A South Bay resident is grieving this week after his dog was found dead in his stolen SUV.

Police say Michael McVey’s Nissan Pathfinder, where he left his 16-year-old Akita named Keiko, went missing while he was shopping at the Walmart Supercenter in Gilroy on Feb. 23.

“I’m assuming he left all or some of his windows rolled down to allow for some ventilation,” said Sgt. Pedro Espinoza with the Gilroy Police Department.

When McVey left the store, the Pathfinder was gone. Surveillance camera footage shows two men leaving the parking lot in McVey’s vehicle, police say.

Four days later, the vehicle was found abandoned in San Jose, and Keiko was dead in the back seat.

Gilroy police have not pinned the dog’s death on the car thieves yet, but they’re on the lookout for the two men.

McVey told KPIX-5, “If I could get my hands on them, it wouldn’t be fun. At least for them.”