Sayreville Woman Starved Dog To Death, Prosecutor Says

SAYREVILLE, NJ — A Sayreville woman is charged with starving her dog to death after she went away on New Year's Eve and didn't return to the home until the first week of February.

The 34-year-old woman left food for her dog, Lady, a female Pomeranian, but it was not enough, said the Middlesex County Prosecutor. The animal starved to death. It remains unclear who found the deceased animal.

Nora L. Seay, 34, of Sayreville, was indicted this week by a Middlesex County grand jury on charges of causing bodily injury resulting in the death to a living animal by failing to provide necessary care.

Sayreville police say that Seay left Lady at her home on December 31, 2018 and failed to come back until the first week of February 2019. There was not a sufficient amount of food and water left for the dog in order for it to survive during her long absence, said police.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Sergeant Daniel Ellmeyer of the Sayreville Police Department at (732) 727-4444, or Detective Jason Mendelson of the Middlesex
County Prosecutor’s Office at (732)745- 5948.