The neighbors, Stephanie Sheen and Ryan Luke, escaped their burning home, but it was declared a total loss and their six dogs and two cats died in the fire.
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On Friday, both Luke and Sheen tearfully remembered their pets as their "children."
"They were so special, every single one of them,” said Sheen, who is a veterinarian.
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"I'm finding how sick this person was. I mean, it’s mental illness. He was a hoarder. It had nothing to do with us.
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Luke said neither he nor his wife had ever called the city about Billings, they never had any dispute with him and had hardly even spoken with him.
"I’ve spent a total of four minutes speaking with that man in four years,” he said.
But when Robinson [code enforcer] showed up about a week ago, she asked Luke if she could use his backyard to look into Billings' yard.
Later, Billings approached Sheen while she was in her driveway and accused her of working for the city and turning him in.
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