before they move on children!
Posted by: Human | November 3, 2011, 12:53 am 12:53 am
These sick sadistic people need to go to jail and be in a cell with bubba and 10 of his best convicts. I hope they get what they deserve in prison for this heartless sadistic acts. I cannot even imagine the dog owner and the feelings she must be going through. I am a firm believer that bad people get the come uppance… it may take some time.. Maybe they should be tortured and thrown on the train tracks like the poor dog. Scum of the earth!
Posted by: SickOfBigGovernment | November 3, 2011, 1:05 am 1:05 am
This whole thing sickens me. The poor lady was trying to do something nice for one of those scumbags and he turns around and steals her dog, threatens it, and then kills it. And this guy fathered a kid but he was to caught up in his need to get drugs to care about anyone else but himself and his addiction. What a disguisting human being.
Posted by: Paula | November 3, 2011, 2:18 am 2:18 am
Hell is to good for these people. What really gauls me is that this lady was being good to them by purchasing baby gifts for them. The really scary thing is that they are going to be parents. If the girlfriend is charged, social services should get involved because of the child. If someone will abuse an animal the child will be next.
Posted by: Salli Gallagher | November 3, 2011, 3:32 am 3:32 am
They need to throw these idiots under the train too! IDIOTS poor dog :((( This is the most cruel thing I’ve heard in a while I’m so sick to my stomach right now…
Posted by: Ben | November 3, 2011, 4:28 am 4:28 am
I think the people that are involved with the torturing of this poor dog, should be slowly tortured themselves. the poor defenseless dog. SHAME ON THEM!!!! I HOPE THEY GET BACK WHAT THEY DISHED OUT.
Posted by: Rita | November 3, 2011, 5:33 am 5:33 am
Beavis and Butthead – all grown up.
Posted by: Tom | November 3, 2011, 6:34 am 6:34 am
JustSayin – Really? Really? that’s what you took from this story? Not that these evil people were about to bring a baby into a home where this mindset is in play? Not that this poor woman was doing them a kindness and was horribly harmed in thanks. I could go on and on but I think what I want most if I ever go crazy and do something this dark and hateful is that I have a jury of small minded in the box thinkers like you.
Posted by: Lee | November 3, 2011, 7:31 am 7:31 am
I do not condone violence on animals or people. I am just saying animals die horribly everyday, why is this on a news site? Jeez. Why do we not ever hear that the US has the 2nd largest population of poor children in the world? Why don’t we hear about the white collar crime that occurs every single day? But we hear about this poor dog (yes i have feelings for animals). It’s all a part of the media trying to keep our minds off the more important things. Leaving the US citizens in the ignorance it breeds.
Posted by: T | November 3, 2011, 7:41 am 7:41 am
To the individual who felt this wasn’t news & that it was nothing more than a dog… I sincerely hope you suffer the same fate as the dog did. You are the exact reason I prefer animals over most people. They don’t have a cruel & uncaring heart such as yours. You are the perfect example of a someone who’st lost site of what life is all about. You are truly a piece of crap!!!!
Posted by: George | November 3, 2011, 7:55 am 7:55 am
Just Sayin: That was one of the most insensitive and ignorant things to say!!! How completely heartless!!! You must make your mother very proud!!! And we DO hear all about what is wrong with the world these days via media outlets…and this just so happens to be one of them…so for all you people who think there are more important things to read about…then go read those stories….and stop trying to pass your ignorance on to everyone else!!! All of the heartless comments are completely useless!!! IMy heart goes out to the Thomas’ ! I am very sorry you have to deal with the darker side of humanity…but I do think that God is protecting your dog now!!!!
Posted by: KLMorello | November 3, 2011, 8:26 am 8:26 am
This dog was tortued to death- decapitated and not by the moving train. The owner had her own autopsy report done. Jagger would have been 3 years old this month.
What makes me sick is that the person who called and said they saw Jagger at there house could have saved his life has they just called when it first happened NOT AFTER THEY FIND THE BODY OF A DEFENSELESS DOG. That person should be locked up too
Posted by: Danielle | November 3, 2011, 1:04 pm 1:04 pm
So sad. R.i.p Jagger. So sorry about the despicable inhuman beings who took you away from your family and killed you.
Posted by: doglover | November 3, 2011, 4:15 pm 4:15 pm
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. – Gandhi. These drones have neither greatness nor moral fiber. They are scum without redeeming qualities who need to be locked away from society for a long, long time. My condolences to Jagger’s owner. Props to the law enforcement officers who didn’t treat this as a throwaway case. Please, take these wastes of human cytoplasm off the streets.
Posted by: The Old Wolf | November 3, 2011, 7:03 pm 7:03 pm
If you do a little research, you’ll find that this poor, innocent, and beautiful creature was tortured to death with a hammer. If there’s any justice in the world, I hope those who hurt and killed him get their dose of serious and vicious karma.
BTW: It started with Jagger’s owner giving the dog killer’s pregnant girlfriend a baby gift. They saw the dog and took him after she did such a nice thing. Scary that such pieces of crap are procreating. Such scum shouldn’t be allowed to procreate, ever, as they’re only polluting the planet with loser genes.
Posted by: Dove | November 4, 2011, 1:22 am 1:22 am
If you don’t like dogs and don’t think they deserve news coverage, why are you even taking the time to comment. Can’t you just move on ot the next news story and keep your nasty, ignorant comments to yourself?
Posted by: Heather | November 4, 2011, 6:56 pm 6:56 pm
What kind of piece of crap steals a poor dog and tortures it? I hope the 2 losers and whoever else was involved (or sat by & watched it happen) gets what they deserve from the other inmates.
CPS better take the kid when it’s born or it will turn out just as bad.
Posted by: Jack | November 5, 2011, 4:44 am 4:44 am