police say edward nudel 41 staten island broke into his relative 's home on march 11 and strangled a 2-year-old pomeranian named lola ` in an especially depraved and sadistic manner .
police were called and arrived at nudel 's bay terrace home to find him sleeping in his bed with lola lying motionless on the floor nearby with her tongue out .
the dog was taken to an animal hospital where she was pronounced dead , silive reports .