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Courtesy: Polk County Sheriff's Office

FROSTPROOF, Fla. - A Frostproof woman who was taking care of her brother's dogs while he was deployed overseas is charged in connection with the death of his pets.

The backstory:

Back in June, Polk County deputies responded to an anonymous complaint regarding two dead dogs in the backyard of a home on West 6th Street.

When they got to the home, they found two dead German shepherds inside a makeshift pen with no roof or shade. The temperature at the time was 93 degrees. Deputies said the pen contained no food or water bowls and the dogs appeared to be in the early stages of decomposition.

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Nashali Santiago, 20, told deputies she had last seen the d

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