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We first showed you last week the pictures, on the right, of 7-year-old Missy, skinned alive in Benton. In the days that followed, we received almost 50 e-mails from all over the country. On the Topix website, there's a blog with more than 500 messages from across the world.
One is from Elizabeth Gunn of Little Rock. ?We are way behind, and I think that people are finally realizing that and maybe getting motivated to get up and do something,? she says.
Each message is filled with disgust over the heinous crime, and each one demands police find whoever is responsible and arrest them.
Saline County Sheriff Phil Mask says, "It behooves me that this is only a misdemeanor crime. This needs to be a felony charge for what that did to this poor dog."
Sheri J. from Minneapolis says, "We are all feeling so helpless here, wringing our hands, feeling horrible at what has happened."
Janelle in Chicago writes, "For the sake of all animals. No animal/pet needs to ever go through this kind of torture. I speak for those who do not have a voice!!"
Dee Green owned Missy, but the entire Shaw Community loved her. Victor Smith says he fed Missy when she came around.
"Anybody that would do that to an animal could just as easily do it to a kid because they don't of a heart of any kind," explains Smith. Friday night, Smith hung up flyers around Saline County asking for any information.
?Maybe someone will recognize her and they might even turn them in you know? That's what we're hoping for," he says.
The reward started out at $1,500, but in just seven days, it's jumped to nearly $5,000. The goal is to reach $8,000 by this weekend. Concerned animal lovers say it's the least they can do for the dog the vet couldn't save because of the torture she endured.
There are no suspects. State police have been called into investigate.
You can donate to the Missy's Fund at any Bank of America. If you have information on this crime, you're asked to contact the Saline County Sherriff?s Department at 501-303-5608.
The crime is punishable with a $1,000 fine and up to a year in jail.
