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Sheriff: Cantonment Man Killed His Daughter’s Dogs By Locking Them In A Hot Car For Days
July 8, 2022
A Cantonment man is accused of killing his daughter’s dogs by locking them in a hot car for days while she was out of town.
Felton Charles Henderson, 72, was charged with felony animal cruelty causing death, pain and suffering. He was booked into the Escambia County Jail Friday morning with bond set at $45,000.
According to Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons, a woman left her three dogs while she went out of town for a few days. She left behind water and food, and did everything appropriately, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
“When she returned after a couple of days, she asked where her dogs were,” Simmons said. “Henderson takes her to a blue Toyota Camry, he opens the doors, and he pulls out three dead dogs.” Henderson did not say anything before gathering a few items from the garage and leaving, according to an arrest report.
The sheriff said it was apparent he locked the dogs in the car despite the summer heat over the past few days.
“You can imagine the suffering they (the dogs) probably went through,” Simmons added.
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39 Responses to “Sheriff: Cantonment Man Killed His Daughter’s Dogs By Locking Them In A Hot Car For Days”
OMG, why would anyone think that frying three living breathing animals is OK? RIP all three of this girl’s babies. I’m disgusted, appalled at FCH and demand that he is severely punished which he more than deserves. Jail him for a few years, fine him a huge amount and ban him from having or being around animals.
Y’all make excuses. It doesn’t matter she trusted her father. He made a decision. He is the only one responsible. He needs spend time in jail.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with this man. Evil to the core. If he didn’t want anything to do with his daughters dogs then he should have said that. Bond should be set way higher for the simple fact he did something to someone that could not defend themselves and he knew that. Poor dogs didn’t even know what was going on they probably thought they were going to go for a ride. Smdh.
OK maybe the daughter did not know but maybe she should have known something about how her father was.
Anyway I feel for those poor dogs. I am a dog owner and dog lover and I am very choosey with whom I leave my dog.
@ Bewildered…
“THE DAUGHTER KNEW”???
If the daughter knew..
Being you know by your tea leaf reading..means you knew..being you know what other people know.
Throw your abundance of ignorance in the trash and think about what you said.
Perhaps you need to be deposed being you know so much.
Makes you an accomplice..being you knew what she knew allegedly.
Praying for better human intelligence than that.
@Sherry I’m going to tell you that a dog is a living breathing animal it suffers and feels pain just like you maybe you need to be locked up in a hot car and then say oh they are just dogs they have emotions just like we do only they are more caring than most humans . Just Saying!!
No I’m just saying sometimes we make bad decisions. The man is at fault and needs to have his butt kicked,
The dogs died the first day and he left them to decompose for 3 days in his closed up vehicle in 90 degree heat! Hello!!! If that is not mental illness what is? Criminal insanity all his life or irrational behavior due to mental decline ? The daughter knew, so either way I would have found another person to care for the dogs
Lock his sorry butt in a vehicle in the hot sun for a few days, with his hands and feet bound together. If he makes it. then put him in jail. If he doesn’t…oh well..
@George
Please stop the shade on the lady as to it was perhaps her fault.
She and the poor dogs are the victims.
You make it sound like its perhaps her fault.
Good lord man!
@CARL
Absolutely! Most of the time it isn’t a mental issue. It’s strictly a bad person doing horrible things and people try writing it off as psychiatric problem.
I wonder if she should have known better than to leave her dogs with him in the 1st place.
@Good grief yes, they DO) need to be punished as if these were humans. If you remove the “type” of victim from the equation, you still have a sadistic, sociopathic waste of skin who WILL do this to a human…. all of his mental boundaries are gone.
The personification of Evil. He needs to be checked for mental problems
In society today people simplify things like this and people killing each other as a mental illness issue.
May be…
No one remembers pure evil and disregard for human and animal life.
The mental illness is way way society makes itself feel safe as treatable.
This man needs about a 10 year timeout and cant possess or be near any animal or weapon ever.
Trust him all you want..then carry your child over for him to watch over.
Pure hardcore evil.
I haven’t seen Felton in over 20 years, but we were associated thru an organization. I have never seen anything in his demeanor that would indicate he would act in this manner. As horrendous as this is to me, I would not throw him into the pit, or worse as has been suggested. I believe there is some type of medical problem that needs to be addressed.
I wonder what her childhood was like with a person that noncaring.
I have a dog that sits on the couch between my husband and I. We love him. But there is a signal here. There is a health or mental problem that needs to be checked. Please get this man help.
Amen @Nick. I tried to post something along those lines but I didn’t have the right words to publicly express. Thank you for saying it so well. It is purely sad and terrible that there is so much evil and ultimate hatred in this world.
For those of you saying that killing an animal is not the same as killing a human, just imagine the disregard for life, malice and pure evil that when through this man’s mind while he corralled these dogs into that car and left them there for days. I don’t imagine that a man who would go out of his way to do such a thing would hesitate for one second to harm a human being. Evil is evil regardless of the victim.
Sherry I disagree with you they are not just dogs they breath and feel pain just like you maybe someone needs to lock you in that hot car for a few hours and let you see how it feels.They felt the same thing you would feel pain so you go get a life! YOUR PATHETIC as a person!
That’s so sad and sick why can’t y’all just lock him in a car for 3 days let him go out the same way the dogs did that girl should have beat his u know what
@Sherry, easy girl humans and animals are entirely different. This man was definitely wrong and should be punished but it’s not like killing a human.
PURE EVIL ! ! !
This just makes me sick. As a owner of a senior hospice rescue for dogs this just makes my stomach turn. I’ve got 8 neglected and unwanted chihuahuas and Doxies and have had as many as 14 at one time. I work three jobs to afford their care so they can have a good life for whatever time they have left. Just when I think I’ve seen it all I’m proven wrong. Just heartbroken
Said thing is there is no repercussions for this crime other than A mental evaluation, fine of some sort, possibly short term probation that is it. The laws have to change.
Hope he shares a cell with a very large, mean dog lover.
If only I could sit on whatever jury tries him.
Too bad there’s no death penalty for animal cruelty-hope he rots in hell!
Sounds like early-onset Alzheimer disease or dementia. Wait till the facts are in.
Put that S.O.B in a car for 3 days..windows closed up
He don’t need a bond he needs the death penalty for murder that’s like killing a human
Hope they crucify the b*stard!!
There must be more to this situation than we know at this time. I wish he would have just taken them to the shelter instead of being so cruel to them. This makes me sick to read. I hope we see stronger animal cruelty laws for situations like this. Rest in peace you poor defenseless pups.
What a sorry excuse of a human being. Poor helpless animals suffering
Karma is going to come back around strong for this monster!
My heart goes out to the dog owner.some senior citizen just can’t handle pets.when your young it’s different.was this a fence in yard?was the pets trying to get out of the yard?did she leave a number he could called.does he have health issue to keep him from going after the dogs if they got out?
This is sick. He deserves nothing less than to be placed with the biggest, scariest, male rapist in jail and locked in and left alone. Let him feel that heat. People like him are a waste of oxygen and all of our resources.
Just when I’m ready to say “that was the most terrible thing I’ve ever heard all day”, along comes someone to prove me wrong. He actually looks pretty pleased with himself.
WHY?????????
There’s a special place in hell for this one….
Sounds like to me he has serious mental issues!!! Nobody I’ve seen lately is that non-caring !!! Or he’s completely stupid !!! Hope it not because he wants some type of revenge again DONT know yet but there is definitely a big problem !!!!!