Keywords: small business big heart amsterdam n.y. ny new york ghost town ghosttown dead city upstate real-estate realestate abandoned toxic waste hazardous rape sex offender offenders criminal mohawk valley mall 12010 blacks african american capitol region capital albany troy schenectady cruelty abuse buddhist monks restaurant religion religious intolerance intolerant discrimination people urban decay heroin drugs narcotics dog dogs robbery florida animal outdoor Town of Florida - What the Krohn Family came home to inside their rural Montgomery County farmhouse was both unsettling and unspeakably cruel -- their two precious Goldendoodle dogs, Kirby and Quigley, were motionless on the floor, both of them gunshot victims. "Kirby was still alive, breathing, and gurgling blood and white foam from his mouth," said Rolland Krohn, son of homeowner Denise. "There was a puddle of blood around him and there were two gun casings on the rug at the doorway when I got home." Even for a veteran police investigator, the crime scene was mind-boggling and evil-minded. "I've been on the job for 18 years and I've never seen anybody do this," said Senior Investigator Joseph Kilmartin of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department. "It seems like to go there with a weapon, I haven't seen that often when someone does a burglary. They seemed like they knew the dogs were there." For someone to steal flat screen televisions, laptop computers, and jewelry is fairly common, Kilmartin says, but to do it between 6 and 8:30 p.m. on a weekday when people are typically home, that's a bit unusual. "You don't see a lot of burglaries at night," Kilmartin points out, "This is a little rare because of the time of day unless they were watching the house. I personally don't think this was a random act. I think this was set up and they knew what house they were going to hit." Kilmartin says he's fairly certain the burglars knew the dogs were inside, although the motive remains a mystery. Town of Florida - What the Krohn Family came home to inside their rural Montgomery County farmhouse was both unsettling and unspeakably cruel -- their two precious Goldendoodle dogs, Kirby and Quigley, were motionless on the floor, both of them gunshot victims. "Kirby was still alive, breathing, and gurgling blood and white foam from his mouth," said Rolland Krohn, son of homeowner Denise. "There was a puddle of blood around him and there were two gun casings on the rug at the doorway when I got home." Even for a veteran police investigator, the crime scene was mind-boggling and evil-minded. "I've been on the job for 18 years and I've never seen anybody do this," said Senior Investigator Joseph Kilmartin of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department. "It seems like to go there with a weapon, I haven't seen that often when someone does a burglary. They seemed like they knew the dogs were there." For someone to steal flat screen televisions, laptop computers, and jewelry is fairly common, Kilmartin says, but to do it between 6 and 8:30 p.m. on a weekday when people are typically home, that's a bit unusual. "You don't see a lot of burglaries at night," Kilmartin points out, "This is a little rare because of the time of day unless they were watching the house. I personally don't think this was a random act. I think this was set up and they knew what house they were going to hit." Kilmartin says he's fairly certain the burglars knew the dogs were inside, although the motive remains a mystery. |