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Sad! Army vet, Marinna Rollins, who laughed as she filmed herself tying her service dog to a tree and shooting it – commits suicide just days before her court appearance for animal cruelty

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240101&semi;"><strong>Recently retired Army vet Marinna Rollins&comma; was found dead of an apparent suicide early Sunday morning at her home in Fayetteville&comma; North Carolina<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240101&semi;"><strong>Her death comes  nine days before she was scheduled to appear in court on animal cruelty charges<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240101&semi;"><strong>23-year-old Rollins had posted footage of herself and<&sol;strong><&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240101&semi;"><strong> boyfriend Jarren Heng&comma; 25&comma; <&sol;strong><&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240101&semi;"><strong>laughing as she tied  her service dog to a tree and shooting it dead <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240101&semi;"><strong>The  dog was shot five times in an incident caught on video<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240101&semi;"><strong>Authorities say Rollins killed herself&comma; her body was found early Sunday by concerned called when they couldn&&num;8217&semi;t contact her<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240101&semi;"><strong>Rollins and Heng<&sol;strong><&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240101&semi;"><strong> were arrested on April 24&comma; after the video of the dog shooting was posted to Facebook<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240101&semi;"><strong>The pair were each facing a felony charge of cruelty to animals <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240101&semi;"><strong>Rollins who was medically retired from the military<&sol;strong> <strong>in January<&sol;strong>  reportedly was struggling with PTSD<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group floatRHS">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-179690" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;marinna-rollins3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Marinna Rollins3" width&equals;"634" height&equals;"358" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;Police in North Carolina say recently retired Army veteran Marinna Rollins &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; killed herself on Sunday&comma; in her Fayetteville apartment&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Concerned friends found the body of Marinna Rollins around 3&period;00 am on Sunday morning when they made a wellness on her check because they couldn&&num;8217&semi;t contact her&period; Her death comes nine days before she was scheduled to appear in court on animal cruelty charges<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;" size-full wp-image-179734 alignleft" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;marinna-rollins1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Marinna Rollins1" width&equals;"306" height&equals;"383" &sol;>According to police Lt&period; Todd Joyce of the Fayetteville police department&comma; the death of the 23-year-old veteran is being investigated as a possible suicide&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Lt&period; Joyce confirmed that police were called to her apartment early Sunday around 3am after her body was found by friends&comma; who were having trouble contacting her&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Recently Rollins&lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; made news when she was arrested along with 25-year-old boyfriend Jarren Heng&comma; when they shot her service dog on a live social media posting&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;They pair Marina Rollins and Jarren Heng were charged on April 24 with cruelty to animals after investigators say they tied the dog to a tree and shot it multiple times with a rifle&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Cumberland County District Attorney Clark Reaves said the two could be heard laughing on a video recording they made as the dog was killed&period; That video was later posted to Facebook&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"splitLeft"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-179728" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;marinna-hollins-and-jerry-heng1&period;png" alt&equals;"Marinna Hollins and Jerry Heng1" width&equals;"865" height&equals;"578" &sol;><strong> Live&comma; let&&num;8217&semi;s roll&colon; Rollins and her boyfriend Jarren Heng just berore they tied her service dog to a tree and shot it dead last month&period; They posted the footage on social media<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-179689" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;marinna-rollins-and-her-dog1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Marinna Rollins and her dog1" width&equals;"634" height&equals;"479" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">The pitbull &lbrack;above&rsqb; which she named camboui was originally adopted by her estranged husband&comma; Matt Dyer&period; Rollins was looking after the dog bacause Dyer is currently on deployment&comma; overseas&period; She had the dog&comma; officially made her service dog&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">Rollins and Heng were arrested after video of the dog&&num;8217&semi;s shooting death was posted to Facebook&comma; but her death comes just nine days before the they were due in couirty to face the charges&period; Animals rights activists had scheduled a protest for outside the courthouse the day of the hearing&comma; May 16&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Court documents show Rollins received a medical retirement from the Army in January&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Her family and friends say she struggled with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after a traumatic experience while serving in South Korea&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Authorities say the dog was adopted by Rollins&&num;8217&semi; estranged husband Matt Dyer&comma; who left the dog he named Huey behind with his wife before being deployed to South Korea for a year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-179782" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;jerry-heng-and-camboui&period;png" alt&equals;"Jerry Heng and camboui&period;png" width&equals;"803" height&equals;"582" &sol;>Jarren Heng strokes camboui just they shot the dog<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">Rollins was medically discharged from the Army in January&comma; her family said&period;She struggled with PTSD after something that happened to her during a deployment in South Korea&comma;they said which may have prompted Dyer to say&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8220&semi;I felt like her having to take care of Huey would be good for her and would be good for Huey&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Dyer said&comma; according to <a class&equals;"" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wncn&period;com&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;07&sol;ex-soldier-charged-in-fayetteville-dogs-shooting-is-found-dead-police-say&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer">WNCN<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">While he was away&comma; Rollins had the dog certified as her emotional support dog&comma; and renamed him Camboui&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;On either April 16 or April 17&comma; authorities say Rollins and her boyfriend took the dog to a wooded area where they shot it to death&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The two reportedly tied the dog up to a tree and then Heng filmed Rollins shooting the dog to death&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Rollins reportedly laughed in the video and then Heng asked if he could shoot the animal as well&period; Heng shot the dog five times with a rifle in quick succession&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In the video&comma; Rollins can also be heard saying &&num;8216&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s been real &&num;8230&semi; I love you&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;re my puppy&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;re a good puppy&comma; but&&num;8230&semi;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-179727" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;the-service-dog-after-rollins-shot-it-dead&period;png" alt&equals;"The service dog after Rollins shot it dead" width&equals;"1053" height&equals;"726" &sol;><strong>The sad aftermath shows a dead camboui before it was dragged off to be buried&period; The pair were arrested after their video of the dog&&num;8217&semi;s shooting death was posted to Facebook <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">Above&comma; the original listing for the dog at a Cumberland County animal shelter<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">The video then seems to show Rollins dragging the dead dog&&num;8217&semi;s body around before burying him in a shallow grave&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Kind of put him a little deeper&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Heng then appears to say&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office and Cumberland County Animal Control said they found multiple videos of the killing and also text messages talking about it&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A Justice for Cam Facebook site sprang up almost immediately&comma; and a screen grab purporting to be from Rollins&&num;8217&semi; Facebook page shows someone who appears to be Rollins saying &&num;8216&semi;Great last day with the pooch&excl; Sad he has to go&comma; but he will be much happier where he is heading off to &colon;&rpar;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;When confronted by Animal Control officers after the killing&comma; the couple said that the dog cost &dollar;75 a week to feed and had some health issues&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Heng was serving in an Army Special Operations Command Unit at the time of his arrest&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"> <img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-179688" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;marinna-rollins-facebook-posting1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Marinna Rollins facebook posting1" width&equals;"634" height&equals;"929" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">The Facebook page Justice for Cam posted a screen shot &lbrack;above&rsqb;&comma; allegedly posted byMarinna Rollins saying that Cam was going to a good home&period; Heng added  &&num;8216&semi;He&&num;8217&semi;s gonna have such a great new life&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Marinna Rollins and Jarren Heng&comma; each faced a felony charge of cruelty to animals after the dog was shot five times in the shooting incident caught on video&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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