DES MOINES, Iowa — Two people are now facing charges after court records say they left behind their cat, who was later found dead, when they moved out of a Des Moines apartment.

Back in August, court records say that Dewey Leroy Moraine, 59, and Nancy Jane Coffey, 55, moved out of their apartment in the 2700 block of SW 23rd Street in Des Moines. According to a criminal complaint, the two had a cat named Mickey and left the cat without any food or water when they moved out of the apartment.

Mickey was later found dead inside the apartment. Court records say that a necropsy determined Mickey’s likely cause of death was due to the abrupt end in eating.

Criminal complaints filed against Moraine and Coffey state they made comments saying, “they were unable to catch the animal while moving and due to this, abandoned the animal inside the apartment.”

Both Moraine and Coffey have been charged with abandonment of cats and dogs with serious injury or death and were booked into the Polk County Jail on $50,000 cash-only bonds. Preliminary hearings for the two have been scheduled for October 17.