Upshur County Officials Investigate Dog Carcasses

GILMER — Upshur County officials are investigating after carcasses of three dogs were found under a bridge east of Gilmer. That’s according to KETK and the Longview News-Journal. The discovery occurred Monday under the Cypress Creek Bridge at Farm Road 726 and State Highway 154, Upshur County Sheriff’s Capt. Gary Roberts said Tuesday. One of the dogs was found in a black garbage bag, one in a feed sack and the other was lying out in the open, Roberts said. The three dogs, which are believed to be mixed breeds, were severely decomposed, he said. Roberts said investigators could not tell whether the dogs had been shot, or died of natural causes and were left under the bridge to decompose.