State police have arrested a Windham woman who is accused of starving a dog to death over a span of months.

The dog, a boxer-Husky mix named Girl, was found dead in a cage that was left in front of an abandoned home on Route 32 in Mansfield on Oct. 23, according to police.

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Over the course of the investigation, police determined that the dog had lost 36 pounds over a span of around sixth months and suffered a long, slow death, according to the arrest warrant.

Investigators started piecing together what happened when they scanned the dog’s microchip, which led them to a person who had owned the dog.

She told police that she had given the dog to a friend in April and provided them with text messages proving that the

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