Donkey Killed
By: Import User
Updated: March 23, 2007
AN ILLINOIS FAMILY IS GRIEVING THE LOSS OF A BELOVED PET TONIGHT.
THE FAMILY OWNS A DONKEY FARM, AND SOMEBODY SHOT AND KILLED ONE OF THEIR ANIMALS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT... NOW THEY WANT JUSTICE.
FOX 7S NICHOLE BERLIE WAS IN ALBION ALL DAY AND HAS THE FAMILYS REACTION.
CATHY MARKMAN OF ALBION SAYS HER FAMILY PETS ARE A LITTLE UNUSUAL...BUT SHE LOVES THEM JUST THE SAME. MARKMAN OWNS A DONKEY FARM..AND SAYS THE FOUR LEGGED ANIMALS ARE LIKE PART OF THE FAMILY. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARKMANS FAMILY WAS DEVASTATED TO WAKE UP AND FIND ONE OF THE DONKEYS...NAMED GORGEOUS...HAD BEEN KILLED. WHAT CONCERNS MARKMAN MOST IS THAT THE BULLET WENT COMPLETELY THROUGH THE 11-HUNDRED POUND ANIMAL...AND KEPT GOING. KATHY AND HER HUSBAND HAVE BEEN RAISING DONKEYS FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS AND CANT BELIEVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED...SO THEYRE OFFERING A $500 REWARD FOR ANYONE WHO CAN HELP FIND GORGEOUS KILLER. MARKMAN KNOWS AN ARREST WONT BRING GORGEOUS BACK, BUT IT WILL MAKE HER...AND HER GRANDCHILDREN...FEEL BETTER.
THE EDWARDS COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS SO FAR - THERE ARE NO SUSPECTS.
IN ALBION, NICHOLE BERLIE FOX 7 NEWS."
IN ADDITION TO THE MARKMAN FAMILYS 500-DOLLAR REWARD... EDWARDS COUNTY CRIMESTOPPERS IS ALSO OFFERING A REWARD FOR INFORMATION ON THE KILLING.
