An archive of U.S. children and adults mauled to death by rottweilers since 1978.
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 131 victims recorded from 1978 through July 2024, 75% (98) were children ages 11-years and younger. Of these children, the large majority, 71% (70), were ages 4-years and younger. California sustained the most fatal rottweiler attacks (16) during this period, followed by Texas (14).
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: Michael Winters, 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 newly adopted rottweilers - 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 - 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 (Cobb County, 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 Novak, 6-years old (Tehama County, CA)
Killed by neighbor's rottweilers - 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 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.
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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