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Westminster Dog Show Murder Mystery! Owner Suspects Canine Competitor Was Poisoned

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March 1 2013, Published 6:06 p.m. ET

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The pomp and circumstance of the famed Westminster Dog Show ended in tragedy for one owner who claims that her prize show dog was poisoned during last month's historical competition, Breaking Celebrity News is reporting.

Cruz, a three-year-old Samoyed, competed for the first time in the big show this year but just four days after he left New York for another event in Colorado, he dropped dead on February 16, reported ABC News, and both co-owner Lynette Blue, and handler, Robert Chaffin, are highly suspicious over the cause of death.

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"We have gone through all the steps of where he was, what was done, and he was always on a leash," revealed Blue, who had raised Cruz since he was a fluffy b