Family Seeks Answers After Pet Goat Was Beheaded

Police in the Shoals are searching for a person who took and beheaded a families beloved goat.

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New at six... police in the shoals are searching for a person who took and beheaded a families beloved goat.

This is sushi the goat.

He belonged to dr. mark mcllwain and his family.

Sushi was last seen on their farm september 6th.

Sushi's head was found at the front of the colbert memorial gardens off highway 43 police told waay 31's breken terry it's clear this was not an animal attack but someone cut this goats head off.

Mcllwain- feeding him with a bottle four times a day when he was little then three times a day, two times a day, and not only did he take his bottle he showed me affection.

Mark mcllwain said he and his family loved their pet goat sushi.

Mcllwain- he would untie my shoes so he could carry one of my shoes around with him in the yard.

Tuscumbia police told me sushi disappeared from the mcllwain's neighborhood of butterfly meadow's in tuscumbia.

Then sushi'ts head was found tuesday in this cemetery but no other body parts.

Police chief tony logan said investigators believe sushi was killed in another location and his head dropped off by a human or an animal in the cemetery.

Logan- it was found in the furthest point in the subdivision.

It couldn't have been thrown from a car to end up where it was but there is no indication this was a satanic or ritualistic or otherwise.

Mcllwain said since sushi's death his whole neighborhood is on edge.

Mcllwain- i'm concerned for the public because this type of activity leads to worse things.

I intend to push this and as people know me i don't give up on things.

In tuscumbia, bt waay 31 news.