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The jury heard a defense expert testify that Terry Michel suffered from PTSD and depression and may have had a dissociative event when he shot the two Labradors, but ultimately
Terry Eugene Michel, the Ferrum man charged with killing his two dogs, was found guilty Thursday following a nearly two day jury trial in Rocky Mount. The jury heard a defense expert testify that Terry Michel suffered from PTSD and depression and may have had a dissociative event when he shot the two Labradors, but ultimately sided with the prosecution.
A Franklin County Circuit Court grand jury will decide next month whether Terry Eugene Michel will stand trial for felony animal cruelty and filing a false police report in the deaths of his Labrador retrievers, Caleb and Colby.
Terry Michel remains a danger to himself and the community, a judge again ruled.