dog guards body of suicide victim for 6 weeks

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Tuesday, August 12th 2008, 6:46 PM

 

GREELEY, Colo. - A dog stood guard over her owner's body for up to six

weeks after the man committed suicide on the remote northeastern

Colorado plains, authorities said.

 

The body of 25-year-old Jake Baysinger of La Salle was found Sunday on

the Pawnee National Grasslands about 75 miles northeast of Denver.

Cash, his German shepherd, was found beside him, thin and dehydrated

but still alive. The dog had apparently survived by eating mice and

rabbits, authorities said.

 

The Weld County coroner ruled Baysinger's death a suicide. The cause

of death wasn't immediately determined but authorities found a gun

nearby, the coroner's office said Tuesday.

 

" At least we know it's over now, " said Baysinger's wife, Sara.

" We'd

been looking for my husband for six weeks, and this isn't how we

wanted it to end. At least we can close this. "

 

Baysinger was reported missing June 28. An extensive search failed to

locate him, but Kip Konig, a rancher, saw the dog last weekend, went

to investigate and discovered Baysinger's body and his pickup.

 

He said Cash kept running back to the pickup and jumping into the

front seat.

 

" I got the sense she was trying to tell me where her master was, "

Konig said.

 

Cash was reunited Monday with Sara Baysinger and her 2-year-old son,

Lane. She said her little boy is " very close to that dog " and happy to

see her again.

 

Investigators said the dog probably kept coyotes away from the body.

 

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It's a very sad story - poor girl and baby without him :-( The dog was extremely loyal, and I expect they are pleased to have her back.

 

Jo

 

 

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Thursday, August 14, 2008 6:14 PM

dog guards body of suicide victim for 6 weeks

 

 

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSTuesday, August 12th 2008, 6:46 PMGREELEY, Colo. - A dog stood guard over her owner's body for up to sixweeks after the man committed suicide on the remote northeasternColorado plains, authorities said.The body of 25-year-old Jake Baysinger of La Salle was found Sunday onthe Pawnee National Grasslands about 75 miles northeast of Denver.Cash, his German shepherd, was found beside him, thin and dehydratedbut still alive. The dog had apparently survived by eating mice andrabbits, authorities said.The Weld County coroner ruled Baysinger's death a suicide. The causeof death wasn't immediately determined but authorities found a gunnearby, the coroner's office said Tuesday."At least we know it's over now," said Baysinger's wife, Sara."We'dbeen looking for my husband for six weeks, and this isn't how wewanted it to end. At least we can close this."Baysinger was reported missing June 28. An extensive search failed tolocate him, but Kip Konig, a rancher, saw the dog last weekend, wentto investigate and discovered Baysinger's body and his pickup.He said Cash kept running back to the pickup and jumping into thefront seat."I got the sense she was trying to tell me where her master was,"Konig said.Cash was reunited Monday with Sara Baysinger and her 2-year-old son,Lane. She said her little boy is "very close to that dog" and happy tosee her again.Investigators said the dog probably kept coyotes away from the body.http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/08/12/2008-08-12_dog_guarded_owners_body_after_suicide-2.htmlWith the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.