Pumpkin

Edmond family reunites kidnapped dog with owners
BY MICHAEL KIMBALL The Oklahoman
Published: April 28, 2009

Pumpkin is safe and sound.

The dog, missing since early April when a man didn’t make good on a ransom deal, was reunited with his owners today by an Edmond family that took him in without knowing his story, owner Stephanie David said.

Stephanie David, 40, and daughter Skylar, 1, were reunited with their dog Pumpkin on Tuesday. Pumpkin had been kidnapped and held for ransom.

Stephanie David, 40, and daughter Skylar, 1, were reunited with their dog Pumpkin on Tuesday. Pumpkin had been kidnapped and held for ransom.

A caller told David early this month he had taken David’s car and Pumpkin and demanded ransom, David said. She and her husband wired him money, but he did not tell them where he had taken the car and dog. Oklahoma City police found the car, but not the dog, April 17.

About the same time, an area Realtor noticed a dog had been trapped inside a vacant office for several days, David said. He found a key nearby, used it to open the door and took the dog to a veterinarian, and an Edmond family looking to adopt a pet took the canine home.

This week, the veterinarian called the family to say the dog looked like Pumpkin, whose story appeared in the April 23 edition of The Oklahoman, David said. The family contacted David, who lives in The Colony, Texas, on Monday night, and she drove to Edmond this morning to pick up Pumpkin.

Police arrested Kim R. Turnquist, 34, in connection with the stolen car. David, 40, said she and her husband hired Turnquist to do roofing work for them in Texas, and they loaned him their car so he could go to a job in Oklahoma City, also asking him to pet sit Pumpkin while David vacationed in California.

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