They say to never judge a book by its cover, but one look at Jason Brown and you know you’re staring into the eyes of a monster. Thankfully this one will be behind bars for a very long time for his heinous crimes.

Washoe District Judge Elliott Sattler handed the 25-year-old Reno man the maximum sentence – four years on each count of torturing and dismembering seven dogs.

Brown was arrested in July 2014 after a Super 8 Motel maid found a dog’s head in the bathtub. The room was covered in bloodstains and dog limbs. Police arrived to find skins in the room and severed Chihuahua heads in the refrigerator.

For days before the gruesome discovery, Brown refused to allow staff in to clean the room. He wasn’t present when the employee found the dogs’ remains, but immediately ran away when he returned and realized he’d been exposed.