MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A horse was found butchered and dismembered at a Summerfield horse farm, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies responded to a farm along Southeast 145 Street on May 29 after receiving a report that a horse had been found dead on the property.When deputies arrived, they met with the owner, Cindy Downs who told deputies she boards and cares for horses at her farm.
She told deputies she fed all the horses and checked on them the night prior to the incident and said they were all alive and well.When Downs returned to the property the next morning, she noticed one horse did not come to eat while she was feeding breakfast, according to a report.