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 on the Livingston County Animal Control department, likened the dogs to an "English bulldog on stilts," and refused to identify them 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
