GRANITE FALLS, Wash. – Investigators found at least 31 pets dead inside a foreclosed and abandoned Granite Falls home after a locksmith reported a foul odor.
A team from Pasado's Safe Haven is assisting the Granite Falls Police Department in removing the bodies.
"Seems like everywhere you stepped there's an animal. They literally did just lay down and die," said Amber Chenoweth of Pasado's.
Diane Cowling, the former homeowner, lived with the dead animals up until last month.
"I just shut down. I didn't see it, I didn't want to deal with it," she said.
Cowling says she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Then her home went into foreclosure and no shelter would take her animals.
Cowling just moved out of the home last month. She says she just got overwhelmed and couldn't afford to feed the animals.
Cowling is now living in an apartment with her son. She doesn't believe she should be charged. She says she needs help.Cowling and her son will face 31 counts of animal cruelty.
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