ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – An Albuquerque woman is in jail after police say they found a person dead and 19 dogs on her property Thursday morning.

Christina Thompson is facing over 200 animal abuse-related charges, and it’s because this isn’t the first time the Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department has been at the property.

Neighbors say the dogs have made it difficult to do things as simple as walking around the neighborhood for more than a year now.

“Right there on the fence, these two dogs that come up, they looked like they were big dogs. They looked like wolves, and they would come out. You could tell they were hungry, and they would come up on the fence and start barking if you went in there,” said Phillip Lee Martinez. 

Martinez says he hasn’t been able to walk around his neighborhood in peace.

“I swear it’s been a while, maybe years. We never went into that cul-de-sac because of her,” said Martinez. 

Albuquerque police were called to the home on Glendale Place in northwest Albuquerque Thursday morning. Inside they found a person dead, and 19 dogs on Thompsons’ property.

Through court documents, officers say the dogs were living in an unsafe and unsanitary conditions. They add they have been walking around in their feces and urine.

“Imagine living next door to that. The smell, the dogs barking, the house a shambles, you know,” Martinez said. “When I see those APD, they were cleaning their shoes because they were stepping on s***. 19 dogs in that house, there’s s*** is all over, you know that,” Martinez said. 

Martinez says police aren’t the only ones to respond to the home. Recently, Animal Welfare was there too and Martinez wonders why they didn’t do something three weeks ago. 

“They should have taken it right away. Why didn’t they?” said Martinez. 

Reports show Thompspon was deemed an irresponsible owner and was not allowed to have any dogs.

KOB 4 spoke to Animal Welfare, who says there is a process to taking away the dogs, even if they have a warrant issued.

“We can only gain access to the property if the owner allows us to do so. So we were unable to get that cooperation prior to yesterday,” said Jack Hagerman, deputy director of Animal Welfare. 

Animal Welfare says they aren’t too sure what is going to happen with the dogs just yet.

We also reached out to Albuquerque police regarding the person they found dead at Thompsons property, but they tell us it remains under investigation and can’t release more information.