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Last Friday, Debbie LaFleur was reunited with her Yorkshire Terrier, Kingston, who’d been missing for five years. Kingston disappeared from Lake Charles, Louisiana, during Hurricane Laura in 2020. Last week, he unexpectedly showed up 300 miles away in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on the back porch of the Kappa Sigma fraternity house at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Fraternity president Neal Rachal discovered Kingston, initially naming him “Benji.” The next day, they had his microchip scanned and learned his real name was Kingston and that he’d been missing for five years. LaFleur received an email and a phone call confirming Kingston had been found. “My heart just started pounding,” she recalls, describing the emotional moment.
She and her son drove four hours to pick up Kingston. As soon as he saw her, Kingston excitedly sprinted toward her. The fraternity members made Kingston an honorary member, with Rachal saying, “He’s like a member of the chapter right now.” LaFleur expressed deep gratitude to the “wonderful guys” at the frat house, adding, “So happy to have my baby back.”
Source: WDAM