By Ashley Jost St. Louis Post-Dispatch

HILLSBORO, Ill. • The Montgomery County, Ill., Sheriff’s Department is investigating the heat-related death of a K-9 left alone for hours in a patrol car.

Undersheriff Rick Robbins said the dog’s death on Sunday has devastated the K-9’s handler.

Robbins thinks that an alarm system in the car that was supposed to monitor the temperature malfunctioned. He estimates the dog was alone in the car for several hours before he was found.

“We think there were two malfunctions,” Robbins said. “One was with the vehicle and the other with the alarm that we bought.”
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