LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Officers recognized a physique discovered within the Lake Mead Nationwide Recreation Space over the weekend as Dr. Shawn Frehner, a high-profile veterinarian who has been lacking since April 6.
The Nationwide Park Service started a search at Lake Mead after Frehner’s keys, pockets, and cellphone had been present in his truck parked at Hemmenway Harbor on April 7.
In response to NPS, his physique was discovered close to the Boulder Islands throughout the Lake Mead Nationwide Recreation Space on April 18.
On April 19, the Clark County coroner’s workplace confirmed his id by way of dental data.
The Nationwide Park Service didn’t give any further particulars on the time of publication. His trigger and method of dying weren’t but launched.
A video 8 Information Now obtained confirmed Frehner jabbing a horse within the face earlier than he went lacking. The video additionally confirmed Frehner flushing a horse’s nostril with a syringe — a traditional apply. Shortly after, he’s seen jabbing the horse within the face.
Frehner issued an apology after one other video displaying him kicking a horse’s head went viral.
“I did not blatantly haul off and kick this horse as it appears in the video. That was not my intention at all,” Frehner wrote. “It was done simply to get the horse in a better position so that he could breathe and get up and move so I could again try to anesthetize.”
“But yes I did kick him right in the chin and I very much do apologize and wish this never happened,” he wrote.
In his apology, Frehner stated he was making an attempt to reposition the horse to assist it breathe, however acknowledged he did kick the horse. He stated he wished the scenario had by no means occurred.
He was the topic of an investigation by Nye County deputies for animal cruelty following a criticism from the horse’s proprietor.
In response to a lacking particular person report filed the day after he disappeared, Frehner’s father, Rex, advised police the final time he spoke with Shawn was on Sunday, April 6, at round 9 a.m., and his son advised him he was having a tough time with one of many horses.
Data 8 Information Now obtained confirmed the Nevada State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners positioned Frehner’s license on probation in 2016. He agreed to a year-long license suspension.
The explanations for self-discipline included hand-writing his medical data onto the again of invoices or name logs. He additionally gave prescription medication to purchasers in “plastic baggies,” with out verifying how a lot medication was handed out. A girl named Mary, who spoke with 8 Information Now, stated she’s had detrimental experiences with Frehner and witnessed his actions first-hand.
