Dog returns home after it was stolen, found with mysterious burns

Fox - 2 Detroit
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Oct 25, 2026
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A little dog snatched from her own yard in Warren, and then she's
mysteriously dropped off at a vet with burns all over her body.
She's back home tonight while detectives work the case.
I'm still kind of emotional about it all, but she's home.
Last week, the Jones 16-year-old Yorkie
was stolen from her own yard in Warren.
A neighbor saw a car pull up
and snatch Ellie in the area of 11 Mile and Hoover.
She doesn't deserve the last part of her life to be like that.
Six sad days later,
the Jones finally got a call from a local veterinarian.
He said, we have Ellie, a good Samaritan brought her in,
and she's in critical condition.
Get here as fast as you can.
So he dropped everything.
The vets speculate Ellie's injuries are consistent with chemical burns
and seem intentional, like someone poured something on her.
When we saw her at the vet, she was basically, I thought she was dead.
You thought we were losing her?
Yeah, yeah.
The folks at Oakland Veterinary Referral Service
is saving this sweet girl,
the Jones, getting donations to pay for her care from around the world.
And Friday afternoon, Ellie came home.
She's doing happy to be home.
She's reunited with Sister Lola.
This little one still has some fight in her.
She's walking around and trying to be boss
and do her perimeter walk in the yard.
and take ownership of her yard and she's still
so sweet Warren police are investigating they're
in the process of pulling security video to see
if they can find the driver who took Ellie
if you have any tips call Warren police
