A 24-year-old man is accused of killing and dismembering several dogs and keeping their heads in small refrigerator in a Nevada motel room.
Jason Brown is scheduled to appear at a status hearing on Wednesday in Washoe District Court on animal torture and drug charges that could send him to prison for more than 20 years.
Authorities say he was arrested on July 9 after a maid called police when she found a decapitated dog in the bathtub of a Reno motel room Brown was renting.
Police say they found four dog heads inside a small refrigerator, and several bloody knives and scissors.
Brown's lawyer, John Oakes, tells the Reno Gazette-Journal the former Reno High School student has "mental health issues" and might need a psychiatric evaluation before he goes to trial.
