Fatal attack: Pitbulls under drugs attack woman in the garden!

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Fatal dog bite in Ashville: Two Pitbulls attack 73-year-old. Investigations show the owner's drug abuse.

Fatal attack: Pitbulls under drugs attack woman in the garden!

In a shattering tragedy in Ashville, Ohio, 73-year-old Jo Ann Echelbarger was brutally attacked and fatally injured by two Pitbulls. As they planted flowers in their garden, the dogs - which had previously been classified as dangerous - stormed on them and caused serious injuries, including a broken neck and bite wounds on the entire body. The owners of the dogs, Adam and Susan Withers, have now been convicted of manslaughter and failed control over aggressive animals, as Krone

quickly turned out that the two dogs were under the influence of cocaine; A laboratory report confirmed traces of the drug in her blood. This puts the behavior of the owners at the center of the debate - Adam Withers admitted in the interrogation that he regularly consumed cocaine near the dogs. The tragic events were accompanied by the police investigations, which were alerted by the neighborhood in September before the fatal incident, since a dog from the Withers had torn out and terrorized the surrounding area. Even with a view to past incidents, in which one of the dogs attacked another neighbor and killed whose dogs, the severity of the negligence of the owners should not be underestimated. In the fatal attack, a woman who went with her Goldendoodles Gassi was also reported, one of her dogs being killed, Dispatch .

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The two Pitbulls were shot by the police when they also wanted to attack the officials. The Withers, who were already in the fire line due to the behavior of their dogs, could now expect considerable legal consequences. The sentence for the couple has not yet been determined, while the family of the deceased Echelarger has filed a complaint for pain and suffering. According to her daughter, the death of her mother might have had to be prevented if the official bodies had acted properly earlier.