List of fatal dog attacks in the United States
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Existing studies
There are a limited number of studies concerning the number of human deaths caused by dogs in the United States, and the number of attributed fatalities is difficult to validate or cross-compare with other study results because:
- studies dependent on surveying news reports may not find all the relevant news items
- different studies use different data collection methodologies and evaluation criteria
- breed identification requires a subjective evaluation based on observation of outward physical attributes against imprecise breed standards.[1][2]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published in 2000 a study on dog bite-related fatalities (DBRF) that covered the years 1979-1998. The study found reports of 327 people killed by dogs over the 20-year period. Using newspaper articles, the CDC was able to obtain breed "identifications" for 238 of the 327 cases of fatal dog attacks; of which "pit bull terrier" or mixes thereof were reportedly involved in 76 cases. The breed with the next-highest number of attributed fatalities was the Rottweiler and mixes thereof, with 44 fatalities.[1]
Fatalities reported from 1988 through 2011
This list supplements information compiled by existing studies regarding the people killed by dogs in the United States.
Summary Tables
The following table summarizes the number of people reported killed in 1988 and 2005-2011 (as of June 28, 2011).
Dog Bite-related Fatalities in the US by age group of victims
Year |
Total |
< 1 yr |
1-10 |
11-20 |
21-30 |
31-40 |
41-50 |
51-60 |
61+ |
Unknown |
1988 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2005 |
29 |
2 |
12 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
0 |
2006 |
29 |
1 |
12 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2007 |
34 |
2 |
15 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
11 |
0 |
2008 |
23 |
6 |
10 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
2009 |
30 |
5 |
15 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
2010 |
32 |
6 |
14 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
2011 |
12 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
Total |
187 |
23
|
82
|
4
|
7
|
4
|
13
|
11
|
41
|
2
|
Fatalities reported in 1988
News organizations reported 1 fatal dog attack in the United States in 1988.
Date |
Breed |
Victim's name |
Victim's age |
Circumstances |
January 21 |
Labrador Retriever |
Meagan Stack |
2 years |
Killed by family dog.[3] |
Fatalities reported in 2001
News organizations reported 3 fatal dog attacks in the United States in 2001.
Date |
Breed |
Victim's name |
Victim's age |
Circumstances |
January 26 |
Presa canario |
Diane Whipple |
33 years |
Killed by her neighbor's two dogs in the hall of her apartment building.[4] |
March 5 |
Unknown strays |
Rodney McAllister |
10 years |
Killed by stray dogs in park.[5] |
June 11, 2001 |
Pit bull |
Tyran Moniz-Hilderbrand |
18 Months |
Dogs belonged to a houseguest; mother badly mauled in trying to save her son.[6] |
Fatalities reported in 2002
News organizations reported at least 2 fatal dog attacks in the United States in 2002.
Date |
Breed |
Victim's name |
Victim's age |
Circumstances |
February 14 |
Rottweiler |
Alicia Clark |
10 years |
Killed by her neighbor's six dogs. The dog's owner received 2 years in prison for leaving her alone with the dogs which had previously exhibited dangerous behavior.[7][8] |
June 1 |
German Shepherd |
Colter Kumpost |
4 years |
Killed by dog being trained for police work.[9] |
Fatalities reported in 2003
News organizations reported 8 fatal dog attacks in the United States in 2003.
Date |
Breed |
Victim's name |
Victim's age |
Circumstances |
March 25 |
Pit bull-type |
Tre'sean Forsman |
3 years |
Killed by a friend's dog.[10] |
May 16 |
Pit bull-type |
Bonnie Page |
75 years |
Killed by her landlady's dog.[11] |
May 23 |
Unknown |
Cedric Edmonds |
37 years |
Killed by stray dogs.[12] |
June 20 |
Pit bull-type |
Somer Clugston |
Toddler |
Killed by her babysitter's dog when she left her alone in the house. The babysitter was sentenced to one year in jail for involuntary manslaughter.[13] |
September 7 |
Doberman pinscher |
Valerie DeSwart |
67 years |
Killed by a rescue dog she had adopted. The rescue organization was under investigation for mistreating the dogs under its care.[14] |
October 2 |
Great Dane |
Makayla Paige Sinclair |
2 years |
Killed by 2 chained dogs when she wandered into their owner's yard.[15] |
November 30 |
Pit bull-type |
Jennifer Brooke |
40 years |
Killed by her neighbor's three dogs. One of the dogs had attacked another neighbor a few months earlier.[16][17] |
December 12 |
Labrador retriever-Pit bull-type mix |
Alice Broom |
82 years |
Killed by her neighbor's seven dogs. Numerous complaints about the dogs had been issued prior to the attack.[18] |
Fatalities reported in 2004
News organizations reported 8 fatal dog attacks in the United States in 2004.
Date |
Breed |
Victim's name |
Victim's age |
Circumstances |
January 13 |
Pit bull-type |
Nathan Roy Hill |
3 years |
Killed by neighbor's chained dog in neighbor's yard.[19] |
February 21 |
Mixed-breed dog |
Truston Heart Liddle |
17 months |
Killed by chained dog.[20] |
March 11 |
Mixed-breed dog |
Madison Carson |
2 years |
Killed by relative's loose dogs.[21] |
April 16 |
Pit bull-type |
Myles Leakes |
4 years |
Killed by his uncle's chained dog.[22] |
April 24 |
Bullmastiff-German Shepherd dog mix |
John Streeter |
8 years |
Killed by neighbor's two dogs while playing in his neighbor's backyard.[23] |
September 1 |
Labrador retriever-Pit bull-type mix |
Isaiah Calandis Smith |
18 months |
Killed by his grandfather's dog.[24] |
October 5 |
Labrador retriever- mixes |
Jose Dias |
5 weeks |
Killed by his grandmother's dogs.[25] |
December 8 |
Pit bull-type |
Roddie Dumas Jr. |
8 years |
Killed by his father's dogs. His father was charged with involuntary manslaughter.[26] |
Fatalities reported in 2005
News organizations reported 29 fatal dog attacks in the United States in 2005. The dog breed most commonly reportedly involved in these attacks were pit bulls (13 attacks), followed by Rottweilers (6 attacks):
Date |
Breed |
Victim's name |
Victim's age |
Circumstances |
January 2 |
Mixed-breed dog |
Tyler Babcock |
6 years |
Killed by two dogs when he wandered onto the dog owner's property[27] |
January 28 |
Pit bull-type,
Mixed-breed dog
|
Lydia Chaplin |
14 years |
Killed by 4 dogs (3 pit bull-type dogs, 1 mixed-breed dog while walking alone at night in a rural area, one-half mile from home[28] |
February 4 |
Pit bull-type |
Barbara Pilkington |
70 years |
Killed while walking down the street[29] |
March 8 |
Pit bull-type |
Dorothy Sullivan |
82 years |
Killed by three dogs while walking her Shih Tzu on her own property[30] |
March 15 |
Rottweiler,
Rottweiler-mix
|
Sandra Sanchez |
32 years |
Killed by two dogs that she had been caring for on behalf of the owner[31] |
April 5 |
Pit bull-type |
Cassidy Jeter |
6 years |
Killed by her family's two dogs as she walked to a swing set with her 4-year old brother[32] |
April 10 |
Rottweiler-German Shepherd Dog-mix |
Robert Schafer |
4 years |
Killed by his family's dog when he opened the dog's pen[33] |
April 13 |
American Bulldog
Pit bull-type[34]
|
Ernie Assad |
82 years |
Mauled by 2 dogs owned by Cleveland Browns tight end Darnell Sanders while watering his own back yard;
died of directly related complications (cerebral blood clot) 11 days later[35]
|
April 14 |
Mixed-breed dog |
Laverne Ford |
74 years |
Killed by her own two dogs in her own home[36] |
May 2 |
Rottweiler |
Asia Turner |
4 years |
Killed by her family's two dogs in her own back yard[37] |
May 6 |
Husky,
Alaskan Malamute
|
Samantha Black |
2 years |
Killed by her family's two dogs in her back yard[38] |
May 7 |
Alaskan Malamute |
Kate-Lynn Logel |
7 years |
Killed by her family's new dog in her back yard[39] |
May 10 |
Pit bull-type |
Lorinze Reddings |
42 years |
Killed by his own two dogs in his own home[40] |
May 15 |
Labrador Retriever-mix,
Dachshund
|
Julia Beck |
87 years |
Killed by her in-law's two dogs[41] |
May 17 |
Pit bull-type |
Arianna Fleeman |
2 years |
Killed while visiting a friend's home with her mother[42] |
June 3 |
Pit bull-type |
Nicholas Faibish |
12 years |
Killed by his family's two dogs[43] |
July 1 |
American Bulldog,
Neapolitan Mastiff,
Border Collie
|
Boyd Fiscus |
83 years |
Killed in his own back yard by his neighbor's four dogs (two American Bulldogs, a Neapolitan Mastiff, and a Border Collie)[44][45] |
July 4 |
Pit bull-type |
Dazavious Williams |
5 weeks |
Killed when a neighborhood dog grabbed him from his aunt's arms[46] |
July 13 |
Siberian Husky |
Alexis McDermott |
6 days |
Killed in her crib by her family's dog[47] |
August 2 |
Rottweiler |
Cassandra Garcia |
16 months |
Killed when her grandparent's dog grabbed her from her mother's arms[48] |
October 3 |
Pit-bull mix |
Jonathan Martin |
2 years |
Killed by at least one of his family's dogs inside his home[49] |
October 14 |
Pit bull-type,
Schnauzer
|
Mike Gomez |
86 years |
Killed by two dogs while out walking or jogging[50] |
October 15 |
Rottweiler |
Sydney Akin |
6 years |
Killed visiting the home of a family friend[51] |
November 6 |
Pit bull-type |
Kylee Johnson |
14 months |
Killed by her family's dog[52] |
November 18 |
Mixed-breed dog |
Hulon Barbour |
60 years |
Killed by two dogs while walking home[53] |
November 24 |
Unknown dogs |
Roberto Aguilera |
64 years |
Killed during the night by unknown dogs in relative's yard[54] |
November 26 |
Pit bull-Rottweiler mix |
Lillian Styles |
76 years |
Killed by her neighbor's six dogs in her own front yard[55] |
December 6 |
Bullmastiff |
Mary Stiles |
91 years |
Killed by her own dog in her own home[56] |
December 30 |
Pit bull-type |
Cody Adair |
4 years |
Killed by his uncle's chained dog[57] |
Fatalities reported in 2006
News organizations reported 29 fatal dog attacks in the United States in 2006. The dog breed most commonly reportedly involved in these attacks were pit bulls (12 attacks), followed by Rottweilers (9 attacks).
Date |
Breed |
Victim's name |
Victim's age |
Circumstances |
January 9 |
Rottweiler |
Ashton Lee Scott |
11 months |
Killed by his grandmother's dog[58] |
February 4 |
Bullmastiff |
Conner Lourens |
7 years |
Killed by his neighbor's dog[59] |
February 24 |
Rottweiler |
Dominic Giordano |
4 years |
Killed in own back yard by his relative's dog[60][61] |
March 14 |
Pit bull-type |
Charles Gilbert Dalton |
52 years |
Killed by his relative's two dogs. The owner pleaded guilty to manslaughter[62] |
March 20 |
Rottweiler |
Quillan Cottrell |
3 years |
Killed by his family's dog[63] |
April 10 |
Mixed breed |
“John Doe” |
Unknown |
Climbed fence into business with three guard dogs [64] |
May 6 |
Mixed-breed dog |
Diana Acklin |
60 years |
Killed by unknown dogs and mixed breed dog, 1 Mixed-breed dog while out walking[65] |
May 11 |
Pit bull-type |
Raymond Tomco |
78 years |
Killed in his own home by his daughter's three dogs[66] |
June 7 |
Pit bull-type dogs |
Shaun McCafferty |
27 years |
Killed outside a meth lab by one or more of the lab owner's dogs[67][68] |
June 17 |
Pit-bull-type |
Javelin Anderson |
15 months |
Killed by her family's chained dog[69] |
June 22 |
Rottweiler |
Gemma Carlos |
2 years |
Killed by a neighbor's dog in the neighbor's yard[70] |
July 17 |
Wolf-dog hybrid |
Sandra Piovesan |
50 years |
Killed by one or more of her own 9 wolf-dog hybrids[71] |
July 18 |
Pit bull-type |
Brandon Coleman |
25 years |
Killed in his own home by his own dog[72] |
July 25 |
Pit bull-type,
Rottweiler
|
Mariah Puga |
3 years |
Killed by two of her family's dogs[73] |
July 27 |
Pit bull-type |
Jimmie McConnell |
71 years |
Killed while gardening in her own yard by her neighbor's dog[74] |
July 31 |
Pit bull-type |
John Brannaman |
81 years |
Killed by his neighbor's two dogs while taking out the trash[75] |
August 18 |
Presa Canario |
Shawna Willey |
30 years |
Killed by her own dog while giving it a bath[76] |
August 29 |
Pit bull-type |
Frank Baber |
49 years |
Killed by two dogs in the salvage yard where he was living[77] |
August 29 |
Boxer |
Pablo Flietes |
52 years |
Killed when he entered the pen of his employer's dog[78] |
October 3 |
Rottweiler |
Julius Graham |
2 years |
Killed when a neighbor's dog escaped its pen[79] |
October 8 |
Pit bull-type |
Jeannine Fusco |
44 years |
Killed by her friend's dog while taking care of it[80] |
October 29 |
Pit bull-type |
David McCurry |
41 years |
Killed while inquiring about buying the dog that killed him[81] |
November 3 |
Rottweiler |
Ariel Pogue |
2 years |
Killed by one of her family's dogs[82] |
November 3 |
Mixed-breed dogs |
Matthew Davis |
10 years |
Killed by six dogs while walking home[83] |
November 4 |
Pit bull-type |
Allen Young |
22 months |
Killed by his family's four dogs[84] |
November 6 |
Rottweiler |
Louis Romero, Jr. |
2 years |
Killed by his family's two dogs[85] |
November 9 |
Pit bull-type |
Richard Adams |
47 years |
Killed by a dog guarding salvage yard[86] |
November 13 |
Rottweiler |
James Eisaman |
40 years |
Killed by his girlfriend's two dogs[87] |
November 21 |
Mixed breed |
Pedro Rios |
4 years |
Killed by two stray dogs outside his home[88] |
Fatalities reported in 2007
News organizations reported 34 fatal dog attacks in the United States in 2007. The dog breed most commonly reportedly involved in these attacks were pit bulls (15 attacks), followed by Rottweilers (4 attacks).
Date |
Breed |
Victim's name |
Victim's age |
Circumstances |
January 12 |
Pit bull-type |
Amber Jones |
10 years |
Killed when she tried to free a neighbor's dog after its collar was caught on their chain link as the dog tried to jump over the fence[89] |
January 15 |
German Shepherd Dog |
Linda Mittino |
69 years |
Killed by her own dog[90] |
January 24 |
Rottweiler |
Matthew Johnson |
6 years |
Killed by two dogs the family had just adopted[91] |
January 28 |
Rottweiler |
Taylor Kitlica |
18 months |
Killed by a stray dog her family had chained in their front yard in the hope that the owner would find it[92] |
February 16 |
Pit bull-mix
Mastiff-mix
|
Robynn Bradley |
2 years |
Killed while visiting her relatives when the relatives' two dogs escaped from their pen[93] |
March 16 |
Catahoula Bulldog
Golden Retriever
|
Pamela Rushing |
50 years |
Killed by her own dogs;[94] |
March 22 |
Pit bull-type |
Carolina Sotello |
2 years |
Killed by one of her family's dogs[95] |
April 23 |
Pit bull-type |
Brian Palmer |
2 years |
Killed by his family's dog, the dog killed a cat a week before Palmer's death.[96] |
May 13 |
Pit bull-type |
Celestino Rangel |
90 years |
Killed by his great niece's dogs[97] |
May 25 |
German Shepherd Dog, Doberman Pinscher |
Magdalena Silva |
95 years |
Killed by her dogs as she went to feed them)[98] |
May |
Unknown dogs |
Carshena Benjamin |
71 years |
Killed by unknown dogs.[99] |
May 26 |
Pit bull-type |
Dandre Fisher |
3 years |
Killed when he tried to climb over a fence into the dogs' yard[100] |
June 17 |
Chow mix |
Phyllis Carroll |
63 years |
Killed by her own dog[101] |
June 29 |
Mixed breed |
Mary Bernal |
63 years |
Killed by her sister's dog while visiting her sister[102] |
July 12 |
Rottweiler |
Tiffany Pauley |
5 years |
Killed when she wandered into a neighbor's yard[103] |
July 23 |
Siberian Husky |
Trey Paeth |
11 months |
Killed while visiting family friends when the friends' two dogs got into his playpen[104] |
July 29 |
Pit bull-type |
Sabin Jones-Abbott |
6 years |
Killed by his family's dog while trying to feed it[105] |
August 16 |
Pit bull-type |
Zachary King, Jr. |
7 years |
Killed by his family's dog[106] |
August 18 |
Mixed breed |
Elijah Rackley |
15 months |
Killed when playing with the puppies of a stray dog his family had chained in the yard[107] |
August 31 |
Pit bull-type |
Scott Warren |
6 years |
Killed without warning by his family's dog[108] |
September 12 |
Rottweiler |
Kylie Cox |
4 months |
Killed by visitor's dog when her mother set her down to warm a bottle of milk[109] |
September 13 |
American Bulldog |
Cheryl Harper |
56 years |
Killed by the same pack of roaming dogs that killed Edward Gierlach[110][111] |
September 13 |
American Bulldog |
Edward Gierlach |
91 years |
Killed by the same pack of roaming dogs that killed Cheryl Harper)[110][111] |
September 25 |
German Shepherd Dog-mix |
Karson Gilroy |
2 years |
Killed when he wandered onto a neighbor's property[112] |
October 2 |
Pit bull-type |
Tina Canterbury |
42 years |
Killed by her own dogs[113] |
October 5 |
Wolf-dog hybrid |
“Jane Doe” |
73 years |
Killed by her son's eight wolf-dog hybrids[114] |
October 15 |
Mixed breed |
Rosalie Bivens |
65 years |
Killed by her son-in-law's seven dogs[115] |
November 5 |
American Bulldog-Mastiff mix |
Tori Whitehurst |
4 years |
Killed by her family's dog[116] |
November 7 |
Pit bull-type |
Seth Lovitt |
11 years |
Killed by his family's dog[117] |
November 12 |
Pit bull-type |
Jennifer Lowe |
21 years |
Killed at her friend's home by her friend's dogs, both having earlier been determined to be legally "dangerous"[118] |
December 4 |
Pit bull-type |
Cora Lee Suehead |
61 years |
Killed by her own four dogs[119] |
December 13 |
Pit-bull-type |
Holden Jernigan |
2 years |
Killed by his grandmother's dog[120] |
December 17 |
Pit bull-type |
Blanche Brodeur |
76 years |
Killed at her son-in-law's home by her son-in-law's dog[121] |
December 25 |
Pit bull-type |
Kelly Caldwell |
45 years |
Killed outside her home by roaming dogs[122] |
Fatalities reported in 2008
News organizations reported 23 fatal dog attacks in the United States in 2008. The dog breed most commonly reportedly involved in these attacks were pit bull-type dogs (11 attacks), followed by Huskies (3 attacks).
Date |
Breed |
Victim's name |
Victim's age |
Circumstances |
January 4 |
Doberman Pinscher |
Andrew Stein |
8 months |
Killed by his family's dog[123] |
January 17 |
Jack Russell Terrier |
Justin Mozer |
6 weeks |
Killed by his family's dog[124] |
January 20 |
Pit bull-type |
Kelli Chapman |
24 years |
Killed by her own two dogs[125] |
April 28 |
Husky-mix |
Abraham Tackett |
23 months |
Killed by a neighbor's chained dog[126] |
May 14 |
Pit bull-type |
Julian Slack |
3 years |
Killed in his own home by a neighbor's dog[127] |
May 18 |
Pit-bull-type |
Tanner Monk |
7 years |
Killed by four of his neighbor's dogs.[128] |
June 18 |
Pit bull-type |
Pablo Hernandez |
5 years |
Killed by his family's chained dog[129] |
June 28 |
Golden Retriever-mix
Mixed breed
|
Lorraine May |
74 years |
Killed by her son's dogs[130] |
July 22 |
Pit bull-type |
Tony Evans, Jr. |
3 years |
Killed when he wandered next to his neighbor's dog[131] |
July 25 |
Old English Sheepdog |
Addison Sonney |
14 months |
Killed by her family's dog[132] |
July 28 |
Labrador Retriever |
Zane Earles |
2 months |
Killed by his family's six-week old puppy[133] |
August 14 |
Unknown |
Robert Howard |
Unknown |
Killed by a stray dog[134] |
August 14 |
Pit bull-type |
Isis Kreiger |
6 years |
Killed by her family's dog[135] |
August 17 |
Pit bull-type |
Henry Piotrowski |
90 years |
Killed in his own back yard by his neighbor's dogs[136] |
September 4 |
Pit bull-type |
Luna McDaniel |
83 years |
Killed when her neighbor's three dogs broke out of their pen[137] |
September 9 |
Husky |
Alexis Hennessy |
6 days |
Killed in her crib by her family's dog[138] |
September 12 |
Pit bull-type |
Cenedi Carey |
4 months |
Killed by his family's two dogs[139] |
September 22 |
Husky |
"Jane Doe" |
3 days |
Killed by her family's dog[140] |
September 26 |
Pit bull-type |
Katya Todesco |
5 years |
Killed by her neighbor's dog[141] |
October 5 |
Mixed breed |
Iopeka Liptak |
13 months |
Killed by her mother's dog[142] |
October 31 |
Pit bull-type |
Chester Jordan |
62 years |
Killed by his daughter's dogs[143] |
November 26 |
Pit bull-mix |
Alexander Adams |
2 years |
Killed by his family's dog[144] |
December 19 |
Pit bull-type
Pit bull-mix
|
Gerald Adelmund |
60 years |
Killed by his own two dogs[145] |
Fatalities reported in 2009
News organizations reported 30 fatal dog attacks in the United States in 2009. The dog breed most commonly reportedly involved in these attacks were pit bull-type dogs (11 attacks), followed by Rottweilers (4 attacks).
Date |
Breed |
Victim's name |
Victim's age |
Circumstances |
January 6 |
Pit bull-type |
Cheyenne Peppers |
5 years |
Killed by her family's three dogs[146] |
January 11 |
Rottweiler |
Alex Angulo |
4 years |
Killed by his foster family's two dogs[147] |
January 15 |
Rottweiler |
Brooklynn Milburn |
4 years |
Killed when she wandered into her neighbor's yard[148] |
January 19 |
Siberian Husky |
Olivia Rozek |
3 weeks |
Killed by her family's dog[149] |
January 19 |
Rottweiler-mix |
Brianna Shanor |
8 years |
Killed by her legal guardian's dog[150] |
March 4 |
Chow-Golden Retriever mix |
"Jane Doe" |
2 weeks |
Killed by her family's dog[151] |
March 16 |
Bullmastiff-mix |
Hill Williams |
38 years |
Killed by his girlfriend's dogs[152] |
March 22 |
Husky |
Dustin Faulkner |
3 years |
Killed by his neighbor's dog when it broke free of its chain[153] |
March 26 |
Pit bull-type |
Tyson Miller |
2 years |
Killed by a dog that his mother was caring for[154] |
March 31 |
Pit bull-type |
Izaiah Cox |
7 months |
Killed by his great-grandmother's two dogs[155] |
April 10 |
Boxer |
Michael Landry |
4 years |
Killed by his neighbor's three dogs when they escaped from their yard[156] |
April 10 |
Unreported |
Gordon Lykins |
48 years |
Killed by a pack of 11 dogs[157] |
April 13 |
Blue Heeler-Australian Shepherd mix |
David Whitenack, Jr. |
41 years |
Killed by his landlord's three dogs[158] |
April 22 |
Pit bull-type |
Leonard Lovejoy, Jr. |
11 months |
Killed by his family's dog[159] |
June 15 |
Pit bull-type |
Justin Clinton |
10 years |
Killed when visiting a friend by dogs owned by the friend's family.[160] A jury awarded a US$7 million verdict for negligence against the dogs' owners.[161] |
June 27 |
Mixed breed |
Gabrial Mandrell-Sauerhage |
3 years |
Killed by mother's boyfriend's dogs[162] |
August 10 |
Pit bull-type |
Carter Delaney |
20 years |
Killed by his brother's two dogs while caring for them[163] |
August 14 |
Mixed breed |
Sherry Schweder |
65 years |
Killed by the pack of 16 stray dogs that killed Lothar Schweder[164] |
August 14 |
Mixed breed |
Lothar Schweder |
77 years |
Killed by the pack of 16 stray dogs that killed Sherry Schweder[164] |
August 15 |
Pit bull-type |
"John Doe" |
3 days |
Killed by his family's dog[165] |
August 15 |
Pit bull-type |
Jasmine Deane |
23 months |
Killed by her family's dog[166] |
October 23 |
Pit bull-mix |
Colton Smith |
17 months |
Killed at his babysitter's home by his babysitter's dog[167] |
October 28 |
Pit bull-type |
Matthew Hurt |
2 years |
Killed when he ran into his neighbor's yard[168] |
November 5 |
Pit bull-type |
Destiny Knox |
16 months |
Killed at the home of her babysitter's boyfriend by one of the boyfriend's dogs[169] |
November 24 |
American Bulldog |
Karen Gillespie |
53 years |
Killed by a dog adjacent to the owner's property[170] |
November 30 |
Pit bull |
Rosie Humphries |
85 years |
Killed along with her pet poodle by a dog that broke free of its chain[171] |
December 4 |
Pit bull-type |
Lowell Bowden |
70 years |
Killed by a pack of five dogs [172] |
December 12 |
Rottweiler-mix |
Dallas Walters |
20 months |
Killed at his great-aunt's home by her dog[173] |
December 12 |
Alaskan Malamute |
Theresa Ellerman |
49 years |
Killed at her friend's home by her friend's dog[174] |
December 22 |
Weimaraner |
Liam Peck |
2 years |
Killed by his family's dog[175] |
Fatalities reported in 2010
News organizations reported 33 fatal dog attacks in the United States in 2010. The dog breed most commonly reportedly involved in these attacks were pit bull-type dogs (18 attacks), followed by Rottweilers (4 attacks).
Date |
Breed |
Victim's name |
Victim's age |
Circumstances |
January 13 |
Pit bull-type |
Makayla Woodard |
5 years |
Killed by neighbor's two pit bulls[176] |
January 9 |
Pit bull-type |
Omar Martinez |
3 years |
Killed by his family's dog[177] |
January 17 |
Pit bull-type |
Johnny Wilson |
56 years |
Killed by his daughter's four dogs[178] |
February 12 |
Unknown |
Anastasia Bingham |
6 years |
Killed while walking to a friend's home[179] |
February 18 |
Siberian Husky |
Robert D. Hocker |
11 days |
Killed by his family's dog[180] |
February 20 |
Pit bull-type |
Christine Staab |
38 years |
Killed by her mother's dog[181] |
February 20 |
American Bulldog |
Violet Serenity Haaker |
3 years |
Killed by one of her mother's dogs[182] |
February 22 |
Pit bull-type |
"Jane Doe" |
5 days |
Killed by her family's dog[183] |
March 1 |
Rottweiler |
Ashlynn Anderson |
4 years |
Killed by her stepfather's dog[184] |
March 8 |
Rottweiler |
Justin Lopez |
8 months |
Killed by his family's two new dogs[185] |
April 14 |
Pit bull-mix |
Thomas Carter, Jr. |
7 days |
Killed by his family's dog[186] |
May 20 |
Sled dog |
Krystal Brink |
3 years |
Killed when she wandered into her neighbor's sled dog yard[187] |
May 28 |
Pit bull-type |
Nathan Aguirre |
2 years |
Killed by his family's dog[188] |
June 3 |
Pit bull-type |
Savannah Gragg |
9 years |
Killed in her home while opening the door to let the dog outside[189] |
June 15 |
Bullmastiff-mix
Pit bull-Boxer mix
Rottweiler-mix
|
Michael Winters |
30 years |
Killed by his nine dogs (5 Bullmastiff, 3 Pit bull-Boxer-mix, 1 Rottweiler-mix)[190] |
July 12 |
Wolf-dog hybrid |
Kyle Holland |
5 years |
Killed by the dogs of his mother's live-in boyfriend[191] |
July 20 |
Pit bull-type |
William Parker |
71 years |
Suffered a fatal heart attack when attacked by two of his neighbor's dogs[192] |
July 22 |
Pit bull-type |
Jacob Bisbee |
2 years |
Killed by three of his step-grandfather's dogs.[193] The dogs had decapitated the family's pet Akita and killed the family's pet Chihuahua and parrot within the past year.[194] |
July 31 |
German Shepherd Dog-mix |
Aaron Carlson |
2 years |
Killed by his family's dog[195] |
August 19 |
Unknown dog(s) |
Tracey Payne |
46 years |
Killed by a stray dog(s) in vacant lot.[196] |
August 22 |
Pit bull-type |
Jerry Yates |
69 years |
Killed by 2 pit bulls a tenant was keeping on his land.[197] |
August 25 |
Pit bull-type
Mixed-breed dog
|
Jason Walter |
7 years |
Killed by a neighbor's three pit bull-type dogs and a mixed breed dog while staying at the neighbor's residence.[198] |
August 26 |
Boxer |
Taylor Becker |
4 years |
Killed by her family's dog.[199] |
September 4 |
Pit bull-type |
Mattie Daugherty |
85 years |
Killed by her daughter's 9-year-old dog.[200] |
October 13 |
Unknown dog(s) |
Rev. John Reynolds sr. |
84 years |
Police unable to identify dogs responsible.[201] |
October 14 |
Pit bull-type |
Edward Mitchell |
67 years |
Died of complications of his injuries inflicted by his family's dog.[202] |
October 24 |
Pit bull-type |
Justin Valentin[203] |
3 days |
Killed by his family's dog[204] |
November 2 |
Pit bull-Weimaraner-mix |
Christina Casey |
53 years |
Killed in her own yard by her neighbor's two dogs[205] |
November 10 |
Pit bull-type |
Kaden Muckleroy |
2 years |
Killed by his grandfather's dog[206][207] |
November 15 |
Mixed-breed dog |
Cason Bryant |
5 years |
Killed in his own yard by five of his neighbor's dogs[208] |
November 15 |
German Shepherd Dog |
Shirley Lou Bird |
79 years |
Killed by her own dog[209] |
November 16 |
Pit bull-type |
Justin Lane |
25 years |
Killed by his family's dog[210] |
December 19 |
Rottweiler |
Janet Vaughan |
3 months |
Killed by one of nine family dogs while mom bathed another dog.[211] |
Fatalities reported in 2011
Date |
Breed |
Victim's name |
Victim's age |
Circumstances |
January 4 |
Pit bull |
Linda Leal Castillo |
51 years |
Killed by her own dog in her own backyard.[212] |
January 12 |
Pit-bull-type |
Makayla Woodard |
5 years |
Killed by her neighbor's two dogs in their backyard. The dogs also attacked her grandmother. A neighbor reported that the dogs had been abused by their owner.[213][214] |
February 17 |
Rottweiler |
Sirlinda Hayes |
66 years |
Killed by her neighbor's two dogs in her own backyard. The dogs also attacked their owner when he tried to come to her aid.[215] |
February 19 |
Pit bull-type |
Darius Tillman |
15 days |
Killed by family's dog[216] |
March 7 |
Rottweiler |
Vanessa Husmann |
3 years |
Killed by family's two dogs[217] |
April 24 |
Pit bull-type |
Margaret Salcedo |
48 years |
Killed by four dogs when she was out walking in her neighborhood.[218] |
May 27 |
Cane Corso |
Jayelin Graham |
4 years |
Killed by family's dog while playing with brothers in a bedroom.[219] |
June 15 |
Pit bull-type |
Roy McSweeney |
74 years |
Mauled by neighbors' two pit bulls while walking on his property.[220] |
August 15 |
Pit bull |
Darla Napora |
32 |
"An autopsy...along with analysis by dog bite experts...concluded that...one of her two dogs, a 2-year-old male named Gunner, took part in (this) fatal attack.[221] |
August 30 |
Pit bull-type, bulldog, Alaskan malamute, German shepherd and German shepherd-bulldog mix.[222] |
Addyson Paige Camerino |
9 days |
Mauled to death by 5 dogs in the kitchen of the family's home.[223] |
September 4 |
Labrador-mix |
Brayden McCollen |
Two weeks |
Killed by family dog.[224] |
September 16 |
Doberman Pinscher |
Donna Conrad |
71 years |
Killed by her dog.[225] |
December 5 |
Pit bull-type |
Joseph Hines |
58 years |
Killed by his dog in his home.[226] |
December 8 |
Pit bull |
Misti Wyno |
40 years |
Killed by her neighbor's dog.[227] |
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