Tag Archives: 2007 Dog Bite Fatality

Archive of 2007 dog bite fatality blog posts. Learn about each fatal dog mauling in 2007: the victim, the circumstances of the attack, breeds of dogs involved, criminal charges and more.

2007 Dog Bite Fatality: Kylie Cox, 4-Months Old, Killed by a Rottweiler

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Jail Time for Owner UPDATE 11/12/08: Christopher Fura -- the 21-year-old Warren man whose rottweiler, Chopper, killed an infant last year -- pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter and began a six-month jail sentence today. Macomb County Assistant Prosecutor Steve Kaplan said Fura pleaded just before a jury was to be selected for his trial today. Fura previously had entered the same plea, but withdrew it six weeks ago when prosecutors insisted he serve jail time. C… [Read full blog post]

Defendant Diane Cockrell Pleads No Contest in Double Fatal Dog Mauling in Livingston County

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Diane Cockrell, whose dogs killed two people, tears up at sentencing hearing. Dog Owner Sentenced UPDATE 09/18/08: The owner of the dogs that mauled to death two people last year, Cheryl Harper, 56, and Edward Gierlach, 91, has been sentenced. Diane Cockrell, 52 Iosco Township, was ordered to serve a minimum of 3 1/2 years to a maximum of 15 years in prison for allowing her American bulldogs-mixes to run free and kill two people in rural Iosco Township in 2007. The MLive Michiga… [Read full blog post]

2007 Dog Bite Fatality: Mary Bernal Killed by In-Law's Pit Bull

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Taz, the fatally attacking pit bull, seen in quarantine (WESH Orlando video). Pit Bull Scalps Victim Deltona, FL - A pit bull that often shared a bed with its owners viciously attacked and killed a 63-year-old woman that had been visiting the family. It almost tore off the thumb of one of its owners as she tried to get the dog off her sister. It wasn't until a deputy sheriff shot the dog with a stun gun that it released its grip on the victim. In this time, the dog had pulled off the woman… [Read full blog post]

2007 Dog Bite Fatality: Pontotoc County Woman Mauled to Death by Pack of Pit Bull-Mixes

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Emergency workers respond to mauling death of 65-year old Rosalie Bivins. Killed by Pack of Dogs ADA, OK - A 65-year-old Pontotoc County woman was mauled to death by a pack of pit bull-mix dogs. Two others who came to her aid were also attacked, according to sheriff Joe Glover. He said Rosalie Bivins was checking her mail in front of her residence on County Road 1480 when five to seven dogs began their vicious attack. A rural mail carrier discovered Bivins lying in the road screami… [Read full blog post]

2007 Fatal Mauling Investigation of Carshena Benjamin Closes Unresolved

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The two pit bull-mixes involved in the mauling death of Carshena Benjamin. Dog Mauling Case Closed Collier County, FL - On May 26, 2007, 71-year-old Carshena Benjamin left her Golden Gate Estates home for her morning walk. Later that day her bruised and bloody body was found face down in a drainage ditch. Her shirt and jacket were pulled up over her head, leading investigators to believe she had been decapitated. So badly was her body mutilated, she could hardly be identified.… [Read full blog post]

Minneapolis Father Tried for Manslaughter After Pit Bull Kills Son

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Zachary King Jr., 7-years old, was killed by his family's pit bull. Father Not Guilty UPDATE 04/11/08: A judge has ruled that a Minneapolis father is not guilty for the death of his son who was fatally attacked by a family pit bull on August 16, 2007. Zachary King Senior was found not guilty of a second- degree manslaughter charge. The ruling came in Friday around 10:30 am. Judge Burke called the boy's death a "horrific tragedy," and that it was a poor decision by the father to keep t… [Read full blog post]

2007 Dog Bite Fatality: Cora Lee Suehead Attacked by Pit Bulls

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Two Family Deaths Follow UPDATE 07/18/08: Forensic tests have confirmed the cause of Cora Lee Suehead's death: pit bull mauling. The 61-year old woman was found dead near her home December 4th, 2007. The pit bulls were taken from her property and underwent DNA testing. The dogs belonged to a relative who had been living on the Suehead property. The dogs have since been destroyed; no charges were ever filed. In the wake of her death, two family deaths have followed.      … [Read full blog post]

2007 Dog Bite Fatality: Kelly Caldwell Killed Pit Bulls on Christmas Day in Yermo, California

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Pit Bull Owners Arrested and Charged with a Felony Pit bull owners arrested after their dogs brutally killed 45-year old Kelly Caldwell. Dog Owners Arrested archived UPDATE 09/18/08: The owners of the pit bulls that brutally killed Kelly Caldwell on Christmas Day have been arrested. Jeffrey Dwayne King Jr. 23, and John Allan Peterson, 23, of Yermo were arrested in Barstow on September 17 and booked into jail on suspicion of failure to control a mischievous animal, resultin… [Read full blog post]