Suspect In Dog "Concentration Camp" Case Loses Custody Of Kids

2009_11_mcdon.jpg The Long Island woman suspected of forcing her children to help kill 20 dogs and bury them in her backyard lost custody of her kids yesterday. A family court judge ordered that Sharon McDonough's children be turned over to foster care or to the suspect's 21-year-old son, Douglas McDonough, who first alerted the anti-animal-abuse TV show "Rescue Ink" of the "concentration camp" for animals.

The suspect — who reportedly started acting "off" following her husband's death last year — was also ordered to take a psychiatric exam. Depending on the results, she may regain custody of her kids, who were instructed to receive therapy. The suspect's defense attorney maintains that his client is innocent: "She's plead[ing] not guilty. The law presumes she is innocent. And she is standing by her plea," said lawyer James d'Angelo.

In what one investigator dubbed the worst case of animal abuse he has ever witnessed, McDonough is suspected of torturing the animals before interring them behind her Selden home. Neighbors — who have long complained of foul odors coming from McDonough's house — continue to allege that the suspect kidnapped and killed their pets as well. When authorities searched the suspect's home, they rescued five dogs and a cat living in deplorable conditions. Earlier this week, the cast of the TV show "Rescue Ink" turned a press conference on the case into a shouting match when they accused investigators ignoring repeated calls for help from the suspect's children and excluding her kids from the animal adoption process.

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it's a good start. now can we feed that psycho to a pack of wild dogs, to usher her into to her next life as a pile of dog shit?

Thank goodness - I hope they're taken care of.

Sharon McDonough pleaded not guilty Sunday to misdemeanor animal cruelty charges. It's a shame that other specie have no justice when she should face felony charges. Fugly trailer trash.

i wouldn't mind if she lost custody of her vital organs.

Well, now, that's going too far. Better to just find one of those caged, starving dogs and stick her fingers through the cage openings.

I'm only sorry to know that this is someone's mom and someone elses daughter... the shame must be tremendous and intolerable

Is it just me, or does she also look like she has Meth Face?

It could be just that she looks like White Trash, which is a good proxy for Meth Face.

i thought that too. she looks like one of the pictures from "faces of meth"

Too bad that Columbia guy didn't punch HER in the face.

It's a lose-lose situation for those kids, considering the foster system has cracked out people driving around and killing foster children.

They can be handed to their 21 year old brother. They are better off without this vile woman.

She should lose custody of her life (if she's guilty of this). And if she is guilty, she should be eaten alive by representative members of the various breeds of dogs and cats that she killed.

Good. now this trailer trash loser should lose custody of her freedom.

also, sweep that bitches knees and snap her spine.

leave her in a backyard or basement without food, water or any healthcare.

once in a while, when she makes any noise, smack her face.


Putting aside the "innocent until proven guilty" shtick, this individual ranks right up there with some of the most hideous human beings of all time.

Stuff like this makes me wonder if there actually was a creator and if he/she/it was indeed "all-knowing."

Witness my friends, the very epitome of evil...

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