Sheriff unloads on dog owner accused of letting 'vicious' animals maul neighbor to death, faking heart attack to avoid jail



A Florida woman has been arrested after authorities said her two dogs fatally mauled a neighbor. There had reportedly been over a dozen complaints about the dogs before the fatal dog attack.

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey announced the arrest of 29-year-old Linda Cutler at a recent press conference. Cutler was charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of 50-year-old Jodi Cowan, who reportedly was mauled to death by Cutler's dogs.

'We have a complete cultural meltdown where everybody's got these big pit bulls, and nobody's taking proper care of them.'

Judge David Koenig initially considered a $250,000 bond for Cutler but ultimately revoked it due to a prior arrest, ordering her to remain in jail, WKMG-TV reported.

Brevard County jail records show Cutler was previously charged with grand theft of a motor vehicle, possession of a controlled substance, and failure to appear.

In the early morning hours of May 19, Cowan was walking her own dog in her neighborhood in Cocoa.

Ivey said that's when Cutler's dogs climbed over a fence and "brutally" attacked Cowan.

"The dogs identified as Max and Mako climbed over the owner's fence and began to brutally attack and maul Cowan, forcing her to the ground, viciously attacking her, and eventually dragging her across the ground for quite some distance," Ivey said during the press conference.

Ivey stated that a neighbor's surveillance camera caught the dogs charging toward Cowan before attacking her.

As Blaze News previously reported, Cowan's partner of 25 years discovered her in a pool of blood as the dogs continued to try to drag her away.

Cowan's partner, Donnell Smith, told WESH-TV he left his home to help a neighbor around 1 a.m., and Cowan and her dog were gone when he returned.

Smith said he heard a faint cry for help and then witnessed Cowan being dragged away by the animals.

"I saw the silhouette of the two dogs dragging my wife down the road, off into the grass in front of the truck down there," a tearful Smith explained.

Smith recalled, "I pulled my knife out, you know, just swinging [it with] one hand and holding the blood with the other, trying to stop her from bleeding."

"It was brutal. Seeing the same woman I've loved for the last 30 years, 25 years just ripped apart by two animals was just ... I'll never get that image out of my mind," Smith noted.

Smith called 911, and Cowan was transported to the hospital but succumbed to her injuries about four hours later, according to Sheriff Ivey.

Smith believes his wife may have lost her life because she was attempting to rescue her own dog.

"They must have been chasing our little dog, and she went to save her little dog, to get him," Smith said. "And then they switched their attention to her when she tried to get them off our little dog."

Smith told WESH that he had previously alerted the sheriff's office about Cutler's dogs.

"I told them that she had those two pits that get out all the time and run the neighborhood and have been aggressive toward people, and they didn't do anything about it," Smith stated. "My wife lost her life because of it."

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WESH-TV reported that there were "more than a dozen calls made to animal control" regarding complaints about Cutler's dogs dating back to 2024.

Cutler was issued four citations after two calls about dog bites in January and February 2024, according to WESH.

A complaint in 2025 claimed the dogs killed an outdoor cat.

WESH reported that one of the dogs bit someone on April 14, 2026, and the individual was taken to an emergency room.

Other calls focused on Cutler's dogs running loose in the neighborhood.

WKMG-TV reported that the earlier incidents were not about the two dogs involved in the deadly mauling.

"It's also important to note that during the early calls from 2024 through November of '25, the calls at Cutler’s residence were related to other dogs, as the two dogs involved in this attack were puppies back then," Ivey stated.

A neighbor told WESH, "We have a complete cultural meltdown where everybody's got these big pit bulls, and nobody's taking proper care of them."

The neighbor added, "It is constant that dogs are running loose, and I understand that dogs are property, and the county is limited on what they can do, but a lady is dead."

Ivey said, "Linda Cutler had specific and documented knowledge that her dogs repeatedly got out of her yard and additional knowledge that her dogs were attacking humans and had actually bitten someone."

Ivey said Cutler "took minimal action to prevent her dogs from getting out of her yard."

During the investigation, agents took a sworn statement from Cutler, who admitted that her dogs "routinely" escaped her yard and had to "repeatedly" return to her home, according to Ivey.

Sheriff Ivey said that Cutler confessed that she knew that one of her dogs previously had bitten another person, and her dogs were becoming "more and more aggressive, even toward her."

Cutler claimed that she installed an additional fence, but knew there were holes through which her dogs escaped the yard, the sheriff said.

Ivey added that Cutler was staying at a beachfront hotel when officers with the Melbourne Police Department arrested her on the manslaughter warrant while responding to a separate "disturbance" involving her and others at the hotel.

Ivey said of Cutler, "Oh, and to make matters worse, when she was taken into custody, she feigned having a heart attack, and had to be, by policy, transported to a nearby hospital for evaluation."

Sheriff Ivey is seen on video escorting Cutler into the Brevard County Jail, where he tells her, "Hope you enjoyed your time at the beach because you're not going to be going back."

Cutler replies, "What is the purpose of that?"

The sheriff fires back, "A woman is dead, and two dogs are about to be euthanized because of your uselessness."

The Brevard County Sheriff's Office said the dogs are expected to be euthanized.

When asked if Smith would ever forgive Cutler, he said, "I'll have to think about that one. I'm not vindictive towards her. I don’t want anything evil happening to her, but to forgive her is gonna take a little work."

The Melbourne Police Department and the Brevard County Sheriff's Office did not immediately respond to Blaze News' requests for comment.

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It’s way past time to ban pit bulls



Let’s start with the obvious: I love dogs. I’ve had them as pets for my entire life, and they really do become part of your family. I tear up thinking about Hemingway, a tenacious Westie and my best friend, and Biscuit, a magnificent Great Pyrenees, both of whom have passed away. Dogs are beautiful. Dogs are loyal. Dogs make humans better.

But pit bulls? Enough already. We need to stop pretending this isn’t a problem. This week we saw yet another horrific attack in which a pit bull sent a family of four to the hospital in Minneapolis.

In 2023 alone, pit bulls were responsible for 78% of all fatal dog attacks.

Pit bulls — or, if you want to split hairs like a lawyer in a cheap suit, “pit bull-type dogs,” including the American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, and Staffordshire Bull Terrier — account for a terrifying share of serious dog attacks in this country. And I’m not talking about a nip at the mailman’s calf or a Chihuahua snapping at a child pulling its tail. I’m talking about hospital visits. Reconstructive surgery. Coffins.

Here’s the reality: Between 2005 and 2020, pit bulls were responsible for 67% of all dog bite-related deaths in the United States, according to DogsBite.org. That’s 380 deaths. Let that sink in. That’s more than two-thirds of fatal attacks from a breed that makes up an estimated 6% of the total U.S. dog population.

In 2023 alone, pit bulls were responsible for 78% of all fatal dog attacks. It’s a pattern, not a coincidence.

The apologists come next: “It’s the owner, not the breed.” That’s the refrain — the trite excuse of the well-meaning urbanite who’s never seen a mauled kid. Sure, some pit bulls are sweet, some lions are tame, and some meth dealers go to church. But as humans, we don’t regulate for the exceptions. We regulate the pattern — and the pattern here is undeniable.

These dogs were bred for violence — quite literally. Bull-baiting, bear-baiting, dogfighting. These were blood-sport animals, selected for jaw strength, aggression, and a drive that doesn’t shut off. They’re not just strong — they’re biologically wired to hold and shake. A Lab bites and lets go. A pit bull clamps and doesn’t stop until a shotgun is used. Ask any vet — the damage a pit does isn’t just physical. It’s anatomical carnage.

According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, while “breed is not a reliable predictor of dangerous behavior,” studies do show that pit bull-type dogs are disproportionately involved in severe and fatal attacks. The Centers for Disease Control stopped publishing breed-specific fatality data in 1998, likely because the backlash wasn’t worth it. Independent data continues to accumulate, however, and it doesn’t look good.

So who’s keeping these dogs?

You might assume it would be ex-cons with illegal kennels and dogfighting rings. But these days, it’s yoga moms and guys who brew their own kombucha. Somehow, the pit bull has undergone a rebrand — from backyard killer to misunderstood underdog. Blame social media. Blame the rescue industrial complex. Blame that viral post from your friend with the “pibble” wearing a Halloween costume.

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Animal shelters are overrun with the breed, and well-meaning yuppies are “rescuing” them. It’s like adopting a kid, only to find out he’s actually a 22-year-old MS-13 member.

In 2022, over 5,300 U.S. Postal Service employees were bitten by dogs, with pit bulls topping the list of offending breeds. Pediatric hospitals report that children under 9 compose a growing share of dog attack victims, often bitten in the head or neck. The emotional trauma can last a lifetime. But hey — your Instagram reel of “Zeus” licking peanut butter off a spoon got 30,000 likes, so I guess it’s all worth it.

We ban all kinds of things in America. Lawn darts. Raw milk. Kinder Eggs. But somehow, we won’t touch pit bulls. The reasons are a sentimental attachment to these canine thugs and a culture that equates feelings with truth. And, of course, a fear of being called prejudiced — against a dog breed, no less.

But public policy shouldn’t run on sentiment. It should run on data. On risk. On whether a 5-year-old can walk down a sidewalk without losing half her face.

I’m not calling for a dog holocaust. But if you’re going to bring a living weapon into a crowded urban neighborhood, maybe we should pause. Maybe we need strict breed-specific legislation, as is common in the U.K., France, Denmark, and even parts of Canada. Maybe some things don’t belong in apartments or parks full of toddlers.

It’s not heartless to say that. It’s compassionate. It’s sane.

Dogs are incredible. They’ve been our partners for thousands of years. In fact, anthropological theory posits that domesticating wolves saved humans from extinction during the Ice Age. But not all partnerships are created equal. Some breeds were forged for companionship. Others were forged for war. Pretending they’re the same because it makes us feel good is how people, especially children, get mauled or, God forbid, killed.

You want a dog? Great. Get a mutt. Get a spaniel. Get a Greyhound — they’re fast, they’re sweet, they sleep 18 hours a day. Just don’t gaslight the rest of us into pretending your 70-pound muscle missile with a vice-grip jaw is “just misunderstood.”

Some things don’t belong in polite society. And pit bulls are one of them.

Female arrested after her dementia-stricken mother, 76, was mauled to death in home with 54 dogs



A Colorado woman is facing criminal charges in connection to the mauling death of her elderly mother by 54 dogs in their home, according to authorities.

Officers with the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office arrested 47-year-old Jessica Hoff on Friday — more than a month after 76-year-old LaVonne Hoff was found mauled to death in the home they shared in Colorado City.

Police said the victim suffered from dementia and 'required 24-hour care.'

The daughter reportedly was charged with criminal negligence resulting in the death of an at-risk adult. She also was charged with 54 counts of aggravated cruelty to animals — one count for each of the dogs found inside the home.

Hoff was booked into the Pueblo County Jail on a $50,000 bond, according to jail records.

On Feb. 3, deputies with the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of an unconscious woman. Officers found the 76-year-old dead at the crime scene as well as dozens of dogs "running loose in the home."

Autopsy results determined that the cause of the elderly woman's death was wounds suffered during the dog attack.

Police said the victim suffered from dementia and "required 24-hour care."

The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement, "Sheriff’s detectives conducted an extensive investigation and learned that Jessica Hoff had left her mother at home alone with her dogs that day while she went to Pueblo to run errands."

Detectives determined that the pack of dogs mauled to death the dementia-stricken mother after her at home alone.

Detectives executed a search warrant on the home and reportedly found 54 dogs and seven birds.

The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office noted that the dogs and birds were found "living in unsanitary conditions, and several of the dogs were in poor health."

A county animal agency later seized the neglected dogs.

Hoff is scheduled to appear in court Thursday.

Approximately 4.5 million dog bites occur each year in the United States, according to DogBite.org. Of the victims, nearly 1,000 require medical treatment at a hospital for nonfatal dog bite-related injuries each day.

Between 2011 and 2021, a total of 468 Americans died from being bitten or struck by a dog, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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8-year-old boy 'brutally' mauled to death by dogs; Florida sheriff vows to hold owner responsible, have animals 'destroyed'



An 8-year-old boy was "brutally" mauled to death by two dogs after the child went to pet the "very vicious" animals, according to police in Florida. The sheriff has vowed "to do everything humanly possible" to hold the owner responsible for the violent animal attack and have the dogs "destroyed."

Around 4:55 p.m. Monday, the boy — Michael Millett — was riding bikes with his friend in the Berry Ridge community in DeLand, which is about an hour northeast of Orlando.

'This is a tragedy beyond comprehension.'

The boy reportedly went to pet the dogs — and then tragedy struck.

Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said at a Tuesday press conference, "It goes from petting, and a very friendly encounter, to the dogs becoming very, very, very vicious and very violent."

A caller allegedly told a 911 dispatcher, "There is a little boy being attacked by two dogs. Oh, my God, please hurry."

According to the Daytona Beach News-Journal, the frantic caller told the dispatcher: "He is not moving, the boy that is being attacked. He was screaming for help and they pinned him down to the ground and they are like biting him and he is not moving, he is not responding."

The caller said the boy's mother jumped on top of her son to try to protect him from the dog attack.

CPR was performed on the boy, but it was unsuccessful, and Michael was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Volusia County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that one of the dogs is a pit bull and the other is a mixed breed.

The dogs escaped the property, and authorities chased the animals down the road. The dogs were chased back to the property and eventually captured. The dogs were being held in quarantine by Volusia County Animal Services.

Fox News reported that deputies and animal control officers noticed that the dog owner's property was not fully fenced in and that the dogs had the ability to escape easily.

According to the News-Journal, police are investigating allegations that the same dogs were "running wild and killing chickens."

Chitwood said, "These dogs have been terrorizing the neighborhood."

An autopsy determined that the boy suffered 12 severe bites, including injuries to his foot and neck.

'We are going to do everything humanly possible to hold the owner of these dogs responsible, and we are going to do everything possible to make sure that these dogs are destroyed.'

The sheriff said, "What a horrific, horrific incident this was. [The boy was] maliciously mauled, brutally mauled, and killed at the scene."

Chitwood believes the victim didn't suffer long because his wounds were "devastating" and "horrific."

The sheriff added, "I don’t know what anyone can say to ease the immense pain this family is feeling tonight. This is a tragedy beyond comprehension, especially for those of us who are parents and grandparents. I can only ask our community to say a prayer of strength for this family and keep them in your hearts as they face their worst nightmare."

The dog owner — identified as 31-year-old Amanda Franco by the News-Journal — reportedly wasn't on the property at the time of the animal attack.

The paper said of Franco, "A quick search of the Volusia County Branch Jail arrest records showed Franco has been arrested 12 times since 2015 for drug offenses, aggravated battery, battery, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and a probation violation."

Chitwood said Franco is subject to supervised weekly drug testing and has not been cooperative with authorities.

The Volusia County Sheriff's Office, Volusia County Animal Control Services, and the State Attorney's Office are working together to charge Franco.

"We are going to seek justice for Michael," Chitwood declared, adding that "we are going to do everything humanly possible to hold the owner of these dogs responsible, and we are going to do everything possible to make sure that these dogs are destroyed."

A GoFundMe campaign was launched to help support Michael's family following the tragic loss. The campaign has raised nearly $60,000 at the time of publication.

Police are urging anyone with information on the dogs involved in the attack to contact the Volusia County Sheriff's Office at 386-943-7866.

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3 adults arrested over pit bull attack on 6-year-old boy who was handcuffed by hands and feet, police say



Ohio police say three adults were arrested after a 6-year-old boy was handcuffed by the hands and feet and bitten by a pit bull dog.

The Ashland County Sheriff's Office said that police responded to a call of a dog attack at a home in the village of Savannah on Saturday afternoon. A caller to 911 told a dispatcher that a child had been bitten by a pit bull on the ear and the neck.

'It was horrible, because I couldn't take his pain away.'

The boy was eventually airlifted to an area hospital in serious condition.

Police questioned Angelina Williams of Cleveland, who is the mother of the boy. She told them she lived at the home with a family member of Robert Michalski, who owns the property and the dog.

Investigators said they learned the boy "had been restrained with handcuffs on his hands and feet" before the dog attack and found Michalski and the dog hiding in a cubby hole during a search of the house.

Police arrested Williams and Michalski and booked them into the Ashland County Jail before concluding that Williams' boyfriend, Taylor Desiree Marvin-Brown, had also participated in the "restraining" of the boy. He was arrested as well.

WKYZ-TV spoke to Kydhatha Castellano, who is the boy's aunt and says she is his legal guardian. She said the boy lives with her in New York but was on a 2-week visit with his biological mother in Ohio.

"It was horrible, because I couldn't take his pain away," she said.

Castellano says he opened up to her about the incident and told her that they were punishing him because he was crying and they didn't like that he was crying. The boy was released from the hospital after surgery.

Williams and her boyfriend were charged with endangering children and obstructing justice, both felonies. Michalski was charged with endangering children and tampering with evidence.

The pit bull was captured and the investigation is ongoing, according to police.

Photos of the horrific attack were published by WKYZ in its news video report on YouTube.

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Mom-of-three mauled to death days before Mother's Day, her children survive vicious dog attack thanks to 'angel'



A mother-of-three was mauled to death by a pack of "aggressive" dogs in Georgia. The dog attack that happened just days before Mother's Day also left her children injured, one child suffered severe wounds from the tragic incident. The children survived the vicious animal attack thanks to the intervention by an "angel."

A mother and her children were mauled by a pack of dogs on Thursday in Quitman, Georgia. The family was reportedly at a bus stop around 4:45 p.m. when the animal attack occurred.

Deputies with the Brooks County Sheriff’s Office responded to a complaint of multiple minors being attacked by dogs.

When officers arrived, they encountered "several aggressive dogs on the property," according to a statement released by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Courtney Williams, 35, was found dead by deputies in a nearby yard.

One of the children allegedly flagged down a man driving by the dog attack.

The good Samaritan "helped fight the dogs off and manage to get the kids in his truck," Williams’ sister-in-law Crystal Cox wrote in a Facebook post that included graphic photos of the horrific injuries that one of the children endured.

The man rushed the children to a local hospital.

Cox said the unknown man was a "blessing" and an "angel" to her family.

"Without him, I don't know what the outcome would have been," she wrote.

Cox said that the two children are "fine," but "shook up and still processing things."

A neighbor told WALB-TV, "I do feel for the family and for the kids because now they are going to have to celebrate Mother’s Day without their mother."

Another neighbor told the news outlet that they have been complaining about the lack of animal control for a while.

"People dump dogs all over the county and no one can get help with them because there’s no county animal control. Praying for this woman’s family. This is so sad," the resident said.

Authorities did not identify the breed of dog involved in the attack.

The investigation is ongoing, and an autopsy will be performed by the GBI Medical Examiner’s Office to determine Williams' cause of death.

Anyone with information on the deadly dog attack is asked to contact the GBI Investigative Office in Thomasville at 229-225-4090. Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477).

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2 dog owners arrested after pit bulls maul South Carolina man to death



Two South Carolina dog owners have been arrested after a man was mauled to death by two pit bulls.

Shannan Christine McCrackin, 45, and Kenneth Howard Swayne, 44, were booked into the Berkeley County jail on Nov. 1. Both were being held at the Berkeley County Detention Center.

McCrackin was charged with involuntary manslaughter and two counts of dangerous animals unconfined on premises. McCrackin had a $25,000 bond.

Swayne was charged with two counts of dangerous animals unconfined on premises. Swayne has a bond of $10,000.

Around 5 p.m. last Tuesday, the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office received a call regarding a dog attack in Moncks Corner, South Carolina.

According to law enforcement, a 65-year-old man was mauled to death and pronounced dead at the scene. He was later identified as David Eller.

The Post and Courier reported, "David Eller, 65, was walking through his neighborhood in the Pleasant Oaks Mobile Home Park off Old Whitesville Road when two pit bull dogs fatally attacked him, Berkeley County Coroner Darnell Hartwell said Nov. 1."

The ma was pronounced dead on the scene.

"This was a vicious attack on an unsuspecting victim, and this should have never occurred," Berkeley County Sheriff Duane Lewis told the Berkeley Observer. "If the owner of the dogs would have taken the proper responsibility for the safekeeping of the animals, the attack could have been prevented."

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4-year-old playing in backyard was mauled to death by dog; family says the boy was 'full of life'



A 4-year-old boy was mauled to death by at least one dog when he was playing in the backyard of his grandmother's house in Detroit, Michigan.

The vicious dog attack happened in the city's west side just before 3 p.m. on Wednesday, according to police.

Detroit Police Department Cpl. Dan Donakowski said, "The dogs mauled the boy while he was in the backyard. He succumbed to his injuries. We're not sure if it's one or two dogs, but Animal Control has two dogs in custody."

The boy was pronounced dead at the site of the dog attack.

An adult was at home when the boy was killed in the deadly dog attack, according to police.

"The event was so horrific that people across the street could hear," attorney Peter O’Toole said. "They're the ones who contacted authorities right away."

The family believes the dogs jumped over the fence to maul the boy.

According to WXYZ-TV, "Police say the dog even dragged the child back to the other side through a gap in the fence. Neighbors a block away also heard his grandmother call for help."

Donakowski said it is believed that the dogs that mauled the little boy to death belong to a neighbor who lives behind the house of the grandmother.

The dogs were believed to be pit bulls or pit bull mixes, police said.

WILX reported, "As DPD and Detroit Animal Control investigated the scene, police chaplains held the family’s hand in prayer as they mourned the sudden and tragic death of the young child."

The boy has been identified as 4-year-old Lovell Anderson.

"Just full of life," Lovell’s aunt Monique Grant said of the slain boy. "We just ask for everybody's prayers right now."

Lovell's aunt Maple Blackshear remembered, "Just such a gentleman, so helpful. Just sweet."

Police Cmdr. Arnold Williams told reporters at the scene, "We’re trying to do everything that we can just to help everybody through this. The loss of a child who hasn’t really started their life is just something huge that nobody can really even fathom."

Williams added, "This reminds everybody, if you do have a dog to secure your dog to make sure your dog can’t get out. That’s the most important thing."

At the time of publication, the owner of the dogs has not been identified or charged.

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'Absolutely shocked and devastated': Elderly Hawaii man mauled to death by pack of dogs



A Hawaii man was mauled to death by a pack of dogs in a horrific attack.

Robert Northrop lost his life because of a deadly dog attack on Tuesday morning in the Ocean View Estates subdivision. Around 9 a.m., officers with the Hawaii Police Department discovered Northrop unresponsive in the middle of the road.

The 71-year-old man received medical treatment at the scene and was rushed to the Kona Community Hospital. However, he perished before reaching the medical center.

Police said Northrop died from an attack by four dogs.

The New York Post reported, "A neighbor said he heard a commotion outside his Ocean View home and looked out to witness the canines attacking Northrop in the roadway. He chased the dogs away and called 911, according to cops."

Hawaii police chief Ben Moszkowicz said, "There is currently no evidence that the victim provoked this horrific attack. This incident is a senseless tragedy that could have been avoided."

The owners of the deadly dogs were not home at the time of the attack, according to police.

The Hawaii Police Department said in a statement, "The dogs’ owners were not home at the time of the attack; however, they have been identified and contacted by police. Investigators are looking into claims that the dogs had previously been reported as stray animals."

Police are currently treating the investigation as a Negligent Failure to Control a Dangerous Dog case.

The owners surrendered all four dogs, as well as a litter of 10 puppies, to the Hawaii County Animal Control and Protection Agency.

Police are still awaiting autopsy results to determine the official cause of death.

A statement was released by Northrop's daughter, Shannon Matson.

"Myself, and my sister, Anna are absolutely shocked and devastated to find out this news about our dad," Matson said. "While we don’t know all of the details yet, our family is committed to making sure that the dog owners are held accountable and we will do everything in our power to stop this sort of tragedy from happening to anyone else on our island home."

The Hawaii Police Department is urging anyone with information on the dog attack case to contact Detective Donovan Kohara at (808) 326-4646 ext. 238.

In April, a Minnesota man was mauled to death by his brother's four pit bulls.

In January, a pack of dogs mauled a 7-year-old boy to death in Idaho despite his mother attempting to intervene.

Last October, a 71-year-old man was mauled to death by seven pit bulls in Texas.

Also in October 2022, three pit bulls killed the elderly mother of their owner in Georgia.

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3-year-old Louisiana girl may never smile again after being mauled by foster dog that ate toddler's face: 'She was being thrown all over the place'



A 3-year-old Louisiana girl may never smile again after being mauled in a vicious dog attack. The foster dog ate the little girl's face during the attack.

On March 16, Emily Roark was attacked by a foster dog that her family had brought into their home in less than 24 hours before the horrific attack. The girl's mother said the dog and the girl were "very sweet together," according to the Daily Mail. The dog, named Tater Tot, even let Emily give it kisses on the snout.

Rebekka Bolline, Emily's mother, said, "They had a good relationship. The dog let her kiss her face, on the snout, let her pet her and everything."

"The little bit of time that they were around each other, they were very sweet with each other," Bolline said. "Emily came downstairs and she was petting the dog from the back of the neck to his back, very, very softly."

Bolline recalled, "In a matter of seconds, it barked and latched on her face and then started shaking her side to side, while I'm screaming, 'Get off my baby! Get off my baby!'"

"When the dog bit and latched onto her, she didn't make a sound," the mother explained. "Her body went limp and she was being thrown all over the place."

"At that moment, I just thought that she wasn't going to make it and that she was going to die," Bolline said. "I didn't know how to help her. I couldn't get the dog off her. I kept screaming. I don't remember how I got the dog off – I blocked it out."

The mother reportedly said the dog eventually released Emily from its jaws, but not before the animal had "ingested" some of the toddler's flesh from her face.

"Her cheek was chewed up very badly," Bolline added. "The dog ingested some of her face."

Emily was rushed from her house in Slidell to a local hospital and then transferred to the Children's International Pediatrics Hospital in New Orleans.

Emily suffered muscle damage that may prevent her from ever smiling again. She also has wounds on her cheeks, lips, and inside her mouth. Emily will require multiple reconstruction surgeries.

Tater Tot was euthanized by animal control after the dog attack.

Bolline said the whole reason that they started fostering Tater Tot was because Emily desperately wanted a puppy.

The mother said Emily now has a "fear of animals."

Bolline said, "Every once in a while, she's in a lot of pain she'll point to herself and say, 'Mommy I die, mommy I die. Puppy was hungry,' which is heartbreaking."

A GoFundMe was launched to raise money to pay for medical treatment for the young girl.

"March 16th my 3-year-old daughter got attacked by a pitbull. We were fostering a dog and that morning as Emily was softly petting the dog it attacked her," the profile on the crowdfunding website reads. "The doctors say she will not be able to smile or eat on one side of her face and her tear duct may have been damaged as well. We were discharged yesterday but will need multiple reconstruction surgery. Anything helps, God bless."

Bolline said, "I will never trust a dog ever again. It snapped for no reason."

In February, a 6-year-old girl was mauled during a dog attack, The brutal assault in Maine forced the little girl to undergo a 12-hour emergency surgery and require more than 1,000 stitches.

A family friend said of the girl, "Her salivary glands aren’t working … and doctors said she won't be able to smile again. Muscles are too damaged."

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