PORT GAMBLE — The Animal Control wing of the Kitsap Humane Society is continuing its case into two dead dogs found near a Port Gamble trailhead.

Some pieces of the puzzle were put together, creating a partial picture of what happened to the dogs, but there are significant pieces missing. What is known is the bodies of two German Shepherds were found wrapped in a blue tarp, underneath a bloody mattress at the Port Gamble trailhead on Sept. 20.

“We do not have information on why or who moved the bodies to the trailhead,” said Rachel Bearbower of the Kitsap Human Society. “This is still an open investigation.”

“There’s till some fuzzy details about who the owners are, who moved the dogs after they had been hit,” she said.

The discovery was reported to 911 just before 9 a.m. on Sept. 20. While deceased dogs are commonly found in the woods around the county, the finding near Port Gamble was “suspicious,” according to Kitsap County Sheriff’s Deputy Scott Wilson.

The cause of death was not immediately apparent, Wilson said. There were no fatal wounds, such as gunshots or stab marks on the dogs.

That observation was consistent with a necropsy performed by doctors at the Humane Society on Sept. 23. It was then determined the dogs were hit by a vehicle.

A driver has come forward and provided some details to the Humane Society.

“We have had somebody come forward who did hit the dogs,” Bearbower said. “It was in the same area as where the bodies were found, a few miles away.”

The driver hit the dogs at night, according to Bearbower, and went back to the scene the next morning.

“When they went back to look for the dogs, they had been moved,” Bearbower said.

The Humane Society is still investigating the incident.

“The owners have not come forward, so we don’t know where they came from,” she said.

Bearbower said if anyone knows any details about the incident or the dogs, they should call 911 as a nonemergency and the Humane Society’s Animal Control Department will follow up on any leads.

One dog was a female, estimated to be 6-8 years old. Wilson said the deputy on the scene suspected she might have been used for breeding.

The second dog, a neutered male, was 3-4 years old.

Wilson said there was no identification found with the dogs, nor did they have  tracking microchips.

Bearbower noted that if anyone hits a dog with a car, they should call 911 as soon as possible so the dog can be properly aided.

“Reporting is important, even if it is an accident,” she said.