Category Archives: Dog Bite Fatalities

A collection of posts from the DogsBite.org Blog documenting U.S. dog bite fatalities in real time, beginning in 2007. Tags separate specific years.

2008 Dog Bite Fatality: Boy Killed by Family Pit Bull in Weslaco, Texas

Pablo Lopez, 5-years old, was brutally killed by his uncle's pit bull, named "Greco." No Criminal Charges archived UPDATE 06/20/08: No charges will be brought against the owner of the pit bull that savagely mauled and killed a 5-year old boy. The Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office said the found no signs of negligence. The manner of the boy's death was ruled an accident. "The more we investigate, the more we believe it was just a tragic accident," Sheriff Lupe Treviño said. He wil… [Read full blog post]
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2008 Dog Bite Fatality: 7-Year Old Boy Attacked and Killed by Pit Bulls in Breckenridge, Texas

Owners Charged under Texas Felony Dog Attack Statute Tanner Joshua Monk, 7-years old, was killed by four pit bulls belonging to his neighbors. Owners Receive 7 Years UPDATE 10/11/08: Both defendants were sentenced to seven years in prison in connection to the mauling death 7-year old Tanner Joshua Monk. Crystal Watson sobbed, "I wish I could go back to that day; I wished I’d never left." Jack Wayne Smith said, "I would trade places with that young boy anytime or with any child.… [Read full blog post]
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2008 Dog Bite Fatality: Child Dies In Pit Bull Attack At Camp Lejeune

Julian Slack, 3-years old, was mauled to death by a pit bull at Camp Lejeune. Mauling Victim Identified UPDATE 05/16/08: Onslow County medical examiner, Dr. John Almeida, has released more information about the fatal pit bull attack that occurred. Julian Slack, 3-years old, bled to death as a result of dog bite injury. The manner of death is listed as accidental on the death certificate. Slack was at home and under the care of a babysitter at the time of the incident. The attack… [Read full blog post]
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State Supreme Court Reinstates Conviction In 2006 Fatal Dog Mauling Case

2006 Fatal Dog Attack of 10-Year old John Matthew Davis John Matthew Davis, 10-years old, was killed by a pack of dogs in Dillon. Supreme Court Reinstates Conviction archived UPDATE 08/20/14: South Carolina's highest court reinstated the conviction of Bentley Collins whose dogs mauled to death a 10-year old boy in 2006. The state Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed an appeals court decision, which had overturned Collins' conviction and sentence for involuntary manslau… [Read full blog post]