Michael Konschak told authorities he killed and skinned what he thought were two coyotes, but later discovered they were a Connecticut family's pet German shepherds.
A hunter is facing chargesafter he allegedly skinned and beheaded two pet German shepherds he claims to have killed after mistaking the pet dogs for coyotes.
Michael Konschak, 61, of Carmel, New York, appeared for a hearing in Danbury Superior Court on Wednesday following his arrest in February for the deaths of a family’s two 10-year-old German shepherds, named Cimo and Lieben. "Please know that it was never my intent that morning to harm the victims' pets," Konschak, an Air Force veteran with no criminal record, said aloud in court,Konschak killed the dogs with a crossbow on Nov. 18 after they escaped from the yard of the Caviola family's home in Ridgefield, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
A Connecticut family's two pet German Shepherds, like the one pictured above, were killed, skinned and beheaded by a hunter who claims to have mistaken the dogs for coyotes. Lieben, a female, and Cimo, a male, both 10 years old — got out because a fence was damaged, possibly by a bear, the family said.in nearby property and said he killed what he thought were two coyotes, the affidavit said. His lawyer, Brian Romano, said Konschak skinned the animals for their pelts.trapping of coyotesKonschak was arrested on charges of tampering with evidence, forgery, interfering with a law enforcement officer and hunting-related violations.
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