A Las Vegas family whose Pomeranian, Linus, was taken shortly after they returned from a family trip to California was reunited with him late Sunday after a search that lasted days.
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that → take → search
Jaelle Johnson said she immediately knew her dog Linus was missing on Friday, Sept. 18 around 6 p.m. when she was supposed to feed him.
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she → say → him
Linus had been hanging around with her son in the garage area.
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Linus → hang → area
“I run back outside, start screaming bloody murder.
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I → run → murder
‘Where’s Linus?
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Linus → ’ → ?
Linus, Linus,’ and I have this gut-wrenching feeling like he’s not here,” Johnson told The California Post.
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Johnson → have → Post
“No neighbor took him.
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neighbor → take → him
He’s gone.
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He → go → ?
I just know that he’s gone because Linus always stays right around the bushes to pee.
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Linus → know → bushes
Johnson began searching her neighborhood of Summerlin and knocking on doors, asking neighbors to check their security cameras.
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Johnson → begin → cameras
The footage quickly gave her the first clues about what had happened.
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One video showed Linus running down the street with a man chasing after him.
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man → show → him
Another showed the dog hiding underneath a neighbor’s car as the same man pursued him.
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man → show → him
A later recording showed the man carrying Linus away.
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man → show → Linus
“I see him and little Linus running quickly back down the street from the house and this man is behind him in the frame, running after him,” Johnson said.
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Johnson → see → him
In one of the recordings, Johnson could also hear a woman with the man apparently talking about another delivery.
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woman → hear → delivery
“She’s saying, ‘We have another order,’” Johnson recalled.
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Johnson → say → order
“So I’m like, she’s a delivery driver.”
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she → ’m → ?
Johnson filed a police report with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, but said she was initially told it could take up to 48 hours before a detective was assigned to the case.
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detective → file → case
She also contacted local television stations to get the word out about Linus.
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A friend who is a detective eventually helped Johnson get the surveillance footage in front of investigators, which helped get Linus back.
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which → help → Linus
We have your dog,” Johnson recalled hearing.
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Johnson → have → dog
Linus was returned to the family shortly before midnight Sunday Sept. 20, about 54 hours after he disappeared.
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he → return → midnight
When Linus came home, he looked dramatically different from the dog who had disappeared two days earlier.
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“He’s so dirty.
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He’s black.
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He → ’ → ?
He had just had a bath before they got him.
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Like, you can’t even recognize this dog,” Johnson said.
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“He smells like smoke, like as if he was literally drenched in smoke.”
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he → smell → smoke
Johnson’s police report lists the alleged crime as grand larceny.
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report → list → larceny
Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.
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Johnson said Linus also appeared exhausted and possibly dehydrated.
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Linus → say → ?
His urine was dark, he was reluctant to be touched and mostly wanted to sleep after returning home.
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he → touch → ?
He did, however, eat his entire dinner and wagged his tail excitedly when she held him.
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she → eat → him
For Johnson and her two children, getting Linus back meant getting a member of their family back.
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getting → get → family
“Linus literally connects me to the greatest part of our family,” Johnson said, adding that when she’s away from him, “I lose like a part of my soul.”
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I → connect → soul
The California Post reached out to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for details surrounding the investigation, but did not immediately hear back.
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Post → reach → investigation
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