Miami Herald
BY DAVID GOODHUE AND OMAR RODRÍGUEZ ORTIZ UPDATED FEBRUARY 16, 2024 5:29 PM
Thieves stole and slaughtered three horses from the Redland agricultural district either late Thursday night or early Friday morning, according to the Miami-Dade Police Department.
Police got a call around 8 a.m. Friday that the horses were stolen, Detective Alvaro Zabaleta told reporters at a news briefing near where the horses were found dead. Officers assigned to the department’s agriculture unit responded to the remote area.
“They looked up and saw some vultures, and they said, ‘Let’s see where it leads us,’” Zabaleta said. “And, sure enough, it led them to where they had been discovered.”