Guess what's going on in the middle of the night when a docile dog suddenly goes crazy and bites his mistress to death? Good guys, I'm afraid you can't imagine that there is such a shocking inside story hidden behind this! On that night in September 1998, this bizarre murder case occurred in Ohio, and the results of the investigation were shocking and shocked the whole United States.
At first, the situation on the scene seemed nothing more ordinary. Mann, a man calling for help, said that his girlfriend Kaplan was attacked by wild dogs while walking and was seriously injured and near-dead. When the doctor arrived, he saw that the floor was in shambles, and Kaplan was covered under a bloody blanket, for a puzzling reason. As soon as Taliano, a veteran female detective, took over, she felt that there was something else hidden in the case.
Because clues indicate that the crime took place not outdoors, but the bedroom of the Mann family. What Taliano didn't expect was that when she followed the line and investigated deeply, she found that the real murderer was actually Mark, a hybrid dog raised by Mann's family. Not only does Mann hide this, but he also appears to have instructed Mark to attack Kaplan, killing him in his home.
Taliano's stubbornness grew. As a hostess, Kaplan has such a good relationship with Mark, how can he be attacked? Even Mark's attending veterinarian praised it for its docile character. Could it be that Mann really made it all up? In order to get to the bottom of the story, Taliano conducted two experiments. First, ask the expert to compare the tooth marks on Kaplan's body with the tooth marks left by Mark when he gnawed on the meat pieces.
The two are exactly the same! Secondly, the dog trainer was invited to demonstrate on the spot, and Mark really reacted to the dog training equipment. Coupled with the fact that Mark had never had a history of attacking Kaplan, Taliano was convinced that Mann had trained Mark to "kill" and instructed Mark to pounce on Kaplan at a critical moment, leading to the tragedy.
The ensuing court trial refuted all of Mann's quibbles one by one. In the end, the dust settled on the "world's first dog training homicide case", and Mann was sentenced to 15 years in prison. However, Mark, who served as the murder weapon, ended up the worst, and in order to prevent trouble, it was euthanized the day after the trial ended.
Seeing this, you must be slandering in your heart: this author has described it too much, right? It's obviously a simple pet injury case, but it's as thrilling as a vendetta murder case. Okay, let's take a closer look at what happened. In fact, the cause of everything has to start from the night of the murder.
Mann recalls that when he returned home from a dance party with Kaplan, he took sleeping pills to fall asleep due to back pain. Woken up early in the morning by Kaplan from a walk, she said she had been attacked by a wild dog and had been bitten in multiple places. Mann hurriedly checks up, only to find that Kaplan is dying, and before the doctor can arrive, he has died of blood loss.
It sounds like a very ordinary pet injury accident, but Taliano obviously doesn't think so, because there are too many suspicious points at the scene. For example, blood stains are all over the bedroom, which does not match Mann's description of the living room; Another example is that Kaplan is naked, which is really puzzling. More critically, according to the autopsy results, Kaplan had more than 180 deep tooth marks on his body.
And a large number of tranquilizers and marijuana were detected in the body. The drug, while not anesthetic, was enough to make her physically weak and unable to resist the beast's bite. So Taliano's instinct was that Mann was definitely hiding the truth. After many verifications, she gradually locked on Mark, the usually docile domestic dog.
By comparing the tooth marks on the raw meat, it is confirmed that Mark is the murderer who bit Kaplan; Then I asked a canine expert to teach me that Mark had actually received special "attack" training. Once the proposition of Mark as the murderer was established, many doubts were solved. For example, why did Mann move Kaplan from the bedroom to the living room? Apparently to cover up the crime scene.
Another example: Why did Mann hide the truth? Because he instructed Mark to kill, he was deliberately murdering. Peeling back the layers of cocoons, the truth of the matter is finally revealed: Mann gave Mark special training for some unknown purpose, and ordered an attack on Kaplan at a critical time. When Kaplan was dying, he moved him to the living room and made up a wild dog attack.
If it weren't for Taliano's meticulous investigation and irrefutable evidence, I am afraid that this murder would have been covered up in this way. Doesn't that make the whole thing clear? But I wonder if you still have any doubts: why did Mann murder his girlfriend? Have the two ever had conflicts?
During the trial, Mann's defense attorney did make some arguments, such as that Kaplan had epilepsy and that his seizures might have angered Mark; Another example is that the two did have a dispute that night, and they exchanged martial arts, etc. However, these were all refuted by the prosecution one by one. So as for the motive for the crime, we can only rely on speculation.
Some analysts believe that the reason why Mann wants to murder Kaplan may be because the relationship has gradually drifted apart, but he can't make up his mind to break up, so he has to resort to this cruel means. Of course, it may also be that there are some unknown contradictions and entanglements between the two. In any case, under any circumstance deliberately murdering another person, as long as it is not to defend one's own life or the life of another.
are unforgivable felonies. Overall, this bizarre murder that shocked the United States is a reminder that pets are not child's play. Raising them requires not only patience and love, but also the responsibility of educating and managing them. Once you use your pet as an attack weapon, you are playing with fire and setting yourself on fire, and the consequences are unimaginable.
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