A Whitfield County, Georgia, grand jury indicted a Chattanooga woman on 22 counts of animal cruelty.
Morgan Kinder, 26, co-owned Kinder Dog Training in Cleveland, Tennessee, with her husband, Stephen Kinder, according to Times Free Press news partner WRCB News Channel 3.
Stephen Kinder died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound back in February after the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office charged him with multiple counts of animal cruelty following an investigation into the alleged neglect taking place at the training facility, the Times Free Press previously reported.
Now, Morgan Kinder faces six counts of aggravated cruelty to animals and 16 counts of cruelty to animals. She’s scheduled to appear in the Superior Court of Whitfield County on Aug. 19 for arraignment. At that point, she will either enter a guilty or not guilty plea. If she pleads not guilty, a trial date will be set.
The aggravated animal cruelty charges are in connection to the death of five snakes and one mud turtle, according to the indictment.