By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Chehalis police this morning report the 8-week-old Chihuahua that went missing from the Wal-Mart parking lot last week turned up safe and sound.
[1]An officer called on Wednesday afternoon was told by its owner the puppy fell from his his vehicle while he was setting items inside of it, and when he went to retrieve her, she was nowhere to be found. Witnesses said they saw a man with a backpack pick it up and put it in his jacket.
Chehalis Police Department spokesperson Linda Bailey said this morning the owner was talked to over the weekend and apparently the little dog was found when it came crawling out from under his vehicle’s seat.
Bailey said it wasn’t clear if the one-pound pup had been hiding there the whole time or if perhaps whoever picked it up had put it back in the vehicle while the owner was looking around. She said she also didn’t know how much time passed before the pet was located.
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For background, read “Dognapping outside Wal-Mart” from Thursday April 9, 2015, here [2]