Apr 25, 2018 2 min read

A Fallowfield Township man faces numerous charges over accusations he shot and killed his neighbor’s horse and dumped its body on property he owns in West Virginia.

State police charged Timothy Ray Cain, 57, of 18 Locust Grove Lane, Wednesday, two weeks after the owner of the horse reported it missing to police in nearby Carroll Township, court records indicate.

Stacey Gluth, who owned the Gypsy Vanner male horse named Jasper, told Carroll police about 8 a.m. April 9 she suspected Cain had shot or killed her horse because she heard gunshots the previous night behind her house.

Gluth said she and Cain had problems in the past because their horses wander onto each other’s properties and that Jasper had impregnated one of his horses. Cain, she said, was unhappy about that situation, police stated in the affidavit supporting the criminal charges in the case.

Gluth also told Carroll police she used a drone to canvass the area looking for her black and white horse, to no avail. She did find some of its hair along the road in the area, the court record shows.

Carroll police contacted the sheriff’s office in Marshall County, W.Va., after Gluth told a local officer Cain owns property on Grapevine Ridge Road in that county.

A Marshall sheriff’s deputy later found the dead horse on Cain’s property near an open-style trailer, Carroll police said.

Gluth retrieved the 9-year-old horse, valued at $20,000, and had it examined by a veterinarian who determined the animal had been shot in the neck and jaw.

Cain is charged with two counts of aggravated cruelty to animals, and one count each of cruelty to animals, tampering with evidence, theft and neglect of an animal.

Cain was arraigned Wednesday before District Judge Larry Hopkins and remains free on $25,000 unsecured bond.

It was not immediately known if Cain had hired an attorney.

Staff writer Linda Ritzer contributed to this report.