‘House of horrors’: 125 dead dogs found in S.C. home after years of warnings

GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. - More than 20 calls to 911 and nearly seven years of complaints ended in a gruesome discovery inside one South Carolina home, where deputies say they found 125 dogs dead.When law enforcement finally entered Kimberly and Ralph Moody’s home on July 9, investigators found animal carcasses stuffed inside walls, dead dogs in a bedroom, and dozens of animals living in horrific conditions.The discovery raised questions not only about what happened inside the home, but how it went on for so long despite years of warnings.“My staff said that there was an entire room where they had to go in from outside, and it was full of deceased animals. There were deceased animals in the bedroom where they were sleeping,” said Mindy Tiner, executive director of Saint Frances Animal Center.Tiner was among the animal advocates who responded to the home. She said the smell of urine and feces was overwhelming, and ammonia levels became so high that everyone had to leave while crews broug