KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police in Lenexa are asking for the public’s help in locating a woman in connection with an animal cruelty investigation.
Surveillance captured the woman walking a 2-year-old male, gray and white pit bull, on June 16, 2025, around the area of Sante Fe Trail Drive and Rosehill Road.
During the walk, the woman can be seen striking the dog multiple times. Police say the dog suffered injuries to its eyes.
The woman later abandons the dog in the 9100 block of Rosehill Road. Police say the woman was seen walking in the Old Town Lenexa area shortly before abandoning the dog.
Police later located the dog, which they described as friendly. The dog was taken to Great Plains SPCA, where it is available for adoption.
Anyone with information about the woman is asked to call Lenexa Animal Control at 913-477-7385.
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