DALLAS COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) — Eight of the 46 horses seized from a rural Dallas County farm were brought back to the property over the weekend, according to neighbors. Their owner, Linda Kilbourne, was charged with livestock neglect in early November. Last Friday, the Dallas County Attorney reached a deal with Kilbourne, allowing eight of the horses to be given to a third party. The other 37 would stay in the custody of the ARL. One of those horses has died.

Neighbors said they believe the third party is a friend of Kilbourne’s and is the one who hauled them back to her farm.