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<\/p>\n“Alba Chavez believed they were demons,” Martin County Sheriff’s Office says<\/p>\n
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One woman is in custody after what the Marin County Sheriff’s Office described as a “disturbing animal cruelty case” at a home in a Hobe Sound Mobile Home Park.<\/p>\n
Alba Chavez, 37, was arrested after they found she buried at least four of her cats alive in her yard “because she believed they were demons,” the sheriff’s office said Thursday night.<\/p>\n
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Patrol deputies and investigators with MCSO Animal Services went to the home in the 11,000 block of Southeast Federal Highway. <\/p>\n
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Location of Hobe Sound Mobile Home Park.<\/p>\n
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They are digging up portions of the property after Chavez told them about the burials, the agency said.<\/p>\n
Deputies tried to rescue the animals and were able to save two of the cats, but two others \ufffcwere found deceased. <\/p>\n
At least eight more cats were found alive inside the home, MCSO told WPBF’s Ari Hait at the scene.<\/p>\n
Chavez is in custody and will face multiple counts of aggravated animal cruelty, the sheriff’s office said.<\/p>\n
“This is an active investigation, and deputies are continuing to search the property,” the agency said.<\/p>\n