Escaped Pet Pig Slaughtered by ‘Helpful’ Neighbor in California

File photo of a pet pig called Jacinto, seen walking with a leash at a park in Mexico City on Jan. 4, 2018. A runaway pet pig in California was found recently and butchered by an area man. Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images

A California family’s missing pet pig was found but while police went to get the animal’s owners, someone slaughtered their beloved pet.

Princess the pig—a 400-pound sow—had escaped her enclosure at owner Carrie Hogan’s mother’s house in Arcata, California, on March 23, according to MailOnline.