Posted on June 30, 2015 by Colleen Lynn

2015 Dog Bite Fatality: Pit Bull Kills Child Under Babysitter's Watch in Lawton, Oklahoma

Dog Kills Young Boy
Lawton, OK - In a developing story, a 3-year old boy was mauled to death by a dog Sunday morning. Jordan Charles Collins-Tyson was killed while visiting his great-grandmother's home, according to Pam Ramirez, a family friend. The dog, initially reported as a pit bull by KSWO-TV, latched onto the boy's neck, killing him. The child's body was transported to the state Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy, Ramirez said. A family friend has started a GoFundMe page.

A later news report by The Lawton Constitution confirmed the attack was carried out by a pit bull. Lawton Police Captain Craig Akard said the attack happened at 9:00 am on the 500 block of Southwest 17th Street. A family friend was babysitting and watching Jordan "out the window" as he played in the backyard. When she looked again, it was too late. When emergency responders arrived at the scene, the pit bull was still being aggressive, Akard said. Police shot the dog.

Afternoon Update

There were two dogs in the backyard with the boy at the time of the fatal attack, according to the KSWO update. Jordan had been around the pit bull that attacked him Sunday -- executing the killing bite -- in the past without any problems. The news video sums up the reported scenario: KSWO was told by a person at the home, "the [pit bull] did not belong to anyone who actually lived at the house, but the child had been around the dog before without any other incidents."1, 2

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1This case is horrific. It appears, at this stage, the child was "visiting" the great-grandmother's home and "under the care" of a babysitter at the time of the fatal mauling, and the pit bull was "being watched' by someone at the home who was not present when the boy was attacked -- three extremely high risk scenarios. Said another way, a family member dumped one or both dogs on the great-grandmother at some point and she took them in unable to say no. Add the babysitter on top of that, who was "looking out a window" and watching the boy as he played with one or more pit bulls, and the result is a predictable fatal pit bull mauling. Jordan Collins-Tyson, U.S. pit bull fatality #461.
2In October 2012, just 8-months after little Jordan was born, his father Charles Anthony Tyson was the victim of a brutal homicide. Tyson was beaten and shot to death with a shotgun on the front porch of his Lawton home. Jose Villanueva was later convicted of first-degree murder in connection to his death and sentenced to life in prison.

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Colleen Lynn

The Mechanics of a "Classic" Unprovoked Pit Bull Attack

Pit bull attack scene, Glencaren Court playground, and two men who helped rescue the child.

Victim Hospitalized
Anchorage, AK - Last Friday, a pit bull bolted out of a home and immediately attacked a 9-year old girl on a playground in Glencaren Court. The dog raced about 30-yards to the playground and latched onto the girl's head. While one man held onto the pit bull's collar, another man struck it hard with a crowbar several times. The pit bull eventually let go, but not before ripping off part of the child’s scalp. The dog then attacked both men until another man shot it in the head with a gun.

"That’s about the most scared I’ve been. Even when I was a firefighter, going into buildings that were on fire." - Rescuer Raymond Patterson

These elements, and more outlined below, are the basic mechanics of a "classic" unprovoked violent pit bull attack and why this breed is so dangerous. The only unusual aspect about this severe mauling is that three responding adults were men -- one a former firefighter -- and on hand quickly was a crowbar, pepper spray and firearms. Had this not been the case, the little girl might have died and there would have been more than one person seriously injured by the pit bull.

Video of Responding Male Neighbors

Before we dive deeper into the basic mechanics of a "classic" unprovoked violent pit bull attack, it is important to watch the web exclusive video by KTVA of neighbors Raymond Patterson, a former firefighter, and Jeremy Tui (scroll to see second video). Patterson witnessed the pit bull tear off the little girl's scalp -- he's still a little out of breath in the video. He also gives a blow-by-blow of the amount of force it took to get the pit bull to release. Tui is also present when the pit bull releases.

"The dog had ahold of her hair. What I saw, almost ear-to-ear, and it was being pulled down off of her scalp from her head." - Rescuer Raymond Patterson

The full video is transcribed at the bottom of this post. Please read the transcript to fully grasp a "classic" unprovoked pit bull attack. Then ask yourself these two questions. One: How many more would end in death without immediate human intervention, most commonly by law enforcement, trained and equipped to handle the task? Two: Why should any child in any neighborhood ever be exposed to this grave risk of injury? The pit bull problem is already 35-years old and counting.

"Classic" Unprovoked Pit Bull Attack

The below bullet points summarize the components of these brutal, disfiguring pit bull attacks, which occur daily across the United States in urban, suburban, semi-rural and rural areas.

The family pit bull suddenly bolts out of its home. The dog's owner is powerless to stop it for a range of reasons: lack of secure fencing, speed, strength or otherwise.
The pit bull is instantly in full-scale attack mode. As soon as that door is flung open, the dog is in full-scale attack mode, any nearby person or animal could be its target.
The pit bull immediately executes the killing bite. The pit bull latches onto to the girl's head, a purpose-bred bite to kill, and performs its ruinous hold and shake bite style.
The victim screams to alert anyone nearby. Hearing the traumatized shrieking, nearby adults grab whatever tool they can find and rush to help the victim.
Adults inflict serious or lethal force on the dog. In the Anchorage attack, one man repeatedly strikes the pit bull with a crowbar; another man pepper sprays the dog.
The pit bull refuses to release its grip. The pit bull eventually does let go in this attack, but not before inflicting severe injury to the little girl's scalp and head.
The pit bull is not finished attacking. After it releases the child victim, the pit bull then sets its sights on new victims. The dog just kept "coming and coming," Tui said.
The pit bull is unfazed after shot in the head. Tui describes the pit bull after it takes a bullet to the head, "I'm like damn, and it was running, perfectly that way..."
The pit bull has never shown aggression before. Pit bull owners always say they are "shocked" after a grisly mauling, and "the dog has never shown aggression before."
No crime done. "It was an accident," police say. This is true in Alaska and many states unless there is evidence the owner knew of the dog's propensity to be vicious.
No civil recourse for victim's injuries. Alaska is a one bite state; the first mauling is often free. Even strict liability states fall flat when the dog's owner is uninsured.

The shock and horror of a sudden, explosive pit bull attack and the damaging injuries that result should be enough to regulate these dogs in every state. Add to this the degree of force needed to stop a pit bull once it has started an attack -- in this case three adult men, a crowbar, pepper spray and two firearms. Combined, these realities should end the "pit bull debate." But, there is more. As in many cases, this pit bull was not finished attacking after its first victim; it pursued more victims.

A "menace" is not a proper term for these dogs, a "hand grenade" is. And there is still more. After an unprovoked attack on a child causing serious injuries, even after the dog escaped its owner's property, police are often the first to say, "No crime done. It was an accident." Criminal prosecution is often difficult because one has to prove a criminal mindset of the dog's owner. Top that off with no civil compensation for the victim's severe injuries and few other conclusions can be drawn.

Do what Aurora, Denver, Omaha, Miami-Dade County and over 700 other U.S. cities have done. Either ban or strictly regulate this dog breed.1

When Patterson states the pit bull owner, "is a good kid," we do not doubt him. When Patterson states, "It's a pit bull. Those things are insanely strong. This thing is big; it's muscular. It has a neck probably the size of my thighs." Now we have a serious problem. He just declared what is self-evident about the pit bull breed and well known by the dog's owner, law enforcement, the courts and the public: These dogs are inherently dangerous. Ownership must be regulated.

Transcribed Witness Accounts

In the web exclusive video by KTVA, the two male neighbors give accounts describing the chaos, confusion and their resoluteness during and after the attack. The pit bull attack in Glencaren Court involved multiple guns and their owners too -- yet another interesting aspect. Anchorage police said that one handgun was fired once and shot the pit bull in the head. Tui could be referring to the pepper spraying, not more gunfire. This is not a full raw rolling segment. KTVA made some edits.

Raymond Patterson

I get home, I live right across the street by where the fire truck is. I hear screaming. I thought it was kids playing outside, until I realized it was screams of pain coming from a little kid. I looked over, and I saw the tire swing moving. I saw somebody hitting towards the tire swing. I thought it was an older kid attacking a girl and then all of a sudden, I realized it was a dog.

When I got over here, the dog had ahold of her hair. What I saw, almost ear-to-ear, and it was being pulled down off of her scalp from her head. So it was serious injury. I think the majority of the blood that is on me is actually the little girl's...

I had barely gotten my door open. I threw everything and I ran over here. I know who owns the dog. The kid and I know each other. He's a good kid. So I come over and I grab onto the dog's collar. It's a pit bull. Those things are insanely strong. This thing is big; it's muscular. It has a neck probably the size of my thighs. I'm holding on, a gentleman from back over here comes in with a crowbar while I've got the dog's collar twisting, and he swings on that dog's head. Smacks him twice really hard. About that time the dog let go.

The little girl went running home. The boy went to help her get inside. Then the dog turned his attention on me. So I am sitting there, twisting with the dog going clockwise. At a certain point, I knew I was going to have to let go.

While the dog is coming at me, I am hitting, hitting ... I'm backing up trying to stay away from the teeth as much as I could. He starts lunging. I kick at the dog and he gets my leg. I'm going to have to go get a tetanus shot and get it all cleaned up...

The dog's loose, starts coming after me, I jump up on the equipment. The dog takes off. At that point, I run across the street, I grab my gun, come back over, and at that point, I was looking over here, there was a bunch of guys, other people who live here. I see somebody else with their gun ready to shoot the dog.

I'm standing right over here. I was waiting to see if the dog was going to try to attack. I was waiting for a clear shot. With work I have done, I have to know defensive, life and property rules, so I was waiting for a clear shot. I did not want it to accidentally ricochet and go flying and hit somebody. So I was waiting...

The dog starts lunging, the guy shoots, hits the dog. I think he got him in the abdomen. The dog takes off running and goes over to his yard, so at that point we were all starting to settle down a little bit...

Jeremy Tui

I was out trying to build a little something for my mom. I heard all of this screaming. I thought, "Oh little kids playing. Out of control, doing their thing in the summer." It just kept going on and on and on. Finally, when it was about 5 minutes, I was like, "I'm going to go check this out."
I lean over and I saw the dog, the girl's head inside of the dog's mouth. I was just like, "What?"

I jump over the fence. I immediately ran over here and that's when they pulled the head off of the dog. He let go. They ran after him a couple of times. The guy who had the crowbar, I grabbed it from him. I swung and I hit him. He ran away, I thought that was it. He kept coming and coming and coming after me...

He came at me for his last time, I swung the crowbar and as soon as I swung the crowbar it slid out of my hands. Man, it was crazy because when it slid out of my hands, the dog lunged to my neck. It lunged to my neck. It was a split second, I got out of the way and I pushed the dog off. That's when it got my arm...

It wasn't going to stop, wasn't going to stop. The guy came back outside, he had a handgun and he sprayed it two times. Once, and right away, he sprayed it again. It didn't lunge at me ... I begged him, "put it down bro, put it down." He was aiming at his head and BOOM. That did not even stop the dog. At the angle I was looking at, it looked like he got his head. I'm like damn, and it was running, "perfectly" that way...

I was very scared, but it was a little girl. I was like, you have to put that to the side and do what you have to do.

Raymond Patterson
I took him, myself, another gentleman that lives here to get this attack stopped.

The Unassuming Heroes Among Us

It "takes a village" to save a child's life from a vicious pit bull mauling, and it also takes a hero. Every year, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission presents its prestigious medal to those who risk their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives of others. The number of Carnegie Medals awarded to people who risked their life to stop a pit bull attack is overwhelming. The most recent recipient is Charles Jordan who saved the life of Monica Garza.

We salute Raymond Patterson, Jeremy Tui and the unnamed man who struck the pit bull with the crowbar, getting the dog to release. Without your lifesaving, heroic actions this little girl would have suffered even more devastating injuries and possibly even death. The DogsBite.org Community honors you as heroes. As of June 23, 2015 no additional information about the little girl's condition has been released. Anchorage Animal Care and Control took the attacking pit bull into custody.

1Estimated U.S. Cities, Counties, States and Military Facilities with Breed-Specific Pit Bull Laws, by DogsBite.org.

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Colleen Lynn

Still Searching for Nurse Laura, New Mexico TV Station Helps

The Fabulous Five from left: nurse Laura, chief surgeon Dr. Demerast, helicopter nurse Shelby, pediatric nurse Loretta and babysitter Betty who is married to former mayor, Felix Garcia.1

Help Find Nurse Laura
Albuquerque, NM - On March 19, 2014, DogsBite.org released the 30-year anniversary video of an historic pit bull attack victim. On that day 30-years ago, 9-year old Angela Hands suffered a life-threatening attack by four pit bulls. Her injuries were daunting, including her lower right leg gnawed to the bone and extensive flesh and muscle ripped away from her upper arms. At that time, doctors estimated she would require future surgeries until she reached the age of 35.

The attack was initiated by two younger pit bulls. The two parent pit bulls then scaled a 6-foot fence and joined the destructive, sustained attack.

Less than 2-months after the horrific attack her small semi-rural community, the Village of Tijeras, enacted one of the first modern pit bull bans. The ordinance remains intact today. The 1984 Tijeras pit bull ban was soon challenged by a group of pit bull breeders. In 1988, the Court of Appeals of New Mexico upheld the constitutionality of the ban. This pivotal legal victory helped provide the legal framework for the Denver and Miami-Dade county pit bull bans that were enacted in 1989.

In the weeks following our release of the anniversary video, Angela contacted us. She said that on the 30th year anniversary, she celebrated by taking a 30-mile bike ride, "because I can," she wrote in an email. In a recent piece by KOB 4, Angela shares her powerful history and how she is now trying to locate the "Fabulous Five," she calls them. The doctors and nurses from the University of New Mexico Burn and Trauma Center (UNM) who saved her life and her right leg that March day.

"I had to find them," she said. "I had to at least reach out and say, 'thank you for being amazing.'" Angela has so far located four of the Fabulous Five. She continues to search for nurse Laura who called her Angie-boo and left sweet notes for her. KOB 4 discovered Angela's pursuit after seeing her Craigslist posting. Back in May, Angela posted an emotional appeal in the Community > Lost & Found section of Albuquerque Craigslist. "Please find my nurse! LAURA," is the subject line.

Please please please God, and CL help me find my nurse from the BCMC hospital in 1984.2 I was mauled by Pit Bulls on March 19th, 1984, and this woman was amazing to me. Her name is Laura. Sadly, that's all I know of her. I have posted her picture in hopes that someone recognizes her. She was my angel when I was a child, and she used to call me Angie Boo. Please share this pic on FB if you want, I am in desperate need. My heart has missed her all these years, and it would be such a gift to find her. If you repost this pic, please tag me, my name is Angela Moroco. Thanks a million. - Angela Moroco (formerly Angela Hands)

Angela is now 41-years old and lives in the Seattle-area. In the Skype interview, Angela shows how some of her daunting injuries appear today. "I have scars that will never heal," she said, "I see them everyday." She desperately hopes to find nurse Laura, appealing directly to her, she says, "You have formed me into a very stable and confident woman and I owe a lot of that to you." So far nurse Laura has not been located, but we believe the KOB 4 segment will make this possible.

The Fabulous Five

Angela did locate nurse Shelby who treated her on the medevac helicopter en route to the trauma center. She reconnected with Shelby 31-years after the attack, which also fell on Angela's 41st birthday. The two picked up right where they left off. "We did not miss a beat," she said. She also reconnected with her chief surgeon, Dr. Demerast. He received word that Angela called while working with Doctors Without Borders in another country. Demerast called as soon as he could.

Also part of the Fabulous Five is Betty Garcia who was her longtime babysitter before the devastating pit bull attack. Angela said she was at her bedside at the hospital every day. She was discharged from the trauma center 38 days after arrival, facing years of rehabilitation and future reconstructive procedures. Betty is married to Felix Garcia, who was the mayor of the village at that time and the driving force behind the pit bull ban. Garcia is currently a city council member.

The last member of the Fabulous Five is nurse Loretta who was Angie's general pediatric nurse. She never mentioned anything about the attack, Angela said. "She always talked to me about my future," she said, "like I was just a regular kid, but that I was going to do amazing things." When Angela recently reconnected with Loretta she was surprised to learn that she is now a practicing attorney in Albuquerque. Attorney Loretta is also trying to help Angela locate nurse Laura.

Angela's Mother, Her Rock

The Fabulous Five were an extension of Angela's mother, Donna Hands, who she calls, "her rock." Donna is seen sitting next to Angela in the anniversary video with Barbara Walter's voice in the background, gasping at how many more years of surgery lay ahead. Not only did her mother lovingly care for and oversee her daughters' lengthily recovery, she had to ensure her needs as a young adult would be met by filing the difficult claim against the relative who owned the pit bulls.

Donna also became part of the national debate about pit bulls. She fielded many calls after the 20/20 segment aired in the winter of 1986. Angela said she turned down the Oprah Winfrey Show, which debuted in late 1986, because it was so new and her mother wanted to stick to a hard news format. Notably, pit bull breeder Margaret Amacker,3 who challenged the Tijeras ban, sent Donna a $500 check while Angela was hospitalized. Her mother ripped it up and sent it back, she said.

"Have we sunk so low that the dogs' rights are more important than a child's right to go play in their yard?" -Donna Hands, December 19854

The Departure Photograph

Last year, when we first spoke to Angela, she described a photograph taken just before she left the trauma center -- it was her exit day. She said that everyone who helped her at the hospital all gathered outside in front of the medevac helicopter, the same one that airlifted her out of Tijeras on March 19. We count nearly 80 doctors, nurses and other staff members. There are few words to express how mighty this photograph is and with brave little Angie standing front and center.

This is how many people it took to save her life. Please think about this each time you read about a new child being airlifted to a trauma center after a damaging pit bull attack.

Angela said that a few weeks after she left the trauma center this helicopter crashed killing all members on board. She and her family were devastated. Nurse Shelby was not on the flight.

This is a present day photograph of Angela Moroco seen with her two beloved chocolate labs, Baze and Casey, in Seattle. She changed her last name some years ago. Anyone who recognizes or has any information of the whereabouts of nurse Laura is urged to contact Angela Moroco on Facebook. Without her amazing mother, the love and support of her family and the Fabulous Five, "I literally would not be here today," Angela said.

1Some of the hospital photographs are Polaroids. The pit bull problem is nearly as old as the classic Polaroid OneStep SX-70 Rainbow Stripe camera, released in 1977. See the pit bull leakage period (1975 to 1979).
2BCMC, Bernalillo County Medical Center, was later renamed to UNM, University of New Mexico hospitals.
3,4A Breed Apart: Pit bulls Have Killed 12 People Since 1982, by Fred Bayles, Associated Press, Syracuse Herald-Journal, December 31, 1985.

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Colleen Lynn

2015 Dog Bite Fatality: 5-Year Old Boy Fatally Attacked by Pit Bull in Chicago

James Nevils III, 5-years old, was mauled to death by a pit bull in Chicago.

Case Closed
UPDATE 05/29/15: James Nevils III, 5-years old, and his sister, 7-years old, had been outside with the dog while visiting their cousin's South Carpenter Street home, according to a police report. When the mother let her children and the dog back into the home, and was locking the door, the dog latched onto the boy's neck. The mother tried to pull the animal off James then dragged both out onto the front lawn, hoping that neighbors would see the attack and help, according to police.

The mother and her two children had visited the home several times in the past. During the most recent visit, the three had been staying at the home for two days when the attack occurred, police said. The owner of the dog and boy's cousin, Kyle Hannah, was not home at the time of the deadly attack. Hannah had called, however, and asked the boy's mother to let the dog outside. What followed was a scene of bloody chaos as neighbors tried to free the boy from the pit bull's jaws.

05/27/15: Police Issue Two Infractions
The owner of the pit bull that savagely killed 5-year old James Nevils III late Memorial Day has been identified as 27-year old Kyle Hannah by CBS Chicago. The child's grandfather, James Nevils Sr., is appalled by the lack of any criminal charges. Police issued two administrative infractions to Hannah after his dog mauled the boy to death. "That’s all you get? My grandson’s gone forever, and all you get is two tickets? Yeah, I have a problem with that," Nevils Sr. said.

I'm not happy at all at that. I’m not happy at all. I expected something more than what they received. Two citations for a life? - James Nevils Sr.

There will likely be no justice for little James, who is just one of hundreds of children killed by a family dog or while visiting the dog owner's home that go without criminal penalties. Many times there is no justice after a dog kills a person while off its owner's property too. In both cases, prosecutors usually have to prove the owner had knowledge of the dog's propensity to be vicious (a previous attack). Nevils Sr. hopes to raise funds so the family can pay for the boy's funeral.

05/26/15: Pit Bull Kills Visiting Child
Chicago, IL – A pit bull brutally killed a boy on the South Side on Memorial Day. Several witnesses intervened killing the dog, but it was too late. The Cook County Medical Examiner identified the victim as James Nevils III, of the 8200 block of South Escanaba Avenue. The boy was visiting the Auburn Gresham home on the 8900 block of South Carpenter Street when the dog latched onto his neck and shoulder, killing him. The boy was unresponsive when first responders arrived.

The lethal attack began inside the Carpenter Street home, according to neighbor Bianca White. “They were trying to drag the [the dog and boy] out of the house, I guess so people could help,” she said. Neighbor Marquis Lewis, 16, said he and his brother Le Mar, 19, started hitting the dog with a brick and a pole until the dog released the child. The teenage brothers beat the dog until it was dead, Lewis said. Neighbor Marco Clifton stabbed the dog with a pocketknife until it broke.

It had him around the neck, he wasn't letting go. He was just shaking him by his neck ... It was the scariest thing I ever seen. – Bianca White

The child was rushed to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn with "traumatic injuries" where he was pronounced dead, according to officials. The owner of the dog was reportedly not home when the attack occurred and returned only after the dog was dead and the boy was being transported to the hospital, Le Mar told ABC 7 News. An autopsy determined the boy died of multiple sharp and blunt force injuries to the head and neck. His death was ruled an accident.

WGN News reported that the dog belonged to the boy's adult cousin, the owner of the South Carpenter home. Neighbors told the Chicago Tribune that James, his sister and mother were visiting the home when the dog attacked. Police cited the dog's owner for failure to license and vaccinate the attacking dog. The owner's name has not been released. The boy's grandfather, James Nevils Sr., wants the owner of the dog to be held accountable -- fat chance in Chicago.

Witnesses Describe Pit Bull Attack

Why are pit bulls so disproportionately responsible for attacks resulting in death? Because of the manner of the breed's attack, described so aptly by witnesses below. Pit bulls often attack without provocation or warning and latch onto the victim's neck or head and shake the victim until he's dead -- the dog executes the killing bite the breed was selectively bred for centuries to perform. Moreover, the pit bull often does not cease its attack until it is dead. SOP in a fatal pit bull attack.

James W. Nevils III, 5-years old, is the 460th person in the U.S. fatally attacked by a pit bull.

Several witnesses intervened, eventually killing the pit bull that just wouldn't let go of the child ... A pit bull had grabbed hold of a little boy's neck and would not let go. "Boy 5, Mauled to Death by Dog in Gresham," ABC 7 News, May 26, 2015 (www.abc7chicago.com)

They saw the white pit bull with the boy in its jaw. Some of them ran to get objects to hit the dog, trying to force it to drop the boy. They say the dog would not let go and it was making vicious sounds...
"Police: Boy mauled to death by dog on South Side," Fox 32 News, May 26, 2015 (www.myfoxchicago.com)

"It had him around the neck, he wasn't letting go. He was just shaking him by his neck ... They finally got him off, and the boy was sitting there lifeless. ... It was the scariest thing I ever seen in my life." - Bianca White ... The entire time the dog had a firm grip on James' neck and would not let go ... "It was just horrible." - Brandon Lindsey ... Another neighbor said the dog briefly let go of James but then "went back and grabbed the little boy." - Unidentified neighbor. Lolly Bowean, "Grandfather of boy killed by dog: 'Person responsible should be made to pay'," Chicago Tribune, May 26, 2015 (www.chicagotribune.com)

"It locked onto the little boy and shook his neck." - Marquis Lewis ... "The stabbing didn't even stop the dog at all?" NBC Chicago asked Clifton. "No. I broke the knife." - Marco Clifton
Anita Selvaggio and Lauren Petty, "Boy, 5, Mauled to Death by Dog on Memorial Day," NBC Chicago, May 26, 2015 (www.nbcchicago.com)

Le Mar Lewis said the dog kept wouldn’t let go of the boy even though at least one neighbor was stabbing it with a knife - Le Mar Lewis. "Boy, 5, Mauled To Death By Dog," CBS Chicago, May 26, 2015 (chicago.cbslocal.com)

Five-year-old James Nevils was visiting a relative’s house Monday night, when the dog grabbed his throat and would not let go. "No charges for owner of dog that mauled, killed 5-year-old boy," WGN-TV, May 27, 2015 (www.wgntv.com)

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Historic Pit Bull Attack Survivor, Angela Hands, Seeks Out Fabulous Five to Honor Them and Say 'Thank You'

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2015 Dog Bite Fatality: 5-Year Old Boy Fatally Attacked by Pit Bull in Chicago