OTTUMWA, Iowa [WHO-TV] — Police in a southeastern Iowa town have charged two people with animal neglect after said a dog was found dead and another was severely malnourished. The Ottumwa Police Department said it received a tip in December reporting that “two dogs were severely neglected and extremely malnourished.”

According to court documents, a search warrant was executed at the home of 45-year-old Jason Lee Haut and 35-year-old Stephanie Michelle Haut, located in the 700 block of Chester Avenue. During the execution of the search warrant, court documents say law enforcement discovered the body of a Brittany Spaniel, named Delilah, buried in the yard, and an emaciated German Shepherd named Native.

A necropsy found that Delilah had no fat around organs and determined Delilah’s cause of death as malnourishment. Native was seized and transported to a veterinarian, who determined that Native was malnourished to the point that there was permanent damage to its heart muscles, according to court records.

On Monday, the Ottumwa Police Department announced that the dogs’ owners had been arrested and charged with animal neglect with serious injury (aggravated misdemeanor) and animal neglect with injury (serious misdemeanor).