Pit Bull Attack Victims with Severe and Fatal Scalp Injuries
Frankie Flora was attacked by a pit bull adopted out by "Out of the Pits" rescue.
DogsBite.org - We've gathered a number of violent pit bull attacks involving severe and fatal scalp injuries in this post. In some cases, the pit bull or multiple pit bulls have ripped off the victim's entire scalp. These devastating scalp injuries inflicted by pit bulls require documentation so that researchers, doctors, attorneys and parents, can access them. We ask readers to leave links to new pit bull attacks involving severe and fatal scalp injuries in the Comments section below.
Pit Bull Scalp Attacks
- 04/05/16: Sanjuana Caceres, 66-years old (Fresno, CA)
- 09/30/15: Rebekah Forgey, 20-years old (Carroll County, IN)
- 09/25/15: Omoniho Isaac Abraham, 4-years old (Nigeria)
- 09/22/15: Carmen Reigada, 91-years old (Miami-Dade, FL)
- 09/14/15: Marilyn Stanley, 26-years old (Walton, KY)
- 07/28/15: Isaiah Francis, 17-months old (Greenwood, MO)
- 06/19/15: Jane Doe Child, 9-years old (Anchorage, AK)
- 03/23/15: Brianna Leos, 11-years old (Evans, CO)
- 03/13/15: Kenneth Ford, 79-years old (Nye County, NV)
- 09/08/14: Terrence Wigodinski, 4-years old (Dubois County, IN)
- 09/04/14: Jane Doe Adult, 28-years old (Seattle, WA)
- 07/19/14: Logan Sheppard, 4-years old (Riverview, FL)
- 06/06/14: Jane Doe, 6-years old (Dorchester County, MD)
- 04/30/14: Katie Morrison, 20-years old (Smiths Station, AL)
- 04/25/14: Ruhimah Juandi, 51-years old (Malaysia)
- 03/13/14: Joanne McChord, 22-years old (UK)
- 03/12/14: Yonni DuBose, 6-years old (Newport News, VA)
- 03/09/14: Kayla Smith, 6-years old (Goose Creek, SC)
- 09/23/13: Trehlan Credit, 3-years old (Faulkner County, AR)
- 08/19/13: John Doe Summerlin, 2-years old (Magee, MS)
- 08/11/13: Hunter Kilbourn, 10-years old (Antioch, CA)
- 05/20/13: Amanda Phillips, 10-years old (Guyana)
- 05/09/13: Pamela Devitt, 63-years old (Littlerock, CA)
- 04/16/13: Jessie Clark, 64-years old (Detroit, MI)
- 03/14/13: Anthony Ivey, 5-years old (Macon, GA)
- 03/13/12: Linda Henry, 54-years old (Westwego, LA)
- 02/10/13: Richard Musselwhite, 11-years old (Albany, GA)
- 08/05/12: Nancy Davis, 61-years old (American Falls, ID)
- 06/11/12: Perrin Petell, 9-years old (Pittsfield, MA)
- 06/01/12: Angelo Garcia, 2-years old (Memphis, TN)
- 05/30/12: Kenny Allen, 11-years old (Rock Hill, SC)
- 05/17/12: Johanna Rangel, 4-years old (Corning, CA)
- 04/04/12: Oshawn Obermann Jr, 8-months old (Jamaica)
- 02/17/12: Victor Sarracino, adult (Valencia County, NM)
- 12/05/11: Jane Doe, 50-60s, (Pueblo, CO)
- 05/24/11: Liz Smith, 52-years old (New Zealand)
- 05/23/11: George Sumrall, 2-years old (Sumter, SC)
- 03/23/11: John Doe, 12-years old (West New York, NJ)
- 02/21/11: Jack Wellstead, 7-years old (London, UK)
- 11/19/10: Lori Amsden, 46-years old (Des Lacs, ND)
- 11/16/10: Jane Ashe, 76-years old (Isle of Wight County, VA)
- 10/31/10: Summer Adams, 2-years old (Van, TX)
- 08/26/10: Tyah Norris, 6-years old (Jackson County, MI)
- 08/20/10: Laurie Faye Schissler, 48-years old (Houston, TX)
- 07/09/10: Doretha Crews, 80-years old (Jonesboro, GA)
- 06/13/10: Jose Sadino, 5-years old (Newhall, CA)
- 06/02/10: Ajia Brown, 8-years old (Hanover, PA)
- 05/23/10: Brianna Watkins, 12-years old (Columbus, GA)
- 03/05/10: Jane Doe, 4-years old (Country Club Hills, IL)
- 02/15/10: Olga Balakhina, 10-years old (Siberia)
- 12/05/09: John Doe, 3-years old (Northern Territory, AU)
- 12/04/09: Maria Zaldana, 70-years old (Bayonne, NJ)
- 11/09/09: Unnamed Pit Bull Scalp Attack Victim
- 10/28/09: Gladys Roberts, 55-years old (Jones County, NC)
- 10/05/09: Hunter Aldridge, 5-years old (Cardiff, AL)
- 08/28/09: Hunter Thorp, 5-years old (Cherokee County, TX)
- 06/29/09: Shaylee Crosson, 3-years old (Odessa, TX)
- 06/02/09: Justin Cutrer, 6-years old (Polk County, FL)
- 05/31/09: Estrella Soria, 3-years old (San Angelo, TX)
- 05/16/09: Hunter Ryder, 3-years old (Culpeper, VA)
- 04/22/09: Frankie Flora, 5-years old (Wappingers Falls, NY)
- 04/20/09: Nathaniel Stafford, 4-years old (Conyers, Ga)
- 04/20/09: Ralph Velardi, adult (North Port, FL)
- 02/27/09: Ona Deane-Gordly, 63-years old (Spanaway, WA)
- 02/00/09: Jane Doe, 22-years old (New Zealand)
- 11/15/08: Billie Jean Cain, 6-years old (Johnson County, TX)
- 09/17/08: Alex Medina, 6-years old (Moses Lake, WA)
- 08/19/08: Demetrious Allen, 18-months old (Aberdeen, MD)
- 06/30/08: Moheal Raul Ramsaywack, 20-years old (Guyana)
- 06/28/08: Charlotte Blevins, 15-months old (Omaha, NE)
- 06/22/08: Xander van Zyl, 4-years old (South Africa)
- 06/16/08: Amaya Hess, 2-years old (Indianapolis, IN)
- 11/24/07: Jaydin Embry, 1-year old (Witchita, KS)
- 10/02/07: Jane Doe, 2-years old (Middletown, OH)
- 07/25/07: Martin Collier, 5-years old (Highland City, FL)
- 06/29/07: Mary Bernal, 63-years old (Deltona, FL)
- 02/22/07: Zaria Junis, 5-years old (Chicago, IL)
- 12/31/06: Jane Doe, 3-years old (Modesto, CA)
- 12/19/06: Hallie Hargrove, 6-years old (Friday Harbor, WA)
- 09/09/06: Sascia Maria Lopez, 4-years old (Lakeland, FL)
- 01/31/06: Destiny Campbell, 3-years old (New Castle, PA)
- 01/05/06: Noah, 2-years old (Louisville, KY)
- 12/21/05: Dorothy Sullivan, 82-years old (Spotsylvania, VA)
- 10/01/05: Mabel Wong, 88-years old (Concord, CA)
- 05/01/05: Jordan Wisby, 5-years old (Australia)
- 12/16/04: Jane Doe, 4-years old (Sullivan County, TN)
- 11/20/04: Sandra Sardinha, 46-years old (Maui, HI)
- 11/13/04: Ty'kee Conyers, 3-years old (Wilmington, NC)
- 07/06/04: Alex Ward, 7-years old (Ft. Lupton, CO)
- 05/17/04: Mai Ka Thao, 7-years old (Appleton, WI)
- 04/28/04: Emily Stinnett, 4-years old (Hodgenville, KY)
- 10/28/03: Jonathan Shane Ivey, 4-years old (Henderson County, TX)
- 10/20/03: Jane Doe, 17-years old (Huntington Beach, CA)
- 10/12/03: Charlotte Cooper, 38-years old (Hudson, OH)
- 06/04/03: Carol Dennison, 56-years old (Port St. John, FL)
- 04/14/03: Emily DeMoss, 3-years old (Leavenworth, KS)
- 03/11/03: Abigail Register, 4-years old (Jacksonville, FL)
- 12/23/02: Garrett Carothers, 8-years old (Pagosa Springs, CO)
- 08/20/02: John-Michael Macias-Drisner, 2-years old (La Habra, CA)
- 04/23/02: Davis White, 4-years old (Lawrenceville, GA)
- 04/20/02: Brian Keates, 11-years old (Pollock Pines, CA)
- 12/26/01: Lev Liberman, 74-years old (New York, NY)
- 10/08/01: Patricia Hallet, 36-years old (Pittsburg, CA)
- 08/26/01: Tyshawn Cherry, 2-years old (West Englewood, IL)
- 08/31/00: Michael Carrick, 9-years old (New Port Richey, FL)
- 05/22/00: Jeffrey Morris, 4-years old (Rocky Mount, NC)
- 05/17/00: John Doe, 4-years old (Yelm, WA)
- 02/18/00: Ascension Cervantez, 40-years old (Los Angeles, CA)
- 10/13/96: Devon Postell, 2-years old (Allentown, PA)
- 06/03/96: Keyaira Bailey, 6-years old (Milwaukee, WI)
- 03/16/95: Florence Bigbie, 67-years old (St. Petersburg, FL)
- 08/27/94: Boualian Souksanh, 7-years old (Ontario, CA)
- 07/24/94: John Doe, Child (Miami, FL)
- 05/05/94: Norman Johnson, 4-years old (Washington D.C.)
- 04/23/94: Christopher Rodriguez, 3-years old (Miami, FL)
- 10/09/93: Jeremy Hale, 8-years old (Peoria, AZ)
- 03/21/91: Brandon Pierce, 2-years old (Angier, NC)
- 03/30/89: Travis Rutherford, 3-years old (Cleveland, OH)
- 02/25/89: Melissa Moreira, 8-years old (Miami, FL)
- 10/05/88: Brandon Spradley, 6-years old (Indianapolis, IN)
- 09/24/88: Timothy Philbin, 11-years old (Pompano Beach, FL)
- 03/11/88: Chris Graham, 2-years old (Columbus County, NC)
- 10/05/87: Barbara Wilson, 3-years old (Nampa, IA)
- 08/14/87: John Doe, adult (Los Angeles, CA)
- 03/00/86: Lori Vosefski, 3-years old (Fairfield, CA)
- 02/07/85: Terrance Ryan, 19-months old (Oakland, CA)
- 10/27/84: Anthony Martin, 12-years old (Miami, FL)
- 06/09/84: Elizabeth Quittelier, adult (Pullman, MI)
- 03/04/84: Samuel "Buck" Beverly, 7-years old (Monticello, FL)
- 10/08/83: Daniel Keck, 9-years old (Mount Vernon, WA)
- 06/15/83: Jesus Hernandez Jr., 8-years old (San Jose, CA)
- 01/31/82: Wylie Archambo, 8-years old (Sarasota, FL)
- 12/01/79: Frankie Scarbrough, 7-years old (Miami, FL)
- 12/28/75: Trey Crossman, 8-years old (Boynton Beach, FL)
Historic Pit Bull Scalping Incidents
- 12/1950: Paulette Wannop, 5-years old (Tampa Bay, FL)
- 05/1945: Doretta Zinke, 39-years old (Miami, FL)
- 12/1921: Jacques Weinberg, 4-years old (New York, NY)
- 08/1916: Mary Minnaugh, 5-years old (New York, NY)
- 08/1913: Harold Steen, 5-years old (Sharon, PA)
- 09/1911: Catherine Fergson, 11-years old (Youngstown, OH)
- 03/1897: Joseph Davis, 7-years old (Pottsville, PA)
- 06/1896: Harry Acklam, 7-years old (Racine, WI)
Victims without links indicate the news source has taken the story offline and we cannot locate it in archives. Many news stories are taken offline after a few years, sometimes much sooner too.
Liz Smith, 52, was brutally attacked by her sister's pit bull in Welcome Bay, Tauranga in 2011.
Emily Stinnett…Police had to cut her scalp out of this misunderstood wigglebutt's stomach…
http://www.wlky.com/news/3243296/detail.html
They cut out a lot more than scalps in the Detroit medical report.
OMG.
Another scalping here:
http://www.nj.com/bayonne/index.ssf/2009/12/animal_shelter_manager_70-year.html
New 5 Year Pediatric dog bite study done by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons:
More than 30 different offending breeds were documented in the medical records. The most common breeds included pit bull terriers (50.9 percent), Rottweilers (8.9 percent), and mixed breeds of the two aforementioned breeds (6 percent)
http://tinyurl.com/ydu6r8h
An attack by a pair of dogs on 18 November 2010 left this woman (my wife) alive (barely) but without a scalp or ears:
http://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/549398.html
http://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/549551.html
http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?ArticleId=670982
I'm sure there are many more sources, just search for the victim's name….
This boggles the mind. I've read so many accounts, but i'm still taken aback by the enormous number here.
I'm sure a lot of people will be surprised and appalled. This is good work!
Daniel,
I'm so sorry to hear about your wife. I don't think any of the accounts described the extent of her injuries. I hope she is mending as best as can be.
It sounds crazy to not go to a friend's house because they have pit bulls, but this shows that its not.
These are all Million Dollar maulings…you have better chance of sighting a Bigfoot than a Pit Owner with assets/earning potential to cover the medical reconsructive costs.
REGULATE NOW!!!!!
Pueblo CO woman scalped by breeder's two escaped pitties…Taken by lifeflight to DENVER hospitals.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/06/pueblo-woman-goes-for-mor_n_1132014.html
Dr. Patrick Byrne with Johns Hopkins Hospital — where Allen is being treated — speaks frankly about his injuries. "I can't think of a single injury of this nature that was incurred by any other species other than a pit bull or a rottweiler." Due to horrific nature of these bites, surgeons have had to develop new techniques to try to mend them. These procedures are highly expensive and still leave the victim with scars
Uh HUNTER KILBORN's attack… side of scalp and he was in a total 'helmet' bandage when they had to figure out the puzzle of the pieces and graft the pieces that were missing. this was a end of August???
Hunter Kilbourn was listed 8/11/13, can you not see it in the listing?
Thank you so much for taking the time to compile and update this list. It is crucial to use EVIDENCE to refute wild nutter assertions. A woman actually stated as fact, "no dog has ever 'scalped' a child". I wonder how she's going to go about disqualifying the NINETY PLUS little humans on this list as children (since these fanatics cannot counter the cold, hard, facts, as we know, their either tend to run to 'move the goalpost' methods or going ad hominem). http://topsyturvybloodshed.blogspot.com/2014/12/one-breed-million-excuses.html