The Guardian has the sordid details, with multiple sources alleging they heard about the violent act either from Roberts directly or people whom Roberts told.
The apparent crime happened around 2004, when Roberts was a history professor at New Mexico State University. Kenneth Hammond, who was chair of the university’s history department at the time, says Roberts told his terrible tale with no inhibitions. “My recollection of his account was that he was discussing in the hallway with various members of the faculty, including me, that a neighbor’s dog had been barking pretty relentlessly and was, you know, keeping the baby and probably the parents awake and that he kind of lost it and took a shovel and killed the dog,” he said.Two other people–another professor and their spouse–confirmed Hammonds’ account.
Another former colleague, Marsha Weisiger, recalls Roberts sharing the story when he invited her and her husband over for dinner.“My husband and I were stunned.
First of all, that he would do such a thing. And second of all, that he would tell us about it. If I did something horrific, I would not be telling my colleagues about it,” she said.Weisiger also alleges that Roberts confessed he dreamed of killing his neighbor’s puppies, too…After spending over a year cozying up to Donald Trump in an attempt to be picked as his #2 in the 2024 presidential election, Kristi Noem has managed to kill whatever chances she in just a five day period.It's not just that the President of Heritage Foundation killed his neighbor's dog with a shovel—he also had to brag to his liberal academic colleagues about it.