Dog left in crate during blazing Nevada heat dies, officials say. Owner charged

A dog owner has been charged after being accused of leaving her pet in a kennel during high temperatures, eventually killing the pup, Nevada officials said.

Olivia Underwood, 30, was accused of leaving her 3-year-old French bulldog named Jazzy in her kennel while she was at work, police told KLAS.

Underwood put the crate outside on May 30, approximately 20 hours before Jazzy’s death, the report obtained by KLAS said.

Underwood said she put Jazzy in her kennel outside and then went to work a 12-hour shift at the University Medical Center, police told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

She arrived home from her shift and “went inside and went to sleep” but failed to check on the pup, officers told KVVU.

Although Underwood didn’t check on Jazzy, she “had enough time to get off work, order an Uber for her grandmother, eventually change into sleeping clothes and fall asleep,” according to the arrest affidavit obtained by KTNV.

Temperatures reached 107 degrees in Las Vegas on May 31, according to The Weather Channel.

Eventually, neighbors intervened and went through the unlocked back gate as they noticed Jazzy “appeared to be dying,” officers told KVVU.

The neighbors poured water over Jazzy’s body three times before realizing she was “no longer breathing and became stiff,” according to KVVU.

Underwood went outside and began cursing at neighbors and when police arrived, she told them Jazzy’s kennel was normally inside but because she “made a mess in the crate,” it was put outside to be cleaned, officers told KTNV.

Underwood was arrested and charged with willful/malicious/torture/maim/kill dog, according to a June 1 news release by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

This story was originally published June 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM with the headline "Dog left in crate during blazing Nevada heat dies, officials say. Owner charged."