Iosco Township, MI - On September 13, 2007, Edward Gierlach, 91, was mauled to death in his front yard by four American bulldog-mixes owned by Diane Cockrell. Cheryl Harper, 56, a grandmother and retired school bus driver, was killed by the same dogs while walking along a nearby road. Anne Burns, director of the Livingston County Animal Control department, likened the dogs to an "English bulldog on stilts," and refused to identify the ani animals as pit bull-mixes.
Edward Gierlach and Cheryl Harper
07/22/09: History Channel Airs Segment of Double Fatal Attack; Images of Dogs Shown
08/20/08: Cockrell Pleads No Contest in Double Fatal Livingston Mauling
07/24/08: Questioning Dogs’ Seizure in Livingston Fatalities
05/20/08: Fatal Livingston Maulings Spawn Modest Rules
04/13/08: Livingston County Judge Denies Bid to Ban Evidence
03/19/08: Attorney in Double Dog Mauling Challenges Evidence
02/12/08: No Plea Deal Offered in Losco Township Dog Mauling Case
01/09/08: Double Killing Dog Attack Trial Set
12/29/07: Son of Double, Fatal Dog Attack Testifies
11/12/07: Criminal Charges in Dog Mauling Case that Killed Two
