A dog was burned to death in a Miami-Dade County neighborhood. Police are looking for help in finding the person responsible.
The medium-sized dog was found dead on a sidewalk by Northwest 25th Avenue and 95th Street in the West Little River neighborhood early Tuesday morning, according to Miami-Dade County police.
An anonymous caller told police the dog was being set on fire around 6:45 a.m., said Police Detective Angel Rodriguez.
There are no suspects or arrests as of 10 a.m. Tuesday and it’s still unclear if the dog was a pet, according to police.
Anyone with information that can help police find the person who did this is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. You can stay anonymous.
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription
