Margaret Nevils was arrested in Columbia County, Georgia, after deputies found 14 dead dogs in her home, including some in the freezer and refrigerator, on Jan. 4, 2014 (Columbia County Sheriff’s Office)
A welfare check on a woman led to the discovery of 14 dead dogs in a feces-covered home, including some found the freezer and refrigerator.
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia received a phone call from a woman who said she hadn’t seen her neighbor, Margaret Nevils, at her Grovetown home since October 2023, an incident report obtained by Law&Crime says.
Deputies went to the home and looked into a window with the blinds partially pulled up and saw the floor was covered with feces. An emaciated pit bull ran up to the window. A deputy knocked on the door and rang the doorbell but no one came to the door. The deputy went around back and looked through a window into the kitchen which showed the floor was covered with feces there as well. The dogs had apparently chewed holes through the walls in the kitchen and garage.
