WEST LINN, Ore. (AP) — Police called to a West Linn, Ore., rental home found the female tenant dead and the house teeming with pets, many of them dead or dying.
Sgt. Neil Hennelly said Thursday evening it was not yet known how or when the woman died. Police checked the home Thursday after the landlord was unable to contact the tenant, thought to be in her 60s. She was not immediately identified.
Hennelly said officers didn’t know how many dogs, cats and birds were in the house. He described animal feces “a foot deep on the floor.”
The Oregon Humane Society is helping in the investigation in the community south of Portland.
