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Home » Law In Travel » Horrible: Florida Woman Drowns Dog In Airport Toilet So She Would Not Miss Flight…
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Horrible: Florida Woman Drowns Dog In Airport Toilet So She Would Not Miss Flight…

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 21, 2025March 21, 2025 15 Comments

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A woman has been arrested for allegedly drowning her dog in a Florida airport bathroom after LATAM informed her that she could not take her dog onboard. The details here are really grisly.

Florida Woman Arrested After Allegedly Drowning Dog In Orlando Airport Toilet

Let’s review the chain of events that first unfolded on December 16, 2024, at Orlando Airport:

  • Alison Agatha Lawrence, 57, was scheduled to fly from Orlando (MCO) to Bogota (BOG) on LATAM
  • While checking in, her dog, a nine-year-old miniature schnauzer named Tywinn, was denied boarding because she did not have the correct paperwork to transport the dog to Colombia
  • Lawrence walked away from the counter to an airport restroom with her dog
  • There, she was observed in a stall for an extended period cleaning up “a lot of water and a lot of dog food”
  • When the bathroom cleaner entered the restroom about 20 minutes later, she found the trash can to be much heavier than normal
  • Inside the trash can she found the dog, with a collar around its neck, still warm…but dead
  • An investigation revealed the dog died by being drowned
  • It took the police some time to put the puzzle pieces together and locate Lawrence, but she was arrested on March 18, 2025, and placed in a Lake County jail, but will be extradited to Orange County (both counties are in the greater Orlando area)
  • Lawrence has been arrested and charged with third-degree animal cruelty (punishable by up to 15 years in prison and a $5,000 fine)

I’m not going to embed any photos of the bathroom or deceased dog, but police investigatory photos are quite dismaying…

The Orlando Police Department later revealed in an affidavit:

After Alison Agatha Lawrence was denied boarding of the dog due to improper paperwork, [she] is believed to have taken extreme and tragic action by killing the dog.

Lawrence posted a $5,000 bond and has been released.

This Is A Tragic Story…

I write often about how much I dislike travelers who put fake service vests on dogs to avoid pet fees or travel with their oversized canines. Some people have misinterpreted that to mean that I hate dogs. That could not be further from the truth.

This story genuinely outrages me and I am reminded once again that humans are a messed up race of people…what could possibly cause someone to kill their dog in order to make a flight?

I don’t put the value of a dog’s life on par with the value of a human life…so I’m not calling for Lawrence to be drowned in the same way that she drowned her dog…but I hope she spends at least a couple of years in jail for her selfish, cruel, and unethical actions.

CONCLUSION

A Florida woman faces up to five years in jail for murdering her dog by drowning it in an Orlando Airport restroom. I hope prosecutors throw the book at her and a judge or jury of her peers holds her accountable for her actions. Such behavior is disgusting. Period.


image: Orlando Police Department // hat tip: The Bulkhead Seat

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15 Comments

  1. Dave Edwards Reply
    March 21, 2025 at 9:53 am

    Florida has a reputation for being tough on crime, now is the time to show it. The fact that bail was only $5000 is an embarrassment, she should be rotting in jail until trial and then found guilty and sentenced to the max.

    And unlike you Matt, I also would be fine with dropping her off deep in the Everglades and letting her try and find her way out. Spoiler Alert…..she wouldn’t make it.

    • Michael Reply
      March 22, 2025 at 12:27 pm

      LOL…do you really believe the lies you type? Tough on crime? Just ask Aileen Cannon. And I especially enjoy all your ‘rage’ over this horrendous act when it is a woman of color, but a Trump cabinet member and all I hear is crickets.

      You people are such a bunch of hypocrites it’s a joke…..and everyone sees it but you.

  2. Derek Reply
    March 21, 2025 at 9:59 am

    Murder 1. Minimum life without parole.

    Her life is less valuable that that of the dog as shown by her sctions

    • derek Reply
      March 21, 2025 at 10:16 am

      I am derek, not Derek

      For the murder law, the dog is not a person

      I met a person who murdered his wife in California and got 35 years. His wife was having an affair with her professor and had his baby. He found out, shot her in the chest, then turned himself over to the police.

    • Derek Reply
      March 21, 2025 at 12:20 pm

      and make her serve her sentence either as a slave or send her to Bukele

      Do not spend our tax dollars on this piece of filth

  3. Bob Smith Reply
    March 21, 2025 at 10:12 am

    Unfortunately, some people think of pets as disposable items. I know people who will spend hundreds of $ on a fancy pet, then not take it to the vet for care because “it’s too expensive”. When the pet dies, they just get another one.

  4. Maryland Reply
    March 21, 2025 at 10:37 am

    Callous and cruel. Surely there are other options ( kennel the dog, call animal control to abandon the dog into custody ) anything but what she did. Bail was too low and she deserves jail time.

  5. Billy Bob Reply
    March 21, 2025 at 10:45 am

    Kristi Noem has a job waiting for this lady

    • bossa Reply
      March 21, 2025 at 11:06 am

      Nah…. better yet, dunk both their heads in a toilet ‘to clean things up a bit’ ….

  6. Nitpicker Reply
    March 21, 2025 at 11:54 am

    Fox Orlando said she also used multiple names which they had to go through before tracking her down. Maybe more charges are coming.

    I wish I never heard of this disturbing story. What a revolting outcome. You would think in total desperation she would instead convince someone to take the dog.

  7. Zack Reply
    March 21, 2025 at 3:42 pm

    I have to defend Matthew on this one…..i think its the proliferation of the “working pet” grift that has some contributing factors to this sad story.

    People have been accustom of flouting the rules and trying to take animals as if they are like any other peice of luggage….when costs and hassle arrive that they didnt forsee…they just abandon stuff….much to this sad woman did in Florida. I hope they give her the max jail time for this crime…..

    Dogs and pets have needs…..and you have responsibility for them. That means extra cost. coordination and perhaps staying home when they are in need of your attention.

    Pets have become an emotional crutch that people think they can take with them like a pearl necklace….an accessory. If you cant travel with out a pet and pay for the appropraite carriage fees or get them formally trained (legit)…..you should probably stay home.

  8. Jay Reply
    March 21, 2025 at 5:35 pm

    Florida: The gift that keeps on giving

    Such a despicable act. Pets give us so much unconditional love.

    • LitmusNYC Reply
      March 22, 2025 at 8:27 am

      Hit the nail right on the head. It is truly one bizarre state.

  9. EN Reply
    March 22, 2025 at 10:30 am

    This and like a very extreme version of people who are afraid there is no overhead space, so they panic and put their bag in the first row even though the back is empty. The airlines (and in this case the govt) create so much confusion and instill so much fear into the “average traveler” that they act irrationally.
    This sounds like an already unstable woman pushed over the edge

    • Michael Reply
      March 22, 2025 at 12:29 pm

      You sound as crazy as the person accused of this crime. This culture of victimhood is out of control and just plain ridiculous. When will you people ever take responsibility for your own behavior?

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