Died – July 2015<\/p>\n
Gideon police believe poison caused K-9’s death<\/p>\n
For almost three months, city officials in Gideon, Missouri say they\u2019ve been investigating the death of the police department\u2019s K-9, Trexx. They believe someone intentionally killed the dog and hope someone else comes forward with information.\u201cWe do have a couple of people that we are watching very closely right now,\u201d said Mayor Toby Jordan. Back in July, Police Chief Josh Roberts believes someone broke into the city\u2019s kennel and poisoned Trexx overnight. Chief Roberts said the Missouri State Highway Patrol is examining Trexx\u2019s dog bowls to see if he might have been poisoned. Since the dog\u2019s death, there have been a number of rumors circulating around town as to what might of lead to Trexx\u2019s death. Mayor Toby Jordan said keeping information about the investigation private was part of a strategy. \u201cWe decided to keep it quiet in hoping someone in the area, community would talk because we know that there are people out there that know who the person is that did this,\u201d he said. The three year old K-9 worked to sniff out narcotics during drug busts in communities around southeast Missouri, but was a family companion to the department and loved throughout the community. \u201cI don\u2019t know what I could have done to prevent it,\u2019 said Mayor Jordan. The city was able to purchase the dog last year from donations collected from the city that totaled more than $6,000. Trexx was with the department for a year when he died.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died – July 2015 Gideon police believe poison caused K-9’s death For almost three months, city officials in Gideon, Missouri say they\u2019ve been investigating the death of the police department\u2019s K-9, Trexx. They believe someone intentionally killed the dog and hope someone else comes forward with information.\u201cWe do have a couple of people that we …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-mo"],"yoast_head":"\n