He stood for a while at the foot of the fence, waiting without realizing what he was waiting for, until he saw thedog sitting onthe opposite side of thestreet about ten metres away, looking at him with deep earnestness.
Medical examiners determined that Byrd died from a stab wound to the neck and officially ruled her death a homicide in the chilling case, which came to light when a neighbor's dog sniffed out one of the bags early Tuesday on a Bronx street.