An animal cruelty investigation is underway after a Yorkshire Terrier had to be euthanized after suffering a broken neck from being thrown down a stairwell while in a kennel.

A Dickinson woman said she is haunted by images of her Yorkshire Terrier being ripped apart by two pit bulls right in front of her.

It was around 3 p.m. on Thanksgiving Eve when the owners of a miniature Yorkie said their beloved dog got loose in Southwyck Lake Park. Moments later, a witness said the dog was taken by someone.

The dog died in September at a private facility at New York’s Kennedy Airport used to hold animals from overseas that are denied entry to the U.S. by federal officials. The news was heartbreaking for a woman who says she was the owner-in-waiting for the female Yorkie. “It’s been really, really rough for me to deal with her death,” Rachel Hobbs, of Dayton, Ohio, said in a recent interview. A second Yorkie named Wonderful Baby Blue Diamond was under the care of a veterinary clinic suffering from an intestinal illness, according to court papers filed this week. “The question of who is responsible for any of these charges rests upon whether the seizure was reasonable and constitutional,” the plaintiffs say in court papers.