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Missing FL Puppy Found Dead After $10K Reward Offered For Safe Return
Kayce, a 6-month-old female Saint Bernard in Vero Beach, had been missing since June 4. Police said she possibly drowned.
VERO BEACH, FL — A Florida woman's desperate search for her missing puppy has come to a sad end.
Kayce, a 6-month-old female Saint Bernard in Vero Beach, had been missing since June 4. Her owner, Melanie Stavert, offered a $10,000 reward for her safe return home.
On Thursday, she posted on Facebook that her dog had been found dead in a neighbor's backyard.
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The Vero Beach Police Department also confirmed Kayce's death.
"Sadly Kayce has been located deceased due to possible drowning," the department posted to Facebook.
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The circumstances leading up to Kayce's discovery was not immediately disclosed.
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Stavert originally told WPTV that the day Kayce disappeared, she went under a fence with the family's older dog. The older dog returned; however, Kayce never did.
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