Pawsitive Update: Woman with cancer leaves her dog, Shell at animal shelter w/ heartbreaking note before committing suicide

[Sugar Cookie]

A St Louis animal rescue shelter on Monday received a heart-wrenching letter from a woman saying she was losing her battle with cancer and pleading to find a new home for her beloved dog, Shell.

The next day, police were dispatched to a burning apartment in the St Louis suburb of Affton where they found the body of Shell's owner, 46-year-old Crystal Chrisp.

They said the woman had shot herself and her death has been ruled a suicide. The cause of the fire that broke out inside her unit remains under investigation.

Neighboring apartments were evacuated by firefighters, but no one else was injured, reported St Louis Post-Dispatch.

Shell was not in the apartment at the time of her owner's suicide because Chrisp had dropped her off at Stray Rescue of St. Louis the previous day, along with her handwritten note.

The letter, dated September 19, read: 'I [am] writing you cause I need you to take my dog, Shell. My mother adopted Shell from Stray Rescue around 2009-2010.... In 2012, she had a massive stroke [and] now has Alzheimer's. So in 2012 Shell came to live with me. I've been fighting cancer for a few months and If you're reading this I lost my battle. I need for my baby girl to be taking [sic] care of in a home with one person.

'She is a very sweet girl. She's been [through] a lot so she has trouble with trust in the beginning. She loves to cuddle but don't like to be carried. She's very smart...In these days all I do is worry about what's going to happen to her. I love this girl, she is my daughter.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-pens-letter-asking-home-dog-taking-life.html

 

[Sugar Cookie]

 

[Craygor]

What a brave and honorable thing to do. Rest in peace, Crystal

 

[Sejanus]

Oh man.
Crying like this is no way to start the day.

 

[Satanica]

I'm so sorry, Ms. Chrisp; you seem like the type of lady we would've liked to keep around for a long time. I have a feeling Shell is going to be finding the perfect home very soon though, so rest in peace.

 

[Keepalowprofile]

I worry about this very thing.

3 horses, 2 cats and 1 dog.
But it's the horses I worry about the most.

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

4 sheep, 20 geese, 8 cats, 1 dog, A one legged hen who lives in her own little pen called Hopalong's garden.
Who wants 20 geese?

 

[MildlyMedicated]

Three dogs- or should I say 3 horrific cases of ADHD in dog skins.
I worry no one will be able to deal with them. They are like toddlers on crack!

 

[Brillig]

For a bunch of sarcastic, rather vicious, very black humor folks, we certainly do have a soft side.

 

[notchback]

4 sheep, 20 geese
...............
Who wants 20 geese?

I'll take them. Prepared properly, they are awesome. I'll take the sheep too. If they're too old to eat, I'll trade them to a farmer for some lambs.

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

I'll take them. Prepared properly, they are awesome. I'll take the sheep too. If they're too old to eat, I'll trade them to a farmer for some lambs.

There's a slaughter house close to me. I'm sure the lambs would end up there. They've had a happy time as my pets.

 

[JackBurton]

What a brave and honorable thing to do. Rest in peace, Crystal

I'm so sorry, Ms. Chrisp; you seem like the type of lady we would've liked to keep around for a long time.

Did you nitwits miss the bit about how she lit her fucking apartment on fire? Thank Allah no innocents and their pets were lost.

Fuck this selfish bitch and her hideous rat dog

 

[Alf]

So you have seen a report confirming she lit the apartment on fire? NB: The story as posted said the cause of the fire was still under investigation.

Do you have a link to that report?

--Al

 

[notchback]

So you have seen a report confirming she lit the apartment on fire? NB: The story as posted said the cause of the fire was still under investigation.

Do you have a link to that report?

--Al

Jack doesn't need a report. He knows everything.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

October 4, 2018

A senior dog given to an animal rescue with a heartbreaking letter from her owner has been adopted.

According to Stray Rescue of St. Louis, a woman saw Shell on the news and filled out an application. They said the two hit it off and are now “inseparable.”

Dog owner’s last wish granted: Shell has a new home

A senior dog given to an animal rescue with a heartbreaking letter from her owner has been adopted.

www.kfvs12.com

 

[Keepalowprofile]

Yay. And they both look happy.