Bloody pig's head found at New Durham residence
NEW DURHAM — With blood still dripping from it, police say a pig's head was discovered Friday morning on the driveway of a residence on Valley Road.
Police are now trying to find out who's responsible for tossing the pig's head onto the driveway, where it came from and if it was meant as a message for an area police officer.
The head was located at the end of the driveway at a home near the Alton town line, according to Police Chief Shawn Bernier. The resident was heading to work when the pig head was spotted at the end of the long driveway.
A woman residing at the home wouldn't identify herself on Tuesday afternoon and would only say that she "was going to work and it was just there."
Bernier said when police arrived at the home on Friday it appeared the pig had been recently killed because blood was coming from its head.
"It looked like it may have been slaughtered in the last couple of days because there was fresh blood in the area," he said.
Police have no suspects or leads but are working under what Bernier called an "assumption." Bernier said it appears the head was thrown from a vehicle and intended for an area police officer that lives adjacent from the home where the head was found.
"We're making the assumption that the head was meant for his driveway but it's only an assumption," Bernier said. "It's safe to say that we're investigating all avenues at this point."
Bernier said there have not been any similar incidents reported in the area nor any reports of missing pigs or pig carcasses. He added this particular case is rather shocking and disturbing.
"I've never seen anything like this in my 19 years as a police officer in this town, never." he said.
Anyone who saw anything suspicious late Thursday night or Friday morning or knows where the pig head came from is asked to call New Durham Police at 859-2751.
All calls will be confidential.
