Woman charged with drowning pet dog in Florida airport bathroom
A woman who was told she could not bring her dog aboard her international flight drowned the animal in the bathroom of a Florida airport, according to authorities.
Alison Lawrence, 57, of Kenner, Louisiana, faces a felony charge for what police described as the “cruel and unnecessary death” of her white miniature schnauzer, Tywinn.
Lawrence had gone to Orlando’s international airport with Tywinn to fly to Colombia on 16 December 2024, an arrest affidavit alleges.
Paperwork issues prevented Lawrence from taking the pet along with her on an international flight, Orlando police alleged.
In plain view of surveillance cameras, after speaking to an airline agent for several minutes, Lawrence walked into a bathroom near the ticketing area with the dog. She allegedly exited the bathroom without the schnauzer less than 20 minutes later.
Lawrence soon re-entered the terminal and traveled to Colombia, according to reports. A janitor had allegedly spotted the woman in the bathroom cleaning up water and dog food from the stall’s floor.
The employee subsequently found the dog’s carcass in a trash container and reported the grim discovery to a supervisor.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/21/alison-lawrence-drowned-dog-florida-airport
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