Dog cloner Joyce McKinney 'wanted in Tennessee for burglary to fund false leg for horse'

A woman who made headlines by having her pet dog cloned by Korean scientists is also wanted in Tennessee on charges she tried to plan a burglary in 2004, a defense attorney and prosecutors there said.

Joyce McKinney was charged in 2004 in Carter County with conspiracy to commit burglary, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and failure to appear in court, said attorney David Crockett, who represented her in the Tennessee case.

Tennessee officials said the animal lover instructed a 15-year-old boy to break into a house, apparently to raise money so she could buy a false leg for a beloved horse.



Mr Crockett said he hasn't heard from her since she skipped a court date in early 2005, but after seeing television coverage of the cloning case, he's certain she's the same person known to the world as dog lover Ms McKinney.

McKinney made news around the world this summer when she had five puppies cloned in South Korea from her beloved pit bull Booger.

She later confirmed she was Joyce McKinney, a former beauty queen accused of a bizarre and salacious sex scandal that fascinated the world 30 years ago. Ms McKinney was charged in 1979 with false imprisonment after she was accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 17-stone Mormom missionary called Kirk Anderson.