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HARRAH, Okla. — The ex-wife of an Oklahoma man facing animal cruelty charges after allegedly killing his teenage daughter’s two dogs to punish her for not doing the dishes said Thursday both of the couple’s children were stunned by the incident.

“They are devastated and in shock that their dad would hurt them that way,” said Danielle Depee. “Both my kids never thought he would do what he did.”

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Her former husband, Jeffrey Don Edwards, was charged on Wednesday.

Depee, who said she has been divorced from Edwards since 2007, said the couple’s 17-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son lived off-and-on with their father at his home in Harrah, about 22 miles (35.4 kilometres) east of Oklahoma City, and that the dogs lived there, too.

“My kids believe he deserves the punishment he gets,” Depee said. “They want nothing to do with their father.”

Edwards, 35, disputed the allegations when reached by The Associated Press.