Trainer Charged In Death Of Ex-Patriot Jerod Mayo’s Dog

CRANSTON, R.I. — The mystery of what happened Jerod Mayo's English bulldog Knox has been solved with tragic results.

The R.I. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals announced Sunday that Amelia Ferreira of Cranston has been charged with obstruction for concealing evidence related to the investigation.

Ferreira, a dog trainer, originally told police that she was walking Knox and another dog around Joe's Rock in Wrentham when Knox "simply vanished" while she was attending to the other dog. At the time, Wrentham Police call the circumstances of Knox's disappearance mysterious, noting that there was no blood or fur around the area where the dog supposedly went missing and the fact that English Bulldogs are not known for running due to their short legs and poor cardio.

"Unfortunately, the answers we prayed for regarding Knox aren’t ones we were ready to face," Mayo said on Instagram.

The RISPCA said in a release that the body of Knox was found inside Ferreira's home in the Edgewood neighborhood of Cranston and alleged that Ferreira is responsible for the dog's death. The former Patriots star went further and stated that Knox's body was found in a trash bag inside a closet.

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"It’s disgusting and inhumane that a company full of 'dog lovers' would hide a family pet in a closet for two months and compulsively lie and send us on a wild goose hunt and our kids on an emotional rollercoaster. Staging him running away, him being stolen, even him drowning having us knocking on doors sending us false leads as we searched two states," Mayo wrote. "We’ve hired scuba teams, private investigators, lawyers and more when they knew they had him in their home in a trash bag tucked away the whole two months."

Evidence revealed that Ferreira has known the whereabouts of Knox’s body for several weeks and intentionally concealed his body from authorities, according to the RISPCA.

The cause of death is not known and more charges may follow pending the results of a necropsy.

Image via Wrentham Police Department