The officer sat down with Mark to take a statement. “Take me through what happened this evening.”
“Well, I was visiting Nicole in the hospital and I dozed off. I woke up later than I wanted to. Anyway, I went home to take care of the animals and stuff,” Mark told him.
“What time did you get there?” the officer asked.
“Oh, probably close to ten. It was dark already, I know that.”
“Okay. What happened after you got there?”
“Uh, I walked up to the house and opened the door to let Bentley out.”
“And that’s the German Shepherd?” the officer clarified as he took notes.
“Yes. I walked to the gate to take care of the horses while Bentley ran around the yard. I closed the gate and as I walked to the barn Bentley started acting really weird,” Mark told him.
“What was he doing?”
“He started
