TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Benji, a Yorkshire Terrier, was a godsend to Monica Crogan.

Crogan, a 57-year-old resident of the Tuscarora Indian Nation near Tonawanda, New York, adopted Benji in the summer of 2023 as a support dog to ease her anxiety and depression. Benji's energetic and social personality delighted Crogan and her grandchildren.

"He makes me feel like I can get through the day," Crogan said.

A year later, on July 17, 2024, Benji went missing, sending Crogan into a panic.

What happened in the next few months is a series of events described by those involved as one of the craziest, stranger-than-fiction stories of a year-long investigation involving a missing pet.

News 4 Investigates of Nexstar's WIVB obtained bodycam footage of interviews and police documents that accused

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