A Florida woman named Alison Lawrence is accused of drowning her white mini schnauzer dog in a bathroom at Orlando International Airport because she wasn't allowed to bring the dog on a plane, according to an Orlando police affidavit filed in court.

Orange County court records confirm that Alison Agatha Lawrence, 57, was charged with a criminal felony of aggravated animal abuse. A warrant in the case was served on March 19, 2025, court records show. She was taken into custody on March 18, CBS News reported.

The affidavit, filed with Orange County courts, gives her address as Clermont, Florida.

It says that, on Dec. 16, 2024, Lawrence traveled to Orlando International Airport with her white-colored dog Tywinn.

The dog is seen at the airport ticket counter, police say.

“After Alison Agatha Lawrence was denied boarding of the dog due to improper paperwork, Alison Agatha Lawrence is believed to have taken extreme and tragic action by killing the dog,” the police affidavit alleges. Be forewarned that the details (and photos) in the affidavit are graphic and extremely disturbing.

“The dog was later located in the bathroom garbage can dead. A subsequent necropsy showed the dog died from drowning/submersion in water. This act was intentional and resulted in a cruel and unnecessary death of the animal. Therefore, an arrest warrant is being sought for Aggravated Animal Cruelty, a third-degree felony," says the disturbing affidavit.

The affidavit says that four officers responded to the women’s restroom on the third floor across from the West Jet ticket counter regarding the report of a dead animal.

They found supervisors blocking the entrance to the bathroom.

Police say this is Alison Lawrence's dog.

They found a clear trash bag in a stall containing dog-related items and a deceased white-colored dog, the affidavit says.

An employee who discovered the deceased dog told police that she had noticed a woman, later identified as Lawrence, on her knees cleaning up a lot of water and dog food from the floor of the bathroom handicapped stall, the affidavit alleges. She left and returned to see Lawrence exiting the stall with a roll-away suitcase, it says.

The worker went into the bathroom stall to clean it and when she lifted the trash bag, it seemed unusually heavy. That’s when she observed the dead dog, according to the affidavit, which notes that police recovered a dog collar, rabies tag, companion vest, and travel bag.

When the dog was discovered, the animal was extremely wet, the affidavit says.

The dog tag in the trash bag had Alison Lawrence’s name on it, police wrote. The dog’s chip registered to 9-year-old Tywinn, a miniature Schnauzer, they wrote.

It registered to one name used by the defendant, they added.

Police wrote that they confirmed that Lawrence boarded a plane in Orlando to Bogota, Columbia. At the time of the report, she did not have a booked flight back to the United States and had connecting flights booked to Ecuador, the affidavit says.

Surveillance video obtained by police showed the defendant and Tywinn walking up to the Latam ticket area, the affidavit says, providing photos. She was then seen walking away from the ticket counter with the dog and entering the bathroom, it says. Another frame shows Lawrence leaving the bathroom with her suitcase but no dog, according to the affidavit.

“Killing a dog is illegal and morally wrong unless there is a justifiable reason and it is performed humanely," police wrote.

"Dogs are sentient beings that feel pain, fear, and emotions. The defendant had ethical alternatives, such as re-homing, surrendering to a shelter, seeking help at Orlando International Airport, or even simply allow the dog to roam alone until found and turned over to Orange County Animal Services," says the police affidavit. "Instead, the defendant purposely drowned the dog showing a lack of compassion and responsibility.”