Exclusive video shows woman who abandoned 3 dogs to die in hot SUV

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BREATHABLE CONDITIONS COMING UP IAN AND SHERRY. ALL RIGHT, JASON. WELL, NVIDIA YOU’LL ONLY SEE ON WVTM 13, WE GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE WOMAN WHO ABANDONED A CAR AT A GAS STATION WITH THREE DOGS INSIDE. ALL THREE OF THOSE DOGS ENDED UP DYING. IT’S A STORY THAT WE FIRST BROUGHT YOU A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND POLICE ARE NOW SEARCHING FOR THAT WOMAN. YEAH, I WANT TO GET OUT TO WVTM13’S LISA CRANE. AND LISA’S BEEN ON TOP OF THIS STORY FROM THE GET GO. SHE IS LIVE FOR US AT BIRMINGHAM POLICE HEADQUARTERS. SO THE QUESTION, LISA, TONIGHT IS HAVE POLICE SEEN THIS VIDEO. WELL, POLICE HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THAT TO US. BUT THE CLERK AT THE GAS STATION WHERE THOSE DOGS WERE FOUND SAYS POLICE PULLED THE SAME SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. SHE SUPPLIED TO US. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT BIRMINGHAM OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE THAT DAY TWICE. THE FIRST TIME WHEN THE WOMAN ARRIVED IN THE CAR WITH THE DOGS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, SHE’S THE ONE WHO CALLED THEM TODAY, WE SPOKE TO THE MAN WHO OWNS THE SUV AND OWNED THOSE THREE DOGS THAT DIED FROM HEAT STROKE. THEY’RE RIGHT HERE. BRIAN MCBRIDE BURIED HIS THREE BELOVED DOGS IN HIS BIRMINGHAM YARD. AS HARD AS IT’S BEEN FOR HIM, HE SAYS AT THIS POINT, HE’S WORRIED ABOUT THE FRIEND WHO HE SAYS STOLE HIS SUV WITH THE DOGS INSIDE AND ABANDONED THEM IN A GAS STATION PARKING LOT. I’VE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT HER EVER SINCE THIS HAPPENED. I MEAN, AND I DON’T YOU KNOW, I CAN FORGIVE HER FOR MY DOGS IF SHE’S IN FEAR FOR IT WAS IN FEAR OF HER LIFE. I REALLY HONESTLY DON’T THINK THAT SHE DID ANYTHING TO INTENTIONALLY HARM MY DOGS. HE SAYS THIS WOMAN’S NAME IS HOLLY ARMSTRONG. AND ON THE DAY THIS HAPPENED, SHE CAME TO HIM FOR HELP. SHE CAME TO ME IN FEAR FOR HER LIFE OR WHATEVER AND NEEDED JUST GET AWAY TO SAFETY, WHICH I MEAN, SHE WAS STUCK. SHE’D BEEN LIVING WITH THE TWO GUYS THAT SHE WAS SCARED OF, MCBRIDE SAYS ARMSTRONG TOLD HIM THE TWO MEN SHE LIVED WITH WERE TRAFFICKING HER AND SHE WANTED TO ESCAPE. SO HE WAS TAKING HER TO A RELATIVE’S HOUSE. WHEN HE GOT OUT OF THE SUV AND SHE TOOK OFF, HE BELIEVES SHE WAS RUNNING FROM SOMEONE. A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AT THE GAS STATION SHOWS SHE WENT INSIDE AND GOT A CORDLESS PHONE FROM THE CLERK. THE CLERK SAYS SHE CALLED 911 TWICE SAYING SOMEONE WAS CHASING HER WITH A SHOTGUN. SHE EVEN TRIED TO HIDE IN THE STORE A SHORT TIME LATER. THE VIDEO SHOWS BIRMINGHAM POLICE ARRIVE AND SPEAK TO HER. MCBRIDE SAYS THOSE OFFICERS SHOULD HAVE IMPOUNDED THE SUV THEN BECAUSE HE CALLED POLICE TO REPORT IT STOLEN. BUT HE DOESN’T THINK THE OFFICER FILLED OUT A REPORT. BUT I WAS SO UPSET AT AT THAT POINT BECAUSE MY THREE DOGS WERE IN THE VEHICLE. I, I COULDN’T I DON’T RECALL. HE NEVER DID GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. AND I WAS JUST I WAS REAL UPSET. I MEAN, THAT’S I WAS WORRIED ABOUT MY DOGS. THE OFFICERS LEAVE AND THE VIDEO DOESN’T SHOW ARMSTRONG EVER RETURNING TO THE SUV. SHE EVENTUALLY LEAVES ON FOOT. THEN AN HOUR OR SO LATER, A CUSTOMER NOTICES THE DOGS IN THE SUV AND BIRMINGHAM POLICE ARE CALLED TO THE SCENE A SECOND TIME. THEY BROKE A WINDOW AND PULLED THE DOGS FROM THE CAR. WHEN MCBRIDE PICKED UP HIS VEHICLE FROM A TOW YARD DAYS LATER, HE SAYS ARMSTRONG’S CELL PHONE WAS STILL ON THE SEAT. HE HASN’T BEEN ABLE TO TRACK HER DOWN SINCE. NOW HE WANTS TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS FRIEND AND HIS PETS. I’M GOING TO FIND JUSTICE FOR THOSE DOGS, WHATEVER THE COST. I MEAN, WHATEVER I HAVE TO DO. AGAIN, MCBRIDE SAYS THE WOMAN’S NAME IS HOLLY ARMSTRONG. IF YOU KNOW WHERE SHE IS, CALL CRIMESTOPPERS. THERE IS A $10,000 REWARD IN THIS C

Dogs' owner doesn't blame the woman who stole his SUV

In video you will only see on WVTM13, we get a good look at the woman who abandoned a car at a gas station with three dogs inside. All three ended up dying of heat stroke. It's a story we first brought you a couple of weeks ago. Police are now looking for that woman. Birmingham police have not confirmed, but the clerk at the gas station where the dogs were found says police pulled the same surveillance video supplied to WVTM13. Not only that, but Birmingham officers were called to that gas station twice that day. The first time the woman, herself, called them when she arrived. We spoke to the man who owned the SUV and the three dogs that died after being left in that abandoned hot vehicle.Brian McBride buried his three beloved dogs in his Birmingham yard. As hard as it's been for him, he says at this point he's worried about the friend who he says stole his SUV with the dogs inside and abandoned them in a gas station parking lot.McBride said, “I've been worried about her ever since this happened. I mean, and you know, I can forgive her for my dogs if she's in fear for her life. I really honestly don't think that she did anything to intentionally harm my dogs.” McBride says the woman's name is Hollie Armstrong, and on the day it happened, she came to him for help.He said, “She came to me in fear for her life or whatever and needed just a way to safety, which, I mean, she was stuck. She'd been living with the two guys that she was scared of.” McBride says Armstrong told him, the two men she lived with were trafficking her and she wanted to escape. So, he was taking her to a relative’s house when he got out of the SUV and she took off. He believes she was running from someone.Surveillance video at the gas station shows she went inside and got a cordless phone from the clerk. The clerk says she called 911 twice, saying someone was chasing her with a shotgun. She even tried to hide in the store. A short time later, the video shows Birmingham police arrive and speak to her. McBride says those officers should have impounded the SUV then because he had already called police to report it stolen, but he doesn't think the officer filled out a report.He said, “I was so upset at that point because my three dogs were in the vehicle, I couldn't, I don't recall. He never did get out of the vehicle. And I was just, I was real upset. I mean, I was worried about my dogs.” The officers leave and the video doesn't show Armstrong returning to the vehicle. She eventually leaves on foot, then an hour or so later, a customer notices the dogs in the SUV and Birmingham police are called to the scene a second time. They broke a window and pulled the dogs from the hot car.When McBride picked up his vehicle from a tow yard days later, he says Armstrong's cellphone was still on the seat. He hasn't been able to track her down since. Now, he wants to get to the bottom of what happened to his friend and his pets.He said, “I'm going to find justice for those dogs, whatever the cost, I mean, whatever I have to do.” Again, McBride says the woman who took his car is Hollie Armstrong. If you know where she is, call Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777. There is a $10,000 reward in this case.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —

Birmingham police have not confirmed, but the clerk at the gas station where the dogs were found says police pulled the same surveillance video supplied to WVTM13. Not only that, but Birmingham officers were called to that gas station twice that day. The first time the woman, herself, called them when she arrived. We spoke to the man who owned the SUV and the three dogs that died after being left in that abandoned hot vehicle.

Brian McBride buried his three beloved dogs in his Birmingham yard. As hard as it's been for him, he says at this point he's worried about the friend who he says stole his SUV with the dogs inside and abandoned them in a gas station parking lot.

McBride said, “I've been worried about her ever since this happened. I mean, and you know, I can forgive her for my dogs if she's in fear for her life. I really honestly don't think that she did anything to intentionally harm my dogs.”

McBride says the woman's name is Hollie Armstrong, and on the day it happened, she came to him for help.

He said, “She came to me in fear for her life or whatever and needed just a way to safety, which, I mean, she was stuck. She'd been living with the two guys that she was scared of.”

McBride says Armstrong told him, the two men she lived with were trafficking her and she wanted to escape. So, he was taking her to a relative’s house when he got out of the SUV and she took off. He believes she was running from someone.

Surveillance video at the gas station shows she went inside and got a cordless phone from the clerk. The clerk says she called 911 twice, saying someone was chasing her with a shotgun. She even tried to hide in the store. A short time later, the video shows Birmingham police arrive and speak to her. McBride says those officers should have impounded the SUV then because he had already called police to report it stolen, but he doesn't think the officer filled out a report.

He said, “I was so upset at that point because my three dogs were in the vehicle, I couldn't, I don't recall. He never did get out of the vehicle. And I was just, I was real upset. I mean, I was worried about my dogs.”

The officers leave and the video doesn't show Armstrong returning to the vehicle. She eventually leaves on foot, then an hour or so later, a customer notices the dogs in the SUV and Birmingham police are called to the scene a second time. They broke a window and pulled the dogs from the hot car.

When McBride picked up his vehicle from a tow yard days later, he says Armstrong's cellphone was still on the seat. He hasn't been able to track her down since. Now, he wants to get to the bottom of what happened to his friend and his pets.

He said, “I'm going to find justice for those dogs, whatever the cost, I mean, whatever I have to do.”

Again, McBride says the woman who took his car is Hollie Armstrong. If you know where she is, call Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777. There is a $10,000 reward in this case.

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