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\nMissing police K9 found dead<\/p>\n
A police K9 that disappeared Monday night has been found dead.The Mt. Vernon-Lisbon Police Department said its K9 Officer Monster disappeared from his handler\u2019s home after 10 p.m. Monday. That prompted a search with drones that turned up empty.At around 10:14 a.m. on Tuesday, first responders found a dog\u2019s body submerged in a partially ice-covered pond in the 900 block of Willow Lane in Lisbon.The Mount Vernon Fire Department recovered the dog, which was later confirmed to be K9 Officer Monster.\u201cK9 Officer Monster has served on our department for the past 7 years and has made an impact on every officer, staff members, and the entire community,\u201d Mt. Vernon-Lisbon Police Chief Douglas Shannon said in a statement. \u201cK9 Monster was a tremendous asset to our department and the community he served.\u201dAccording to the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun, the handler let the dog out for a bathroom break, but then discovered the dog was missing a short time later.\u201cMonster has just been a paramount part of our police department, and he is going to be greatly missed,\u201d MVLPD Chief Doug Shannon told the newspaper. \u201cHe really touched every one he came in contact with, and it\u2019s made for some heavy hearts in our department today.\u201dChief Shannon said the department plans to replace Monster with a new K9 Officer, but is uncertain how long that might take.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died \u2013 2\/25\/25 Missing police K9 found dead A police K9 that disappeared Monday night has been found dead.The Mt. Vernon-Lisbon Police Department said its K9 Officer Monster disappeared from his handler\u2019s home after 10 p.m. Monday. That prompted a search with drones that turned up empty.At around 10:14 a.m. on Tuesday, first responders found …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[42],"class_list":["post-17589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-ia"],"yoast_head":"\n