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Florida police have arrested a former police officer suspected of killing his ex-girlfriend’s dog.
A statement from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office stated Edwin Campuzano Surrendered on January 16.
Investigators obtained a warrant for his arrest in December 2025, and Campuzano, 22, turned himself in after learning he was wanted.
Campuzano allegedly poisoned 3-year-old Maltese poodle Milo while his ex-husband Paula Fernandezwent on vacation.
“He keeps telling me that he doesn’t like Milo, but I don’t think he would ever do something like that,” Fernandez said at a press conference on Friday, January 23.
On May 30, 2025, Fernandez was on vacation when a neighbor who was checking on her dog called to say Milo was missing.
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“I will never forget that phone call. I will never forget that day,” Fernandez said at a news conference. “I just felt like my heart was dropping and it made no sense because I made sure to say goodbye to him the morning before we took off and he was fine. He was happy.
“When we got home, which we were supposed to do, we saw an empty house and Milo came running up to us and said hello,” she continued. “On top of that, there was blood on the floor and by the door that we had to clean up because he (kept) vomiting.”
Fernandez said Campuzano actually sent flowers and condolences to his grieving ex.
“At the time I thought it was a sweet gesture, but now knowing that he was responsible for Milo’s death is a pain I can’t describe,” Fernandez told a news conference.
Fernandez told police about the dog’s death and shared photos of leftover pellets she found in Milo’s food bowl. Eventually, police discovered it was actually rodent poison.
An autopsy was performed on Milo and it was confirmed that he died of poisoning.
Investigators later obtained copies of Campuzano’s credit card statements, which reportedly showed he purchased poison from a tractor supply company two days before Milo was found dead.
“He died a painful death and he died alone,” Fernandez told a news conference. “I just hope that in some way we can get justice for Milo because he didn’t deserve to be treated like this.”
She added: “The scariest part for me was there were no signs.[Campuzano]was well-liked and a very sweet boyfriend to me. We had almost no arguments. There were no signs other than he didn’t like Milo, which I just summed up with the fact that he wasn’t a dog person. He was the perfect boyfriend, and that’s what made it scarier.”
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Campuzano was a full-time law enforcement officer with the Bartow Police Department at the time of Milo’s death, but is no longer a member of the department.
Campuzano was charged with aggravated cruelty to animals.
“Those who wear the badge are held to a higher standard, and when someone fails to live up to that responsibility, it reflects a serious failure of the values ​​we are sworn to uphold,” the Sheriff said. Chad Chronister in a news release about the crime. “This innocent animal deserves care and protection, and the trust placed in him as a partner makes this loss even more senseless.”
If you know or suspect that an animal has been abused or neglected, please contact the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals via their website Or call your local animal control officer.
