Toni Duckworth said her house was first broken into on March 3. When she came home that day, she found her back door kicked in, and her television and her dog gone. Harley, the 3-year-old Maltese, was found in a neighborhood nearby.
Duckworth filed a police report.
On April 25, Duckworth's home was invaded again.
She began to think the robbers weren't looking for quick cash -- this was personal.
Again, the back door was forced open. Only Harley was gone. Nothing was stolen.
The dog was found in the middle of the road at West 43rd Street and Southwest Trafficway, as if he had been hit by a car.
A passer-by picked him up and took him to the Mission MedVet, where the veterinarian told Duckworth the dog had been strangled and kicked to death.
When police investigated the break-in, officers said it appeared that the home invader killed the little ound dog upstairs at Duckworth's house.
A witness told police he saw a man loading the television into a red van in the first break-in.