FORT MYERS, Fla. (WFLA) — A man has been charged with animal cruelty after deputies said he moved out of his Fort Myers home and left behind his two dogs, one of which died in the July heat.

Lee County deputies went to Jerry Speed III's home on 7th Avenue on July 11 after receiving reports of two dogs that had been left outside in crates with no food or water.

According to the sheriff's office, Speed had moved out about two weeks earlier.

Detectives said they found Speed's two bulldogs, 1-year-old Chloe and 6-year-old Princess, at the home.

Chloe was already dead, officials said. A necropsy later confirmed her death was from heat stress and stroke, according to authorities.

Princess was found standing inside a crate filled with brown water and feces, deputies said. She was later eutha

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