LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A high-profile Las Vegas-area veterinarian who disappeared in April died by suicide in a drowning at Lake Mead, the Clark County coroner’s workplace dominated Wednesday.
Crews discovered Dr. Shawn Frehner’s physique close to the Boulder Islands inside the Lake Mead Nationwide Recreation Space on April 18. His id was confirmed on April 19 by dental information.
The coroner’s workplace confirmed Frehner’s reason for dying was drowning with using pentobarbital. His method of dying was listed as suicide.
Pentobarbital is a barbiturate, which is a sort of remedy that acts as a central nervous system depressant. It is usually a typical animal euthanasia drug in the USA and Canada, based on the Nationwide Library of Drugs.
The seek for Frehner started at Lake Mead after his keys, pockets, and cellphone had been present in his truck parked at Hemmenway Harbor on April 7.
Based on 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.
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 follow. Shortly after, he’s seen jabbing the horse within the face.
Frehner issued an apology after one other video exhibiting 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 chi,n and I very much do apologize and wish this never happened,” he wrote.
In his apology, Frehner mentioned he was making an attempt to reposition the horse to assist it breathe, however acknowledged he had kicked the horse. He mentioned he wished the state of affairs 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.
Information 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 handwriting his medical information 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 lady named Mary, who spoke with 8 Information Now, mentioned she’s had destructive experiences with Frehner and witnessed his actions first-hand.
