After being seen on camera kicking a horse in the face, a Las Vegas veterinarian was discovered dead in a lake with a certified cause of death.
On April 18, Dr. Shawn Frehner, 56, was discovered dead in the waters of Lake Mead, a sizable reservoir that spans Arizona and Nevada.
Authorities found his truck and a number of personal belongings abandoned close to the shoreline the week before, according to PEOPLE, which prompted them to begin a search.
After being reported missing on April 6, his identity was verified on April 21, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Nevada vet Shawn Frehner found dead in Lake Mead shortly after viral video showed him kicking a horse.pic.twitter.com/NZpvtfV56c
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Shortly after an unsettling video of Frehner physically abusing a horse during a medical procedure went viral online, he vanished.
Shawna Gonzalez, a longstanding customer of Frehner’s whose horse, Big Red, was abused, captured the video, which caused a stir on social media.
