Daycare loses pet turtle in Middletown church arson

The turtle, named Myrtle Sands, lived in a 75-gallon aquarium tank at Building Strong Foundations day care inside the Tytus Avenue First Church of God. The turtle even had its own Facebook page.

Michele Ferguson, office manager of the day care, assumes Myrtle Sands died in the fire, but she’s holding out hope that whomever started the fire may have stolen the turtle.

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If someone did steal the turtle before the fire, she wants the animal back.

“He’s part of our family,” she said

She called the turtle “unique” and said it had “a good personality.”