On February 28, 2018, management again emailed Wilson to confirm she was no longer living at the apartment. Deputies say she responded saying she had a few more items to move and to pick up her dogs. The following day, on March 1, management told Wilson her dogs were dead. Wilson responded saying she was not in town and that flea medication might be to blame for the dogs' deaths, according to the sheriff’s office. A week later, in a text message she again blamed the flea medication for the dogs' deaths but said her cat was fine, seemingly unaware that it was also dead.