Posted on July 10, 2022 by Colleen Lynn

2022 Dog Bite Fatality: 4-Year Old Girl Killed by Dog in Southeast Oak Cliff, a Dallas Neighborhood

Lea Freeman, 4-years old, died Saturday after being attacked by a pit bull in southeast Oak Cliff.

Child Identified
UPDATE 07/12/22: Family members have identified the 4-year old girl who was killed by one or more pit bulls in southeast Oak Cliff. WFAA spoke to Lea Freeman's mother, Tiara Freeman. She said she left her three daughters with her friend and her dad at the home on Bluffman Drive, where all of them were living. Lea's 2-year old sibling was in the room with her sister when the pit bull attacked. "She's traumatized. She's very scared, she saw her sister be killed," Tiara said.

Family members said the mother has mental health issues. Tiffany Freeman, Lea's aunt, said they have been trying to get the children to live with their grandparents. The home on Bluffman Drive is "run down and ill-fitting for children," Tiffany said. Lea's grandparents have been calling CPS and warning them since March about the conditions the children have been living in. Neighbors said the pit bulls at the home would escape by jumping through a broken window to run at large.

NBC DFW also spoke to Tiara. She and her children had moved into the home on Bluffman Drive with a woman she knows. Prior to the attack, Tiara asked her friend to watch her children while she went to the store. When she returned, she found Lea badly injured. "I'm crying, picking up my baby and I'm getting bitten up by her dogs," Tiara said. She believes a pit bull, named "Rambo," was the attacker, "but I got a feeling Rawlow and Reina had something to do with it too."

The Dallas Morning News reports that Tiara, who is 23-years old, was trying to get her life back on track after experiencing homelessness. That is when Tiara and her three children began living at the home on Bluffman Drive. Last month, she found a job about 10 minutes away. Prior to the attack, Tiara left the home "to go buy beer," leaving both of her daughters with a woman, who also lived at the home. Her youngest daughter was staying with her father that day, Tiara explained.

Tiara identified the woman she was living with as "Simone." Tiara said she never got a call from her while she was at the store. "I don't get a call when I'm at the store, I don't get a call from her letting me know that my kid is dead," Tiara said. She picked up Lea and rushed outside. She asked Michael Pennington, who lives across the street, to call 911. "Simone" was allegedly outside when the fatal dog attack occurred and had left Tiara's two children alone with the animals.

It remains unknown how many calls Dallas Animal Services (DAS) received about the dogs at the home on Bluffman Drive. DAS declined to answer questions related to this on Monday. Tiara also expressed to the Morning News that she believes all three pit bulls in the home were involved in the attack. No arrests have been made in connection to Lea's death, police said. The medical examiner's office confirmed the child's identity, but a cause of death has not been determined.

A fund has been created for Lea Freeman, 4-years old, who was killed by one or more pit bulls.

07/11/22: Neighbor Called 911
In a heartbreaking update, we learn more about the home on Bluffman Drive in southeast Oak Cliff, where a 4-year old girl was mauled to death one or more dogs Saturday morning. Multiple media outlets interviewed a family that lives across the street. Neighbor Michael Pennington placed the 911 call. He saw the horrific injuries to the child's head. "I said that baby is dead," an emotional Pennington told the Dallas Morning News on Sunday. "I said that baby's dead, man."

Officers were dispatched to the 5600 block of Bluffman Drive just before 8:00 am Saturday about an animal attack. Police said the child suffered multiple bite injuries. Police did not release the breed of dog involved. But a review of the Dallas City Police audio dispatch files indicates the child was bitten by a black pit bull inside the home and that a gray pit bull also resided at the home. Pennington believes three dogs, all pit bulls, living the home were involved in the violent attack.

Dallas Animal Services spokeswoman Marlo Clingman confirmed Monday that three dogs were picked up by the city. Dallas police spokesman Michael Dennis also confirmed that multiple dogs were seized from the home. According to Pennington, a woman who lives at the home is the owner of the dogs. No adults were inside the home when the attack occurred, Pennington said. Dallas police and Texas Child Protective Services are investigating the child's mauling death.

In the month's leading up to the child's death, Pennington said the three dogs had escaped the home multiple times by jumping through a broken window. Pennington's sister, Lorie Pennington, said one of the dogs attacked her 15-year old niece about a month ago. The dog clamped onto her arm, but the jacket she was wearing protected her skin from the dog's teeth. Lorie broke down crying in the video, recalling, "I didn't feel right with those dogs in the house with those babies."

"If you turn around and look, every last one of those windows was busted out because of those dogs …Those dogs should not have been at that house. Many times they got called on. They should have been gone … If CPS had done what they were supposed to do it could have been avoided." - Lorie Pennington

Lorie said she called 311 multiple times to report the dogs being loose, but was told by Dallas Animal Services (DAS) they would not send an officer out because the dogs were not on her property. Lorie also said that Child Protective Services had been called to the home in the past. Tiffani Butler, a Texas Department of Family and Protective Services spokeswoman confirmed the family of the child had been in "involved" with CPS in the past, but did not provide any details.

NBC DFW also spoke to the Penningtons. Michael said a neighbor came out of the house holding a baby, asking him to call for an ambulance. There were at least three children in the home. The 4-year old girl and two younger children. Lorie also described the three dogs as pit bulls, as she remembered her 311 call about the dogs earlier this spring, "I told them we have some pit bulls that my neighbor has and they keep getting out and they can't keep them in," Lorie said.

Lorie echoed her concerns about the children living at the home with the dogs and that Child Protective Services should have intervened sooner. "They (CPS) should have either said ‘You have to get rid of the dogs or the kids got to go,'" Lorie said. "We tried to save those kids but we couldn't," she said. Multiple agencies, including police and DFPS, are investigating the child's death. As of Sunday, the two surviving children were in the care of separate parents.

07/10/22: Child Killed by Family Dog
Dallas, TX - A 4-year old girl is dead after being attacked by a dog Saturday morning in southeast Oak Cliff, a neighborhood in Dallas. Police and emergency responders were dispatched just before 8:00 am to a home in the 5600 block of Bluffman Drive about an animal attack. Police said the dog bit the girl multiple times, reports the Dallas Morning News. She was transported to a children's hospital, according to the audio log files of Dallas City Police on Broadcastify.com.

A review of the audio dispatch files indicates the child was bitten by a black pit bull that belonged to the 911 caller who was in the home. "The pit bull is inside the house .. [I'm guessing] at the location," states the dispatcher. When asked by the responder, "Is the dog away from the 4-year old right now?" The dispatcher replied, "The dog belongs to the caller. The dog is currently put up. It is a black pit bull. The child is bleeding. And the dog is still at the location, but he's put up."

Police did not release the breed of dog to the Morning News, or whom the dog belonged to. The dog is currently in the custody of Dallas Animal Services (DAS). No other information was made available Saturday. This is the first known fatal dog attack in Dallas since the 2016 death of Antoinette Brown. Her death caused the city to revamp DAS protocols -- police even took over the embattled agency temporarily, in order to combat the loose and stray dog problem in south Dallas.

The home on Bluffman Drive in Southeast Oak Cliff where a 4-year old girl was killed by a dog.

View the DogsBite.org Google State Map: Texas Fatal Pit Bull Attacks.

Baseline reporting requirements:
Law enforcement departments across the United States should release consistent "baseline" information to the media and the public after each fatal dog mauling, including these items.

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Colleen Lynn

2022 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman Killed by Two Pit Bulls She was Dog Sitting in Greensboro, North Carolina

Trena Peed, 46, was killed by two pit bulls she was dog sitting at her Greensboro home.

Pit Bulls Kill Woman
Greensboro, NC - A woman is dead after being attacked by two pit bulls she was caring for at her home. Trena Peed, 46-years old, was dog sitting two pit bulls when she let them out into the backyard of her home in the 1100 block of Vance Street at about 2:00 am Thursday. Just after she let the dogs out, neighbors heard her crying out loudly for help. WGHP listened to the 911 call made by a neighbor, "It’s dark. All I hear is her yelling and her dogs over there attacking her."

Hours after her death, her daughter, Waynesha Peed, created a GoFundMe to help pay for funeral expenses. "Early this morning, my mom was tragically taken away from us by a vicious attack from a dog," she wrote. She also shared the recent tragedies her family has suffered. "My siblings, grandmother, family, & I are heartbroken at her sudden passing. She has endured and overcame so much, most recently losing two of her sons two years apart, both by tragic car accidents."

Ja-h Quan Peed, 14-years old, was killed by a car while crossing a multi-lane road in Fayetteville in 2017. Ja-h Quan was a seventh grader at Westover Middle School. "No one knows the pain that I feel without you being here," Trena shared with WRAL. In 2019, Eric Lee Peed, 24-years old, was killed in a traffic collision involving a tractor-trailer in Southampton County, Virginia. All four people in the car that rear-ended the stopped tractor-trailer in the road were killed, police said.

A friend who knew Trena from church posted on Facebook, "This breaks my heart. This young lady grew up going to church with us and has suffered so much loss in her young life, losing two children to accidents, and now she was attacked by a dog and died." Waynesha hopes to raise enough funds to "bring her home to Virginia & make arrangements for her homegoing service." Anything given is greatly appreciated, she said, and please "keep praying over our family."

Greensboro Police, Greensboro Fire and Guildford County Animal Control were dispatched to the home on Vance Street. Police shot and killed one of the pit bulls to stop the attack. "Shots fired," could be heard on traffic radio, reports WGHP. "I got one dog down, itʼs another one out here." The other pit bull was taken into custody and is currently being held in quarantine at Guildford County Animal Services. The owner of the two pit bulls was not identified by officials or media reports.

Dog Sitting Pit Bulls

Every year, multiple people are killed while dog sitting one or more pit bulls. Last year was no exception. In September, Amber LaBelle, 42, was killed by a large pit bull she was dog sitting in Oregon. Her two daughters, 5 and 8, witnessed the violent attack. In August, Rhoda Wagner, 60, was killed by three pit bulls she was dog sitting in Pennsylvania. In June, Rebecca McCurdy, 28, was killed by two pit bulls while she was house sitting for the dogs' owner in rural Oklahoma.

The most controversial fatal pit bull mauling in 2021 also involved dog sitting. The attack occurred in Garner, North Carolina, about 85 miles east of Greensboro. Jayden Henderson, 7-years old, was attacked and killed by her neighbor's two pit bulls her family had been caring for while their owners were out of town. Her mother suffered severe injuries trying to stop the attack. After Jayden's death, the owners, Joseph and Amanda White, fought to get the dogs returned to them.

Trena Peed, killed by pit bulls while dog sitting

Greensboro Police responded to the scene and shot and killed one of the attacking pit bulls.

Trena Peed was killed by two pit bulls she was dog sitting at her home on Vance Street.

View the DogsBite.org Google State Map: North Carolina Fatal Pit Bull Attacks.

Posted on June 30, 2022 by Colleen Lynn

Magnolia Woman Critically Injured After Dragged into Ditch and Mauled by Three Pit Bull-Mix Dogs

Three pit bulls dragged Rebecca Hatcher into a ditch and nearly killed her in Magnolia, Texas.

Owner Faces Felony
UPDATE 11/21/22: Last week, the owner of three pit bulls that nearly killed a woman in June was arrested and charged with a third-degree felony under the Texas felony dog attack law. Angela Nicole Leach, 34, of Magnolia, was arrested on November 14, 2022. She is currently being held at the Montgomery County Jail under a $20,000 bond. The other owner of the dogs, Mitchell Weemes, was killed in an unrelated shooting during an argument at a gas station back in July.

In mid-June, Rebecca Hatcher was viciously attacked by the dogs while walking near her home in the 37000 block of Pine Bark in the Hazy Hollow Subdivision. Her neighbor, Tammy Remey, found her lying in a ditch nearly dead. "She had holes in her, like about this big in her legs,” Remey said at the time. “She picked up her head and all you could see was just blood everywhere. All over her.” Hatcher remained in the ICU at Herman Memorial hospital in The Woodlands for five weeks.

Hatcher’s sister-in-law, Victoria, praised the efforts law enforcement. She hopes that Hatcher is now eligible for the Texas Crime Victims’ Compensation fund. “Now if we can get Texas Crime Victims to help out Rebecca Hatcher with her million-dollar medical bills,” she wrote. “My sister-in-law was denied help by the Montgomery County Hospital District. She is unable to get medical insurance, apparently doesn’t qualify for DSSI,” and may never be able to physically work again.

07/30/22: Male Owner Shot and Killed
On Friday, July 15, 2022, the male owner of three pit bulls that attacked Rebecca Hatcher on June 20 in the Hazy Hollow Subdivision was shot and killed during a verbal altercation at Mike's Grocery Store #5 in the 30200 block of SH 249. Mitchell Allen Weemes, 24 of Magnolia, was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooter, Daniel David-Joseph Ryan III, 22, of Pinehurst, has been arrested and charged with murder. The motive of the fatal shooting is currently unknown.

A July 12 update on Hatcher's GoFundMe states that she is making progress, but her wounds have become infected. "She is still going into surgery every other day to have her serious wounds cleaned," states her brother, Chris Hatcher. She is also "starting to get weaned off her trache and with hopes should begin advanced speech therapy soon," he said. No one knows when she'll be able to come home, he said. Chris also stated that her wounds have a bacterial infection.

"Rebecca does have a bacterial infection. We had to wear gloves and protective gowns when we were with her." - Chris Hatcher

Since we published this post on June 30, Freddy Garcia, 71-years old, was killed by a pack of pit bull-mixes on July 18 while walking to a store in Fort Bend County, Texas. He was airlifted to Memorial Hermann hospital in downtown Houston, where he died. "He did nothing to provoke those animals," Sheriff Eric Fagan said. "The dogs just attacked him for no reason and for no provocation." Hatcher remains hospitalized at Memorial Hermann hospital in The Woodlands.

Also, since June 30, Michele Sheeks, 44-years old, died after being attacked by seven dogs while walking down a road on April 28 in Red Bay, Alabama. Sheeks was rushed to a trauma center with critical injuries, where she remained until her death on July 12. Sheeks was one of two victims. The same dogs killed an Alabama Public Health employee on April 29, one day after her attack. Two weeks before Sheeks died, bacterial and fungal infection had developed in her wounds.

06/30/22: Judge Orders Dogs Destroyed
Montgomery County, TX - One day after Nicolas Vasquez died of catastrophic injuries due to a violent pit bull mauling in northeast Harris County, a woman lies in similar circumstances in the adjacent county of Montgomery. Like Vasquez, who was walking down a street when three loose pit bull-mixes dragged him into a ditch and mauled him, the same thing happened to Rebecca Hatcher, who remains in the ICU at Memorial Hermann hospital after multiple surgeries.

Her brother, Chris Hatcher, organized a GoFundMe for her. "All we know at this time is that, on June 20, 2022, my sister was attacked somewhere in Magnolia by possibly 3-5 dogs, left in a ditch, and rushed to Memorial Herman in The Woodlands, where she is currently in ICU," he states. Hatcher sustained bites to her neck, back and extremities, including serious damage to her trachea. She has undergone multiple critical surgeries and blood transfusions while hospitalized.

Back in March, Kyleen Waltman, 38, was viciously attacked by two pit bull-mixes and a mixed-breed while walking down a road in Honea Path, South Carolina. Like Vasquez and Hatcher, the dogs pulled her into a ditch and inflicted catastrophic injuries. Vasquez had both legs below the knee amputated before dying and Waltman had both arms amputated up to the shoulder. Waltman remains alive, and "keeps getting denied for Medicaid and her disability," states her fundraiser.

The dogs attacked Hatcher in the 37000 block of Pine Bark in the Hazy Hollow Subdivision just after 10:30 pm. She had been walking home and was only about 100 feet from her house at the time. Tammy Remey, a neighbor, who is featured in the Montgomery County Police Reporter video, heard Hatcher screaming and ran outside. She got into her car and drove toward the screams. She found Hatcher in the ditch. The dogs were "attacking her, tearing her up," she said.

She called 911, who told her not to get out of her vehicle and that help would arrive soon. Remey then describes the scene in horrifying detail. "She had holes in her, like about this big in her legs," she said. "She picked up her head and all you could see was just blood everywhere. All over her. She was in a pink and white dress." At some point, Hatcher stopped screaming. Remey thought the dogs had killed her. Emergency responders transported her by ambulance to the hospital.

Remey is shaken in the video. Yet her commentary is candid and vivid. When she said, "She was in a pink and white dress," time stopped for us. When she said, "She walked by those dogs all the time," it was impossible for us to count how many times we have heard that phrase before, specifically about violent maulings by multiple pit bulls to passersby. Familiarity does not stop unpredictable pit bull violence when only one pit bull is involved, much less a group of them.

Remey remains in close contact with Hatcher's mother to see how she is doing. She's also in touch with the detective on the case and Montgomery County Animal Services, where the dogs are quarantined. While holding her baby boy in her arms, Remey showed the reporter the ditch the dogs dragged Hatcher into. "This is her hair," she points out to the reporter, who states "Oh my gosh!" This is where she was laying, she explained. "The dogs steadily ripping her," she said.

Pit bulls, dragged into ditch, Rebecca Hatcher

The three pit bulls that dragged Rebecca Hatcher into a ditch in Magnolia, nearly killing her.

The video was shot and uploaded on June 29. At that time, Chris Hatcher said his sister's condition was improving. She was able to write on a notepad and was able to move her legs, he said. Doctors said she could be hospitalized for another two weeks or longer. She still cannot breath on her own and is on a ventilator, Chris said. Hatcher has no insurance and is currently unemployed. "Anything you can donate is greatly appreciated," states the fundraiser.

Also on June 29, a hearing to determine the fate of the dogs was held in the Montgomery County Precinct 5 Justice of the Peace Matt Masden’s Courtroom. The owner of the dogs, Mitchell Weemes, attended the hearing. After listening to both sides, Judge Masden ordered the dogs destroyed. "Weemes broke down asking the Judge to see his dogs. Masden told Animal Control to give him 48 hours to do so before the dogs were destroyed," states the Police Reporter.1

It is unknown if criminal charges against Weemes are being considered. Weemes, who is seen in the video, told Judge Masden that he had paid a friend to watch his three dogs. The friend resided across the street from the witness. The rear of the house is fenced, but not the front. Weemes is seen with one of his pit bulls in two dark grainy photographs on his Facebook page. It's too bad the Police Reporter did not film the vicious dog hearing where Weemes "broke down" like a baby.

The owner of the pit bulls, Mitchell Weemes, seen with one of his dogs on his Facebook page.

1On the same day Weemes' pit bulls were ordered destroyed, Masden ordered another pit bull destroyed after it attacked a child's face. On June 17, 2022, the child was visiting her father when his roommate's pit bull snapped at her face. The child's mother, Paige Ashbaugh, said she always thought they were beautiful dogs until this incident.

Posted on June 30, 2022 by Colleen Lynn

Fatal Rottweiler Attacks - The Archival Record from 1978 to December 2024

An archive of children and adults killed by rottweilers from 1978 to 2024.

DogsBite.org - Combining DogsBite.org dog bite fatality statistics with research provided by a volunteer produced a significant archival collection of fatal rottweiler attacks dating back to 1978. Of the 132 victims recorded from 1978 to December 31, 2024, 75% (99) were children ages 11-years and younger. Of these children, over two-thirds, 71% (70), were ages 4-years and younger. California sustained the most fatal rottweiler attacks (17) during this 47-year period, followed by Texas (14).

The chart shows the difference between child (0-11 years) and adult (≥17 years) deaths inflicted by rottweilers. The chart also shows that fatal rottweiler attacks peaked from 1995 to 1999. Over the entire period, most of these attacks 58%, involved a single rottweiler, followed by a pair of them, 24%, typically a breeding pair. Combined, 82% of these attacks were inflicted by a single or pair of rottweilers during this 47-year period. Rottweilers are the second most lethal dog breed in the US.

US fatal rottweiler attacks 1978 to 2024

U.S. fatal rottweiler attacks in 5-year periods between 1980 and 2024 by DogsBite.org.

View the DogsBite.org Google Map: U.S. Fatal Rottweiler Attacks By State

12/08/24: Amelia Yu, 5-years old (Covina, CA)
Killed in a dog attack involving two family rottweilers
07/29/24: Adaya Fisher, 2-years old (Houston, TX)
Killed by three rottweilers inside her babysitter's home
07/06/24: Adult John Doe, 87-years old (Houston, TX)
Killed by a dog pack involving two rottweiler-mixes
10/08/23: Jessica Wauters, 59-years old (Tomball, TX)
Killed by her pet rottweiler in the backyard of her home
01/21/23: Kellan Boner, 7-years old (Fort Hall Reservation, ID)
Killed by a pack of dogs, at least two being rottweilers
06/03/22: Debbie Boyd, 70-years old (Sevier County, TN)
Killed by two pet rottweilers inside her home
01/29/22: Olivia Floyd, 7-years old (Waynesboro, VA)
Killed by step-grandfather's neutered rottweiler
09/02/21: Sally Rogers, 91-years old (Bloomfield Township, MI)
Killed by rottweiler while living at the home of her daughter
08/10/21: Ryan Foster, 19-months old (Brooklyn, NY)
Killed by grandparent's rottweiler that was used for "security"
05/25/21: Malia Scott Winberry, 10-months old (Johnston County, NC)
Killed by her family's pair of "fixed" rottweilers "with papers"
05/09/21: Elliott Sherwin, 4-years old (Jefferson County, MT)
Killed by two rottweilers while visiting his grandparents' home
10/01/19: Steven Thornton III, 3-years old (Louisville, KY)
Killed by two rottweilers after falling from window into backyard
08/30/19: Adrieanna O'Shea, 19-years old (Knox County, TN)
Killed by a pack dogs involving a rottweiler
04/27/19: Kyna DeShane, 15-months old (Henderson, NV)
Killed by rottweiler while visiting her grandfather's home
03/22/19: Jaysiah Chavez, 2-years old (Fresno, CA)
Killed by two roaming rottweilers that dug out of owner's yard
12/10/18: Esta Currier, 73-years old (Robeson County, NC)
Killed by brother's four rottweilers; also hospitalized two children
05/05/18: Gaia Nova, 3-months old (Los Angeles, CA)
Killed by family rottweiler while under care of grandmother
06/09/17: Marcos Raya, Jr., 18-months old (Phoenix, AZ)
Killed by father's rottweiler, a family dog of three years
08/19/16: Michael Downing, 83-years old (Jacksonville, FL)
Killed in attack involving neighbor's rottweiler and mixed-offspring
05/09/16: Antoinette Brown, 52-years old (Dallas, TX)
Killed by a pack dogs involving a rottweiler
11/12/15: Anthony Riggs, 57-years old (Madison County, TN)
Killed by a rottweiler adopted out three hours earlier1
07/24/15: Carolyn Lamp, 67-years old (Redbird, OK)
Killed by a pack of dogs, at least one being a rottweiler
05/24/15: Anthony Wind, 26-years old (Rochester, NY)
Mauled by his alleged seizure "assistance" rottweiler at time of death
03/12/15: Betty Wood, 78-years old (Sulphur Springs, TX)
Killed by her pet rottweiler of 5 years
12/06/14: Christopher Camejo, 2-years old (Citrus County, FL)
Killed by up to four of his grandfather's rottweilers
10/24/14: Logan Meyer, 7-years old (Dodge County, WI)
Killed by step-father's "protection" trained rottweiler2
05/04/14: Nyhiem Wilfong, 1-year old (Caldwell County, NC)
Killed by his grandfather's chained rottweiler
01/26/14: Annabell Martin, 89-years old (Corona, CA)
Killed by her grandson's three rottweilers
07/01/13: Linda Oliver, 63-years old (Dayton, TX)
Killed by a rottweiler-mix she began caring for
11/09/12: Dixie Jennings, 3-months old (Yadkinville, NC)
Killed by her grandmother's rottweiler
09/20/12: William "Don" Thomas, 82-years old (Leeds, AL)
Killed by his neighbor's two rottweilers
03/09/12: Dylan Andres, 17-months old (Jacksonsville, FL)
Killed by neighbor's chained rottweiler
08/12/11: James Dowling, 4-years old (Ozark, AR)
Killed by grandfather's pet rottweiler
04/12/11: Annabelle Mitchell, 7-months old (Frankfort, ME)
Killed by family rottweiler named "Hannibal"
03/06/11: Vanessa Husmann, 3-years old (Hopkinton, IA)
Killed by grandfather's AKC champion breeding rottweilers
02/17/11: Sirlinda Hayes, 66-years old (Dillon County, SC)
Killed by cousin's two rottweilers; cousin suffered leg amputation
12/19/10: Jeannette Vaughn, 3-months old (Harris County, TX)
Killed by family rottweiler that broke into house
06/15/10: Mychael Wynters, 30-years old (Henrietta Township, OH)
Killed by a pack of dogs, at least one being a rottweiler
03/08/10: Justin Lopez, 9-months old (Lincoln County, OK)
Killed by two newly adopted rottweilers on tribal land
02/28/10: Ashlynn Anderson, 4-years old (Svensen, OR)
Killed by stepfather's female rottweiler
12/12/09: Dallas Lee Walters, 20-months old (New Port Richey, FL)
Killed by great-aunt's rottweiler at Birthday party
01/19/09: Brianna Shanor, 8-years old (Hanover Township, PA)
Killed by guardian's chained rottweiler
01/16/09: Brooklynn Milburn, 3-years old (Fort Worth, TX)
Killed by neighbor's 17-year old rottweiler
01/11/09: Alex Angulo, 4-years old, (Chicago, IL)
Killed by foster family's rottweiler
09/12/07: Kylie Cox, 4-months old (Warren, MI)
Killed by rottweiler while visiting a home
07/12/07: Tiffany Pauley, 5-years old (Carrolton, GA)
Killed by neighbor's chained rottweiler
01/28/07: Taylor Kitlica, 18-months old (Brewton, AL)
Killed by chained rottweiler in front yard
01/24/07: Matthew Johnson, 6-years old (Richmond, VA)
Killed by newly adopted rottweiler
11/13/06: James Eisaman, 40-years old (Akron, OH)
Killed by girlfriend's two rottweilers
11/06/06: Luis Romero Jr., 2-years old (Drexel Heights, AZ)
Killed by family's two rottweilers
11/03/06: Ariel Pogue, 2-years old (Camp Hill, AL)
Killed by family rottweiler
10/03/06: Julius Graham, 2-years old (Snowhill, NC)
Killed by neighbor's rottweiler
06/22/06: Gemma Carlos, 2-years old (Horizon, TX)
Killed by neighbor's rottweiler
03/20/06: Quillan Cottrell, 3-years old (Jameson, MO)
Killed by step-uncle's rottweiler
02/24/06: Dominic Giordano, 4-years old (Ulm, MT)
Killed by relative's rottweiler
01/09/06: Ashton Scott, 11-months old (Childress, TX)
Killed by family rottweiler
10/15/05: Sydney Akin, 6-years old (Rochelle, GA)
Killed by rottweiler while visiting horse farm
08/02/05: Cassandra Garcia, 16-months old (Glendale, CA)
Killed by grandparent's rottweiler
05/02/05: Asia Turner, 4-years old (Spartanburg, SC)
Killed by two newly acquired rottweilers
03/15/05: Sandra Sanchez, 32-years old (Harris County, TX)
Killed by landlord's two rottweilers
03/10/05: Robert Schafer, 4-years old (Orange County, VA)
Killed by family rottweiler-mix
03/30/04: Leta Ward, 65-years old (Bakersfield, CA)
Killed by male pet rottweiler
03/30/04: Samuel Truck, 2-years old (Munford, TN)
Killed by family's two rottweiler-mixes
08/03/03: Samantha Bauld, 3-years old (Saronville, NE)
Killed by aunt and uncle's rottweiler
03/27/03: Wesley Swindler, 3-years old (Callaway County, MO)
Killed by family rottweiler
03/26/03: Vivian Anthony, 54-years old (Columbus, OH)
Killed by Dr. Matthew Crawley's rottweiler
03/16/03: Lily Krajewski, 2-years old (Clarion, PA)
Killed by two rottweilers while visiting grandmother's home
03/07/03: Jennifer Davis, 7-years old (Joshua Tree, CA)
Killed by two rottweilers while entering yard
10/10/02: Jane Doe, 23-months old (Kennesaw, GA)
Killed by family's two chained rottweilers
04/19/02: Victoria Morales, 5-years old (Monterrey County, CA)
Killed by grandmother's "prize-winning" rottweiler
02/14/02: Alicia Clark, 10-years old (Elroy, WI)
Killed by six rottweilers belonging to her best friend's family
02/07/02: Genoe Novach, 6-years old (Tehama County, CA)
Killed by neighbor's pair of "pug-rottweiler" mixes
12/01/01: Tristan Gambrel, 3-years old (Birmingham, AL)
Killed by three rottweilers while visiting a home
10/29/01: Kristin Jolley, 1-year old (Lovell, WY)
Killed by neighbor's chained rottweiler
08/21/01: Sierra Clayton, 3-years old (Englewood, IL)
Killed by rottweiler in front of her siblings and mother
06/09/01: Kyle Ross, 5-years old (Springfield, MA)
Killed by foster-mother's rottweiler
04/30/01: Javonne King, 1-month old (Chicago, IL)
Killed by family rottweiler
03/06/01: Joshua Brown, 3-years old (Whitley County, KY)
Killed by family rottweiler
02/03/00: Justin Tabner, 5-years old (Barrow County, GA)
Killed by chained rottweiler
11/04/99: Jessica Bice, 3-years old (Crittenden County, AR)
Killed by house-mate's rottweiler3
10/02/99: Mickey Oakes, 3-years old (Louisville, KY)
Killed by pack of dogs, at least two being rottweilers
09/20/99: Michael Lewis, 10-years old (Baton Rouge, LA)
Killed by family's two rottweilers
08/07/99: Nicolas Bildeau, 6-years old (Siren, WI)
Killed by family rottweiler
03/27/99: Darrel Roberson, 42-years old (Tulsa, OK)
Killed by two loose rottweilers
01/02/99: Alexander Samon, 8-years old (Decatur, IL)
Killed by two rottweilers
11/03/98: Landon Lower, 21-months old (Hot Springs, AR)
Killed by grandmother's rottweiler
10/18/98: Hope Moore, 2-years old (Lowndes County, GA)
Killed by loose rottweiler while walking with her grandmother
09/16/98: Susan Meller, 75-years old (San Marcos, CA)
Killed by own three guard dog trained rottweilers
08/17/98: Kimela Foster, 38-years old (Columbus, OH)
Killed by car while fleeing two loose rottweilers
06/13/98: Austin Cussins, 1-year old (Lakewood, CO)
Killed by family rottweiler-mix
12/26/97: Dakota "Cody" Randolph, 3-years old (Tunnel Hill, GA)
Killed by two rottweilers belonging to mother's boyfriend
12/25/97: April Edwards, 5-years old (Attalla, AL)
Killed by family's three rottweilers on Christmas morning
10/09/97: Cheryl Floyd, 17-years old (Lampasas County, TX)
Killed by neighbor's great dane and two rottweiler-mix dogs
09/12/97: Kristine Castillo, 8-months old (Lakewood, CA)
Killed by rottweiler while visiting aunt's home
07/30/97: John Doe, 17-months old (Nevada County, CA)
Killed by by aunt's pet rottweiler
07/10/97: Melba Adams, 87-years old (Visalia, CA)
Killed by neighbor's rottweiler
04/24/97: Christopher Wilson, 11-years old (Geary County, KS)
Killed by three loose rottweilers while waiting for school bus4
04/11/97: Corey McLaughlin, 4-years old (Fayetteville, NC)
Killed by grandfather's rottweiler
01/02/97: Andre Theriault, 3-months old (Livermore, CA)
Killed by babysitter's rottweiler
10/31/96: Corey Hines, 10-years old (Lake Wales, FL)
Killed by neighbor's six loose rottweilers
07/19/96: John Young, 8-years old (Oakland, CA)
Killed by two neighborhood rottweilers
07/10/96: Kasandra Duval, 21-months old (Springfield, MO)
Killed by neighbor's rottweiler
07/04/96: Matthew Pedercini, 1-year old (Orange, MA)
Killed by rottweiler white attending Fourth of July cookout
03/22/96: Billy Malstan, 1-month old (Desert Hot Springs, CA)
Killed by family rottweiler while sleeping
03/08/96: Mattie Drake, 86-years old (Lauderdale County, TN)
Killed by two rottweilers owned by neighbor
02/06/96: Anthony Hunt, 4-years old (Jacksonville, FL)
Killed by family rottweiler and German shepherd
11/19/95: Alec Balbachan, 5-years old (Hartford, CT)
Killed by uncle’s two rottweilers
10/10/95: Melton Smith, 60-years old (Greene County, NC)
Killed by three rottweilers
05/24/95: Kirby Lawrence, 2-years old (Ocala, FL)
Killed by chained rottweiler
05/19/95: Robert Thorpe, 11-years old (Connellsville, PA)
Killed by pack of dogs led by a rottweiler5
10/23/94: Kayla Lee, 5-years old (Northglenn, CO)
Killed by rottweiler "on loan" for protection
09/30/94: Johnny Miller, 3-years old (Oklahoma City, OK)
Killed while playing with relative's rottweiler-mix
09/30/94: Gerlessa Russell, 4-years old (Tulsa, OK)
Killed while playing with family friend's rottweiler
08/31/94: Sonjya Mars, 21-months old (Midwest City, OK)
Killed by rottweiler while visiting owner's home
03/07/94: Heide Dohrn-Cribb, 5-years old (Renton, WA)
Killed by neighbor's two female rottweilers
02/04/94: Martha Pope, 75-years old (Chicago, IL)
Killed by son-in-law's two rottweilers
01/08/94: Amarillys Torres, 2-months old (Tampa, FL)
Killed by family rottweiler
12/15/93: Ursula Petzinger, 53-years old (Elizabethtown, KY)
Killed saving grandson from two female family rottweilers
11/27/93: Dusty Patterson, 5-years old (Desoto, TX)
Killed by family rottweiler kept for breeding purposes
11/08/93: Sasha Brown, 4-months old (Chicago, IL)
Killed by a new rottweiler purchased for "protection"
08/11/93: Reggie Miller, 6-years old (Kansas City, KS)
Killed by two rottweilers while riding toy tractor
07/23/93: Louise Gantt, 65-years old (Richland County, SC)
Killed by own rottweiler purchased for protection
05/14/93: Billy Sheppard Jr., 2-years old (Long Island, NY)
Killed by rottweiler where mother was babysitting
06/20/92: Daniel Worley, 6-years old (Fairview, NC)
Killed by family rottweiler
02/23/92: Jonathon Williams, 7-years old (Mauldin, SC)
Killed by rottweiler while searching for its owner
11/06/91: Raymond Gosh, 86-years old (Chester County, SC)
Killed by loose dogs including rottweilers
10/20/89: Hoke Prevette Jr., 20-years old (Winston Salem, NC)
Killed by two rottweilers while jogging
05/02/88: Melissa Boyse, 16-months old (Kent, WA)
Killed by family rottweiler
09/27/87: Shannon Tucker, 2-years old (Columbus, OH)
Killed by rottweiler and pit bull
10/31/85: Santina Saba, 1-month old (Suffolk County, MA)
Killed by three family rottweilers
09/03/83: Cara Rognaldson, 1-month old (Dallas, TX)
Killed by family rottweiler
01/24/78: Vincent Madrigal, 1-year old (St. Helena, CA)
Killed by two rottweilers known to him6

1Of the 104 rottweiler fatalities we have on record (from 1978 through 2015), not a single one besides this dog inflicted a fatal attack on an able-bodied middle-aged man. The others involved "pairs" or more of rottweilers. This male rottweiler was adopted by the victim just hours earlier from Jackson-Madison County Rabies Control.
2Killed by his step-father's IPO 2 (Level 2 Schutzhund title) protection trained rottweiler.
3Sheriff's investigator Jason Oliver, angry over the child's grisly death, said that rottweilers and children don't mix and that people living with vicious dogs and children "need to use that lump 3 feet above their ass."
4The dogs' owner, Sabine Davidson was convicted of reckless second-degree murder and endangering a child. At the time of the attack, Davidson was training her rottweilers in Schutzhund protection work (bite work).
5In revenge of Robert Thorpe's mauling death, the boy's father and two cousins set the dog owner's mobile home on fire. After igniting gasoline soaked cloths inside the home, exploding ammunition "sounded like a war zone." The two cousins barely escaped the burning building with their lives. All three were later charged with arson.
6The self-published Fatal Dog Attacks book describes the dog that killed Lindsay Shanaman, 2-years old of Canon City, Colorado in April of 1995, as a "GSD/Rott X." The single media report that we could locate from the Colorado Springs Gazette, describes the dog as a 120-pound "mastiff-German shepherd mix." The 20-year CDC study reflects 11 rottweiler or rottweiler-mix deaths between 1995 and 1996, as does our rottweiler archival list.

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