Lamb found with throat cut

Nodaway County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the death of a 4-H show lamb found by the teenage owner and her mother, who discovered the animal in a barn with its throat cut.

Maj. Randy Houston of the Nodaway County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday the sheep was killed by someone wielding a knife or other sharp implement between approximately 7 p.m. on May 26 and 8 a.m. the following day.

Houston said authorities have identified a suspect, but that no arrests have been made and the case remains open.

The incident occurred on the Marvin and Beverly Myers farm south of Maryville, where the lamb was being kept.