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.

Man in Critical Condition After Pit Bull Attack Dies; Owner Charged with Resisting Arrest, Obstruction

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After man was mauled by a pit bull, the owner was charged with resisting arrest and obstruction. On February 11, we received notice that Michael Fabjon passed away on Sunday, February 9 at Bay Medical Center in Panama City. He was viciously attacked by a pit bull belonging to Brendan Murphy on February 4 at a residence on Laird Street. He sustained life-threatening injuries to his throat and the front and back of his neck. Murphy was charged with resisting without violence and o… [Read full blog post]

2024 Fatal Dog Attack Breed Identification Photographs

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Nonprofit Captured 65% of Breed Identification Images in 2024 Photographs of six fatally attacking dogs in 2024 obtained from multiple sources. Jump down to view all 2024 breed identification photographs or read our analysis first. DogsBite.org - In 2013, we began the tradition of publishing breed identification photographs of fatally attacking dogs when available through news reports, animal control agencies, police departments, social media and public informat… [Read full blog post]

2024 Dog Bite Fatality: Elderly Woman Killed by Multiple Dogs in Milam County, Texas; Few Details Released

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Delores Woolverton, 88, was killed by multiple dogs in Milam County. Dog Owners Arrested UPDATE 04/08/25: The Milam County Sheriff's Office announced today that arrest warrants against Joel Rubio, 61, and Terri Ann Frank, 65, were served April 7th on the 2nd degree felony charge of dog attack resulting in death in connection to the mauling death of an 88-year old woman on December 18, 2024. Deputies responded to a residence in the 500 block of Beverley Drive around 1:11 pm in r… [Read full blog post]

2023 Unreported Dog Bite Fatality: Family Files Federal Lawsuit After Woman Killed by Son's Known Vicious Dogs

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Estela Manteca died after being attacked by her son's known vicious dogs. The Complaint Pharr, TX - On January 3, 2025, a daughter and a granddaughter of a 91-year old woman killed by her son's pack of vicious dogs in 2023 filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Pharr, Texas seeking $100 million in damages. The plaintiffs brought the action against the city "for the gross failure of its public works division to protect Estela Manteca from a foreseeable and preventable attac… [Read full blog post]