Airport worker makes horrifying discovery in dumpster after telling woman she can’t fly with pet dog

Warning: This article contains discussion of animal cruelty which some readers may find distressing.

An airport worker made a horrifying discovery in a dumpster after a woman was told she couldn’t fly with a pet dog.

On December 16 2024, Alison Agatha Lawrence of Clermont, Florida, was turned away from boarding a plane after she reportedly didn’t have the correct paperwork for the dog.

It is alleged the 57-year-old decided to still catch the flight at Orlando International Airport and that she killed the animal by drowning it in a public restroom before the security checkpoint and dumping its body in the trash.

The dead dog was found by an employee at the airport who alerted her supervisor and Orlando Police.

In a police statement, the employee claimed she saw the woman ‘on her knees cleaning up a lot of water and a lot of dog food of the bathroom handicapped stall’.

A medical examination discovered the dog died from drowning.

Alison Agatha Lawrence was arrested on March 18 (Orlando Police/WKMG6)

Surveillance footage also showed Lawrence leaving the women’s toilets without the dog and appearing at the gate of her flight.

Officers later arrested Lawrence for aggravated animal abuse at her home on Tuesday (March 18) and released her from Lake County Jail five hours later on $5,000 bail, reports People.

In the state, animal cruelty charges can put offenders behind bars for up to five years and slapped with a $10,000 fine.

Speaking to WFTV, neighbors Roy and Janet Fernandes claimed they hadn’t seen the little dog for a while.