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Entailment!!! The reason why we have an entailment here is the fact that we have can think of a second sentence that indicates the truth of the sentence you just read.
My dog Richard was killed in a car accident (A) (entails) My dog is dead (B)
The consequence of A is B. In order to find out whether you deal with an entailment or a presupposition you may negate the sentence A. If sentence B remains true then you are confronted with a presupposition, if not you most certainly deal with an entailment:
My dog Richard was not killed in a car accident (A) My dog is dead (B)= WRONG!!!!=> Entailment