List of fatal dog attacks in the United States (2014)

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These are fatal dog attacks in the United States in 2014, reported by the news media, published in scholarly papers, or mentioned through other sources.

List[]

Date Location Victim's name Victim's age Category of dog Circumstances
January 5 Houston, Texas Christine Bell 43 years pit bull (1) and pit bull mix (1) Killed by loose dogs in an attack in which two other people were also injured, one seriously. Animal Control caught one of the dogs, while the owner fled with the second dog, a pit bull mix. Later the owner surrendered the second dog plus a third dog not believed to be part of the killing. The owners of the dogs were cited for keeping the animals in deplorable conditions, not licensing or vaccinating them, and allowing them to run at large. Homicide detectives were determining whether to press criminal charges.[1][2]
January 6 New Braunfels, Texas Betty Clark 74 years pit bulls (2) Elderly widow was walking alone when neighbors' dogs badly mauled her. She was saved by another neighbor and her boyfriend, who used a gun to scare off the dogs, but not before receiving wounds that caused her death in the hospital 16 days later. After the attack, the dogs were euthanized and their owners were arrested for allowing a dog attack that resulted in a death.[3] The attack was first reported in the news media 4 months after the incident in an article about an unrelated attack.[4][5] The dog's owners were indicted and arrested in 2014 for "Attack by dog resulting in death". Five years later, their cases are still ongoing with a jury trial scheduled May 6, 2019.[6][7]
January 17 Bloomington, Illinois Kara Hartrich 4 years pit bull (2 males, 1 female) Died from blood loss following injuries sustained to head and neck after being attacked by the dogs while her grandmother was babysitting Kara and her 2-year-old sister. When the grandmother attempted to intervene, the dogs turned on her and she then focused on protecting the 2-year-old child and was unable to stop the attack on Kara. Emergency personnel were called and Kara was taken to a hospital but died from her injuries. The dogs were surrendered to McLean County Animal Control where they were euthanized after a 10-day observation period. No charges were filed against the owners.[8][9]
January 26 Corona, California Annabell Martin 89 years Rottweilers (3) The dogs belonged to the woman's grandson. He told police they had no history of aggressive behavior.[10] Other details are not known as there is little media coverage available from the incident.
February 7 Dayton, Ohio Klonda Richey 57 years Mastiff mix (2) or Cane Corso mix (2) The woman was attacked in the driveway of her home in the early morning hours by two mixed mastiffs that belonged to a neighbor. The dogs were shot and killed when they attacked police officers who responded to the call. The couple who owned the dogs were both sentenced for "failure to control dogs".[11][12] A wrongful death suit was filed against the county dog warden and his agency.[13] The victim had made 36 calls to authorities about the dogs over the prior two years before her death (in addition to 20 other anonymous calls), built a fence and installed security cameras.[14] Richey's death sparked several attempts (still ongoing) to change the vicious dog laws in Ohio.[15]
February 17 Temple, Texas Je'vaeh Mayes 2 years pit bull The girl's family was watching a friend's female dog and its two puppies. They were being kept in the back yard. The 2-year-old girl went out into the yard alone without her parents' knowledge and was attacked by the mother of the two puppies.[16][17] The dog was chained in the backyard at the time, was later euthanized, and no criminal charges were to be filed.[18]
February 24 High Point, North Carolina Braelynn Rayne Coulter 3 years pit bull Was playing in her yard when her family's dog suddenly attacked. Her mother tried to stop it, but the dog attacked her as well. The family said the dog had never been aggressive, but neighbors said it had escaped and attacked a dog. Both mother and daughter were taken to the hospital, where Braelynn died. The dog was taken by authorities and scheduled to be euthanized after police finished their investigation.[19][20]
February 26 Tallassee, Alabama Summer Sears 4 years White shepherd mix, with possible involvement of a black retriever mix Killed while playing behind the trailer her grandfather rented.[21]
February 28 Paterson, New Jersey Kenneth Santilla 13 years Bull mastiff A 115-pound bull mastiff escaped a back-yard fence and mauled two 13-year-old boys, killing one and injuring the other.[22]
March 1 Killeen, Texas Raymane Robinson Jr. 2 years Bull mastiff Walking home from the playground with an 8-year-old girl, when the dog accidentally escaped from his owner's garage and attacked the girl. A teenage boy saved the girl, but then the dog immediately attacked Raymane and dragged him off. Someone shot at the dog, frightening it into dropping the boy and running back into the garage. Police and EMTs arrived and took them both to the hospital, where doctors saved the girl but the boy died of penetrating and blunt injuries.[23]
March 14 Phoenix, Arizona Nancy Newberry 77 years pit bull Victim was feeding 4-year old Titan, one of the family's three dogs, when he bit her in the abdomen. The dog had a history of aggression and biting people, and was euthanized per family request.[24]
March 25 Houma, Louisiana Mia DeRouen 4 years pit bull Family's pet pit bull attacked while she was watching television with her mother. The mother, also injured, had to barricade herself and the injured child in a bedroom until police arrived. Responding officers were forced to shoot the pit bull in order to enter the apartment. The dog, Niko, was of an unusually large size, weighing in at 130 lbs. The victim's family has refused cooperation with authorities into further investigation. Another dog, a 6-month-old female, was removed from the scene.[25][26][27][28]
March 31 Thornton, Mississippi Christopher Malone 3 years pit bull (2) Christopher Malone's mother found the boy's body behind the family's Holmes County home. The Holmes County Sheriff's Department said it happened around 4 p.m. No one saw the attack. Family members said they've had the dogs since they were puppies, and the dogs have been around children their entire lives.[29]
April 1 Kaufman, Texas Dorothy Hamilton 85 years pit bull (2) A woman was found dead at her home in Kaufman on Monday afternoon, and police believe that pit bulls are responsible for the killing. It was around 4:45 p.m. when authorities were called to a residence in the 1400 block of East First North Street. When police arrived at the scene, they discovered 85-year-old Dorothy Hamilton dead in the living room of her home. Investigators also found a pair of aggressive pit bulls inside of the house. Animal control put down the two dogs that were inside the house when police found Hamilton. Authorities said that the dogs were being held in a bedroom, but it looks as though they broke down the door in order to attack the woman.[30]
April 6 Riverside, Alabama John Harvard 5 years pit bull Playing outside his home when neighbor's dog, between 80–100 lbs., attacked. His 9-year-old brother couldn't get the dog off him, so he ran in the house and got his father, who shot at the animal, which broke off the attack and fled. After the attack, a neighbor called the EMTs, and an ambulance took him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. The dog was taken to a veterinary clinic. Before the attack, John and the dog had played together; the dog had been legally allowed free range with no previous complaints; and the town had had a nuisance law but no leash law.[31][32]
April 11 San Antonio, Texas Petra Aguirre 83 years American Staffordshire Terrier mix Victim was feeding cats in her own backyard when the neighbor's dog crawled under a fence and attacked her. She died two weeks later.[33] The dog, who had previously bitten a child, was euthanized and the dog's owner sentenced to five years in prison.[34]
April 28 Sebring, Florida Jessica Norman 33 years Unclear (see text) The woman was found dead of a methamphetamine overdose. An autopsy found that she had bites that "appeared to come from a canine" and which "contributed to the death."[35] At the time that she died, neighbors had seen three aggressive Pit bulls running loose in the neighborhood. Investigators attempted to link the dogs to the woman's death with DNA. They were able to show by DNA that hairs on her were of canine origin, but were unable to match the DNA with that of the specific dogs.
May 3 Smiths Station, Alabama Katie Morrison 20 years pit bull (3) In her friend's yard playing with the dogs. When she picked something up from the ground, one of the dogs attacked, and the other two joined in. She suffered extensive bite wounds over her body and a severe head injury and died about a week after the April 28 attack. At press time no charges had been filed.[36] The dogs were euthanized.[37]
May 4 Caldwell County, North Carolina Nyhiem Wilfong 18 months Rottweiler Toddler killed by a chained family dog in backyard at his grandfather's house.[38]
May 7 Felton, Delaware Kasii Haith 4 years pit bull (3) The child had gone with his pregnant mother to visit one of the mother's friends and was playing in front of the home with the dogs, whom he had reportedly played with in the past. At some point the mother looked outside to see the three pitbulls attacking the child and rushed to help him, at which point the pitbulls attacked her. Nearby HVAC workers attempted to beat the dogs back with PVC pipes and were unsuccessful. The child was pronounced dead on scene by paramedics, the pregnant mother was taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries and monitoring of the unborn child. The dogs had not been vaccinated against rabies and were euthanised.[39]
May 25 Branford, Connecticut Rita Pepe 93 years pit bull mix Victim was out walking on April 13 when the dog dashed out of its owner's back door and went straight for the elderly woman. The owner had to beat the dog on the head with a rock to get it to let go of the victim's leg. The victim died in hospital a month later.[40][41][42]
June 9 Davisburg, Michigan Holden Garrison 10 weeks Catahoula Cur When the dog tried to get on the sofa where the baby was on his uncle's lap, the uncle pushed it off. The dog then attacked, biting the baby on the face and neck. Father was injured prying him out of its jaws. EMTs tried to revive the baby and airlifted him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Prior to the attack, the dog had lived with the family for four years. It had bitten a person once, but had drawn no blood. After the attack, the dog was euthanized.[43]
July 4 Benton County, Mississippi Derrick Sanders 45 years pit bulls Found dead, naked, throat split, and in a horrible state, police originally thought victim was murdered[44] - until two months later when the victim's cousin David Glass was found barely alive, mauled by pit bulls. Eventually, Eric Hodges, the owner of these same dogs who also killed David Glass two months later, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for two counts of manslaughter. The dogs were let out to roam at night; both were euthanized.[45][46]
July 20 Tampa, Florida Logan Sheppard 4 years pit bull (2) Mauled to death by his uncle's guard dogs after being left unsupervised while his parents left to consume cannabis.[47] The boy's grandmother said that the family knew the dogs were vicious.[48] Neighbors also said that the dogs were known to be vicious.[49] Although early speculations stated that the child may have let the dogs out of their cages to play with,[50] family members later stated that the uncle had left the dogs free to roam the yard and "to protect his property."[49]
July 20 Dayton, Ohio Johnathan Quarles Jr. 7 months American Staffordshire Terrier The boy's stepgrandmother picked the boy up from a car seat and then the dog jumped and bit the boy and the stepgrandmother. The stepgrandmother tried punching the dog and grabbing its collar but then the dog bit the boy's head. The dog had prior behavioral issues. Following the incident, the dog was seized and euthanized and the stepgrandmother was sentenced to three years in prison in June 2016.[51]
July 23 Metamora Township, Michigan Craig Sytsma 46 years Cane Corso (2) The victim was out jogging in the evening. A neighbor who witnessed the attack successfully drove off the dogs after wounding one with a gun. According to police, dogs at the same address had attacked and bitten two other people in the previous two years who were walking or jogging in the neighborhood.[52] An unprovoked attack on a jogger by two 100-pound Cane Corsos was reported in Lapeer, Michigan. The jogger died. The two owners of the dogs were charged with second degree murder, which carries a potential sentence of Life in Prison, and ultimately pleaded guilty to "owning a dangerous animal, causing death", receiving a prison sentence for a minimum of 57 months to a maximum of 15 years. The couple may also face deportation, as they were under investigation for falsifying citizenship documents at the time of the mauling. "The dogs involved in the attack have a history of escaping from their kennel and have bitten at least twice before."[53][54]
August 4 Madison Township, Ohio Cindy Whisman 59 years pit bull or pit bull-Presa Canario mix[55] Was playing with her 2-year-old grandson in the yard when the dog attacked. A neighbor beat the dog off with a walking stick, but she was already dead, with multiple wounds to the head, neck, and body. The dog had not shown previous aggression; the child used to climb and put weight on the dog. After the attack, the dog was to be euthanized.[56][57]
August 7 Fanning Springs, Florida Joel Chirieleison 6 years pit bull (2) Babysitting aunt let the child and the two dogs outside her house and sat to watch TV. No one saw the attack. She looked outside and saw the body in the driveway. The authorities arrived and determined that the dogs had killed the boy. After the attack, the dogs were removed by animal control officers and scheduled to be euthanized. The aunt had been babysitting the child when his father went to work for weeks. The aunt said she had never had any problems with the dogs before the attack, and police said the boy and the dogs had been together on a regular basis.[58][59][60]
August 11 St. Charles County, Missouri Deriah Solem 22 months pit bull mix Grandmother, 58, had set the child down after feeding her when the 80 lb., 10-year-old family dog attacked. Wounds to the head and neck were the cause of death, not those to her back and stomach. Grandmother, who lost several tips of her fingers trying to save the child, ordered her brothers, 5 and 8 years old, to run for their lives. They ran to the next door neighbor who came and stabbed the dog repeatedly to get it to release. The child was pronounced dead at the hospital. Before the attack, the dog had previously shown aggressive behavior. The dog was euthanized.[61]
August 13 Miami-Dade County, Florida Javon Dade Jr 4 years pit bull (1) and pit bull mixes (5) The boy was found dead in the backyard the morning after the victim's father and his girlfriend smoked marijuana laced with cocaine and fell asleep. There were six dogs in the yard. The adults were charged with child neglect. The father had an extensive criminal history for dealing drugs. Animal Services removed all of the dogs and the pit bull was euthanized for aggressive behavior. Pit bulls are illegal in Miami-Dade County.[62] The father pled guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to four years in prison and six years probation in a plea deal.[63]
September 21 Benton County, Mississippi David Glass Sr 50 years pit bulls (3) Attacked by dogs on the side of the road at night and died the following day.[64][65][66] Eric Hodges, the owner of these same dogs who also killed Derrick Sanders two months earlier, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for two counts of manslaughter. The dogs were let out to roam at night; both were euthanized.[45]
September 26 Cave City, Arkansas Alice Payne 75 years pit bull Payne's daughter was in the backyard and heard her mother say she'd fallen. Upon entering, she saw her mother's pit bull biting her and called 911. Victim was dead when responders arrived, with bite marks on her face, neck, and arms. The family was able to get the dog into the back yard where it was put down by police officers.[67][68]
October 15 Modesto, California Juan Fernandez 59 years pit bulls (4) Victim and his elderly mother were both attacked by the neighbor's four dogs who had breached the common fence. The dogs were shot and killed by deputies.[69] The woman received multiple bite injuries and a broken leg; the man did not survive.[70]
October 24 Hustisford, Wisconsin Logan Meyer 7 years Rottweiler The boy took the dog outside to relieve itself, and within five minutes was attacked. The victim's father was running a protection dog training business; the 3½ year old dog had been trained in "personal property" and was in training for "personal protection and service for a doctor who had three children". The dog was euthanized.[71][72][73]
November 2 Rowland, North Carolina Alameaner Dial 83 years pit bull (4) Attacked by her granddaughter's 4 dogs on October 25 while she sat on her porch. The victim's daughter in law said that the dogs were left to roam in a large fenced area, were known to be vicious, and had caused problems in the neighborhood before. Relatives and neighbors had repeatedly asked that the dogs be restrained. They had previously called police and the Department of Social Service to intervene, but the situation of the dogs had remained unchanged. The dogs included 1 adult male, 1 adult female, and 2 puppies.[74][75]
November 12 Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyoming Deanne Lynn Coando 40 years Pack of reservation dogs No one witnessed the attack by the pack of roaming dogs and few details are available.[76]
November 18 Stratford, Connecticut Stella Antanaitis 91 years Keeshond mix The woman was attempting to intervene in a fight between her dog and cat when the dog attacked her on November 14. She died four days later.[77]
November 18 Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota Jayla Rodriguez[78] 8 years Pack of reservation dogs[79] While sledding near her home, the girl was attacked by a pack of dogs. Witnesses to the attack were unsure of how many dogs were involved or what were their breeds.[80]
November 23 Rockingham County, North Carolina Jose Robles 62 years Pack of Hounds and Blue Heeler Man attacked by a pack of 14 dogs died from injuries related to the attack. The attack occurred by the pack of dogs while he was walking down a road. He was visiting family in the area.[81]
December 1 Pollock, Louisiana Bobbie Cheveallier 85 years Unknown Elderly woman attacked while she was unconscious (due to a diabetic condition) near her home by a pack of dogs. She died a few days later due to injuries from the attack. Some of the dogs belonged to a neighbor and some of the dogs were stray dogs. Their breeds were unknown.[82]
December 6 Citrus County, Florida Christopher Joaquin Camejo 2 years Rottweiler (4) The child was attacked and killed by four of his grandfather's dogs outside in the yard. Animal Control seized and euthanized the dogs. Both parents appeared under the influence and tested positive for meth, amphetamines, oxy, opiates and benzos. Neighbors told authorities the dogs had been aggressive in the past, including attacking people, and had previously been reported to Animal Control. The neighbors also reported constant drug traffic at the home. Cause of death was ruled "Multiple Blunt Force Injuries due to Dog Mauling" and the victim's two young siblings were placed in foster care.[83][84] In 2016, the mother pled guilty[85] to Manslaughter of a Child and the father was found not guilty[86] of Murder in the Third Degree by jury.
December 15 Corpus Christi, Texas Rita Ross (aka Rita Woodard) 64 years Unspecified (5) Victim was found dead after being attacked by five of the seventeen dogs she kept in her home. Described as "a bloody mess" by police, the coroner determined she died of "critical coronary artery atherosclerosis following multiple dog bites".[87] All five dogs were euthanized.[88]
December 25 Portage, Indiana Edward Cahill 40 years pit bull The man died after suffering bites to his arms and face from his dog. No one else was home to witness the attack. The man's girlfriend said they had given the dog a bone for Christmas and he was extremely aggressive and protective of it. The girlfriend also said that she had told Cahill to euthanize the dog in the past because he was "extremely aggressive and unpredictable."[89]

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