Are we that destitute?
SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA (FOX Carolina News) - A
Campobello teen is accused of raping one neighbor's dog and another
neighbor's two little girls. Now the dog has died and charges against
the teen have been upgraded.
After
receiving word that the dog died possibly because of the rape. Fox
Carolina called the Solicitor's office to see if now new charges would
be filed against the teen. An hour later Solicitor Trey Gowdy called to
say that the charges will be upgraded to the "most serious animal
cruelty charges they have on the books."
The
dog's owner Sylvia Jones says, "At first when it happened, I couldn't
eat or sleep every morning I'm waking up thinking Princess is there but
she's not.
Princess's
little dog house is empty now. Sylvia Jones says she died of internal
bleeding this past Sunday because of the rape. "The vet told me she had
a little blood in her urine and that she was bleeding inside."
Sylvia
says she and her husband would not have believed Cory Williamson raped
Princess exactly two weeks to the day she died had they not seen it
with their own eyes.
"When
I got here we were laying on the deck looking at him and he had his
pants down and he was doing sexual activity with the dog like a man
would do to a woman."
The
Jones family says Princess wouldn't eat or play anymore after the
attack. "She (Princess) couldn't even sit down, her bottom was swollen
sore."
Sylvia
says she knows Princess was just a dog, but she wants people to know
that Princess was also a part of her family. A family that now has been
forever changed. "She looked so pitiful. It's sad, there was nothing I
could do for her."
Neighbors
worry that if Williamson is accused of raping a dog and molesting two
girls in the same neighborhood, who knows what might happen next.
Neighbor
Bill Johnson says, "As a community we shouldn't have to watch our kids
every second they're playing. We want him out of this neighborhood."
The
Solicitor's office says it wants to make sure Williamson is out of this
neighborhood while he's awaiting trial on the molestation and dog rape
charges so they are requesting that his bond be revoked. Williamson's
bond hearing will be held next Friday.