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Joy, Alexis' spaniel, hid during the murder and , when the bodies were taken out of the
cellar room, he ran out into the streets of Ekaterinburg. Later, Joy was found in the home
of an Ipatiex ouse guard, !ichael Letemin. "hen the guard was arrested by the "hite
Army. #olonel $aul $a%lo%ich &od'ianko looked after Joy who had by then became
totally blind. Joy was taken to (msk with the )ritish !ilitary !ission. *here, )aroness
)uxhoe%eden went to see Joy and the dog seemed to recogni'e her, despite he was blind,
probably because of a familiar smell. *hen $aul &od'ianko brought the dog out of &ussia
with him to a new home in England +. All this is from an article by !arion "ynn + *he
Last &esting $lace of Joy + which was published in &(,AL*, -I.E/* of no%ember
0112. !arion "ynn also says that + (rtino died with his mistress on the 34th 5uly 3637
and that Jemmy was found in the mineshaft +. I do not know if there is .E89I8E
e%idence about (rtino beeing killed in the cellar room : And 5udging from the photo
kindly posted by A.&)ear, I find it %ery difficult to recogni'e Jemmy and to belie%e that
his body did not decompose after so many months in the mineshaft.
A.&)ear