A Missouri woman has admitted to stealing and burning her mom’s dog alive as a sacrifice in a sick ritual, according to authorities.
The 29-year-old woman, Brianna Lynn Lingo, was apprehended in Randolph County last Thursday after her mom phoned 911 to report her for killing her dog, according to a probable cause statement obtained by ABC 17.
Shocked police officers discovered the body of the half-burned terrier mix in the courtyard firepit, the report said.
The mom, who was not identified, told officers that her daughter told her she had burned the helpless pooch as part of “a ritual sacrifice,” according to the police report, which did not elaborate, the outlet said.
Lingo twice admitted it, including after being read her rights, Moberly’s chief of police, Troy Link, told the outlet.
“It’s pretty much a straightforward case,” said the police chief, who had no recollection of other such cases in the city just north of Columbia.
Lingo was charged with two felonies: stealing an animal as well as animal abuse “by torture and/or mutilation while the animal was alive,” court records show.
She is being held in Randolph County Jail on a $5,000 cash bond ahead of a hearing scheduled for next Tuesday, court records show.
