Fatal attacks in US 2013-2016

2016 U. S. Dog Bite Fatality Victims

Pit bulls/mixes responsible for 14 of the 17 fatalities
01/03/16 Tyler Trammell-Huston, 9, Linda, CA – Killed by his sister’s 3 pit bulls in her home
01/08/16 Payton Lyrik Sawyers, 15 mo., Independence, VA – Killed by babysitter’s pit bull mix
01/24/16 Talen West, 7, Lumberton, NC – Killed by neighbor’s pit bull while playing in the woods
02/07/16 Aiden Grim-Morelli, 3 days old, Youngstown, OH – Killed by family shepherd-mix in home
02/10/16 Suzanne Story, 36, Perquimans County, NC – Killed by her pet pit bull-mix in home
03/08/16 Gladys Alexander, 92, Thurston Co., WA – Killed by neighbor’s pit bull-mixes in home
03/28/16 Bessie Flowers, 86, Charlotte, NC – Killed by daughter’s 2 pit bulls in daughter’s home
03/31/16 Sonda Tyson, 66, Leesburg, FL – Killed by her pet pit bull-mix in her home
04/21/16 Sebastian Caban, 3 days old, Mira Mesa, CA – Killed by family pit bull-mix in home
05/09/16 Adonis Reddick, 45, Spanish Lake, MO — Killed by 2 pet pit bulls in home
05/09/16 Antoinette Brown, 52, Dallas, TX – Killed by pack of dogs on walking trail
06/04/16 Earl Stephens Jr., 43, Stockton, CA – Killed by friend’s pit bull in friend’s yard
06/04/16 Hunter Bragg, 7, Corinna, ME – Killed by pit bull while playing in friend’s yard
06/15/16 Erin McCleskey, 36, Travis County, TX – Killed by 6 mixed-breed dogs during delivery
06/27/16 Jocelyn Winfrey, 53, New haven, CT – Killed by friend’s pit bulls at his home
06/27/16 Three day old baby, Fresno, CA – Killed by uncle’s pit bull-shar pei mix


2015 U. S. Dog Bite Fatality Victims

Dogs killed 34 people. Pit bulls killed 27 of them (79%).

01/07/15 Eugene W. Smith, 87, Frederick, MD – Killed by his pet pit bull in home
01/19/15 Declan Moss, 18 mo., Brooksville, FL – Killed by 2 family pit bull mixes on porch
01/22/15 Malaki Mildward, 7, College Springs, IA – Killed by 2 family pit bull/bulldog puppies (9 mo.)
02/04/15 Fredrick Crutchfield, 63, Coal Hill, AR – Killed by stepson’s pit bulls (per Johnson Co. sheriff)
02/22/15 TayLynn Devaugh, 2, West Mifflin, PA – Killed by family pit bull mix in aunt’s home
03/08/15 Roy Higgenbotham, Jr., 62, Wheeling, WV – Killed by pet pit bull in home
03/12/15 Betty Wood, 78, Sulphur Springs, TX – Killed by family Rottweiler in home
03/14/15 Julia Charging Whirlwind, 49, White River, SD – Killed by pack of dogs
03/21/15 De’Trick Johnson, 36, Pine Bluff, AR – Killed by pack of 7 pit bulls on street
03/31/15 Neta Lee Adams, 81, Washington, GA – Killed by dogs on road
04/14/15 Kenneth Ford, 79, Pahrump, NV – Killed by neighbor’s three pit bulls
04/19/15 Brayden Wilson, 2 mo. old, Dallas, TX – Killed by family pit bull in home
05/02/15 Gaege Ramirez, 7, Canyon Lake, TX – Killed by family friend’s dogs
05/25/15 James Nevils III, 5, Chicago, IL – Killed by cousin’s pit bull
06/28/15 Jordon Collins-Tyson, 3, Lawton, OK – Killed by great-grandmother’s pit bull
07/02/15 Norberto Legarda, 83, Pecos, TX – Killed by neighbors’s pit bulls in daughter’s yard
07/07/15 Joshua Strother, 6, Henderson, NC – Killed by grandparents’ neighbor’s rescue pit bull
07/12/15 Annie Williams, 71, Shaker Heights, OH – Killed by pit bull as she got out of her car
07/24/15 Carolyn Sue Lamp, 67, Redbird, OK – Killed by 3 pit bulls, 1 Rottweiler on road
08/22/15 Porsche Nicole Cartee, 25, Spartanburg, SC – Killed by family pit bull in home
08/24/15 Cathy Wheatcraft, 48, Cooleemee, NC – Killed by neighbor’s pit bull while walking to her mailbox
09/04/15 Barbara McCormick, 65, Billingsley, AL – Killed by family pit bull-mix in her yard
09/08/15 Emilio Rios Sr., 65, North Shore, CA – Killed by 2 pit bulls while watering his plants
09/22/15 Carmen Reigada, 91, Miami-Dade, FL – Killed by family dogs in home
09/28/15 Lamarkus Hicks, 2, Baker Heights, WV – Killed by neighbor’s pit bull-mix in next yard
10/16/15 Edgar Brown, 60, Oklahoma City, OK – Killed by 5 pit bulls at friend’s rental home
10/18/15 Tanner Smith, 5, Vidor, TX – Killed by family friend’s two pit bulls in yard
11/08/15 Amiyah Dunston, 9, Elmont, NY – Killed by pit bull while playing in friend’s yard
11/12/15 Anthony Riggs, 57, Madison County, TN – Killed by newly adopted Rottweiler in home
11/15/15 Carter Hartle, 11 months old, Marshall, NY – Killed by family pit bull-mix in home
12/02/15 Xavier Strickland, 4, Detroit, MI – Killed by neighbor’s pit bull mixes, walking with mother
12/03/15 Rebecca Hardy, 22, Port Huron, MI – Killed by pit bull and pit bull-husky mix in yard
12/16/15 Maria Torres, 57, Gridley, CA – Killed by her 2 pet pit bulls in her home
12/20/15 Nyjah Espinosa, 2, Miami-Dade, FL – Killed by her father’s Ambull/pit bull in home


2014 U. S. Dog Bite Fatality Victims:

Pit bulls/mixes responsible for 27 of the 42 fatalities (64 percent)
Deaths by unknown breed: 4

01/05/14 Christina Bell Burleson, 43, Houston, TX – Killed by two loose pit bulls on street
01/06/14 Betty Clark, 75, Canyon Lake, TX – Killed by neighbor’s two loose pit bulls on walk
01/17/14 Kara Hartrich, 4, Bloomington, IL – Killed by family’s three pit bulls in home
01/26/14 Annabell Martin, 89, Corona, CA – Killed by grandson’s three Rottweilers in home
02/07/14 Klonda Richey, 57, Dayton, OH – Killed by neighbors’ two mastiff-mixes on sidewalk
02/17/14 Je’vaeh Mayes, 2, Temple, TX – Killed by family friend’s pit bull in own yard
02/24/14 Braelynn Rayne Coulter, 3, High Point, NC – Killed by family pit bull in home
02/26/14 Summer Sears, 4, Tallassee, AL – Killed in own yard by neighbor’s shepherd-mix
02/28/14 Kenneth Santillan, 13, Paterson, NJ – Killed by loose bullmastiff on walk
03/01/14 Raymane Camari Robinson, 2, Killeen, TX – Killed by loose bullmastiff on street
03/14/14 Nancy Newberry, 77, Phoenix, AZ – Killed by daughter’s pit bull in family home
03/25/14 Mia DeRouen, 4, Houma, LA – Killed by family pit bull in home
03/31/14 Christopher Malone, 3, Thornton, MS – Killed by two family pit bulls in yard
03/31/14 Dorothy Hamilton, 85, Kaufman, TX – Killed by son’s two pit bulls, family home
04/06/14 John Harvard, 5, Riverside, AL – Killed by neighbor’s 8-month-old pit bull in yard
04/11/14 Petra Aguirre, 83, San Antonio, TX – Killed by neighbor’s pit bull in own yard
04/30/14 Jessica Dawn Norman, 33, Sebring, FL – Killed by three loose pit bulls in her pasture
05/03/14 Katie Morrison, 20, Smiths Station, AL – Killed by friend’s three pit bulls in yard
05/04/14 Nyhiem Wilfong, 1, Caldwell County, NC – Killed by grandfather’s Rottweiler in yard
05/07/14 Kassii Haith, 4, Felton, DE – Killed by family friend’s three pit bulls
05/25/14 Rita Pepe, 93, Branford, CT – Killed by loose pit bull-mix on walk
06/08/14 Holden Garrison, 2 1/2 mo., Davisburg, MI – Killed by family Catahoula hound
07/19/14 Logan Shepard, 4, Riverview, FL – Killed by uncle’s two pit bulls in yard
07/20/14 Jonathon Quarles Jr, 7 months old, Dayton, OH – Killed by step-grandmother’s pit bull
07/23/14 Craig Sytsma, 46, Metamora, MI – Killed by two cane corsos while running
08/04/14 Cindy Whisman, 59, Madison, OH – Killed by daughter’s pit bull mix in yard
08/05/14 Joel Chirieleison, 6, Fanning Springs, FL – Killed by two family pit bulls in yard
08/09/14 Deriah Solem, 22 mo., St. Charles County, MO – Killed by family pit bull mix in home
08/13/14 Javon Dade, 4, Goulds, FL – Killed by father’s pit bulls in yard
09/21/14 David Glass, Sr., 51, Benton County, MS – Killed by three loose pit bulls near highway
09/26/14 Alice Payne, 75, Cave City, AR – Killed by her pet pit bull in home
10/15/14 Juan Fernandez, 59, Modesto, CA – Killed by neighbor’s pit bulls in his own yard
10/24/14 Logan Meyer, 7, Hustisford, WI – Killed while walking his family’s Rottweiler
11/02/14 Alemeaner Dial, 83, Rowland, NC – Killed on porch by granddaughter’s 4 pit bulls
11/12/14 Deanne Lynn Coando, 40, Fort Washakie, WY – Killed by pack of dogs
11/18/14 Stella Antanaitis, 91, Stratford, CT – Killed by her pet keeshond-mix in home
11/18/14 Jayla Rodriguez, 8, Pine Ridge, SD – Killed by pack of dogs while sledding
11/23/14 Jose Robles, 62, Madison, NC – Killed by a pack of dogs while on a walk
12/01/14 Bobbie Cheveallier, 85, Pollock, LA – Killed by pack of neighbor’s dogs in yard
12/06/14 Christopher Camejo, 2, Crystal River, FL – Killed by family Rottweilers in yard
12/15/14 Rita Woodard, 64, Flour Bluff, TX – Killed by her 4 rescue pit bull mixes in her yard
12/25/14 Edward Cahill, 40, Portage, IN – Killed by his pet pit bull in home

2014 Ancillary Deaths:
01/08/14 Carlos Eligio Trevino Sr., 54, Idaho Falls, ID – Heart attack after pet pit bull fight
04/11/14 Demonta Collins, 13, Augusta, GA – Killed by car, running from bullmastiff
04/12/14 Davon Jiggetts, 17, Riverdale, GA – Killed by car, running from pit bull
08/04/14 Ryan Brown, 15, Fayette County, TN – Killed trying to break up pit bull fight


2013 U. S. Dog Bite Fatality Victims:

Pit bulls/mixes responsible for 25 of the 32 fatalities (78 percent)

01/008/13 Betty Todd, 65 years old, SC – Killed by her son’s pet pit bull.
01/19/13 Christian Gormanous, 4 years old, TX – Killed by his neighbor’s chained pit bull
02/08/13 Elsie Grace, 91 years old, CA – Killed by her son’s two pit bulls
02/16/13 Isaiah Aguilar, 2 years old, TX – Killed by his neighbor’s chained pit bull
03/02/13 Ryan Maxwell, 7 years old, IL – Killed by a pit bull while visiting family friends
03/06/13 Daxton Borchardt, 14 months old, WI – Killed by his babysitter’s two pet pit bulls
03/27/13 Monica Laminack, 21 months old, GA – Killed by her family’s pet pit bulls
04/07/13 Tyler Jett, 7 years old, FL – Killed by his neighbor’s two pit bull-mix dogs
04/11/13 Claudia Gallardo, 38 years old, CA – Killed by a property owner’s pit bull
04/23/13 Jordyn Arndt, 4 years old, IA – Killed by her babysitter’s pit bull
04/24/13 Beau Rutledge, 2 years old, GA – Killed by his family’s pet pit bull
05/02/13 Rachael Honabarger, 35 years old, OH – Killed by her family’s German shepherd
05/09/13 Pamela Devitt, 63 years old, CA – Killed by a pack of loose pit bulls
05/12/13 Carlton Freeman, 80 years old, SC – Killed by four roaming pit bulls
06/09/13 Ayden Evans, 5 years old, AR – Killed by neighbor’s bullmastiff-mix
06/17/13 Nephi Selu, 6 years old, CA – Killed by uncle’s pit bull-mix
06/25/13 Arianna Merrbach, 5 years old, SC – Killed by aunt’s chained pit bull-mix
07/01/13 Linda Oliver, 63 years old, TX – Killed by stray Rottweiler-mastiff mix
08/30/13 Juan Campos, 96 years old, TX – Killed in his backyard by neighbor’s pit bulls
09/15/13 Jordan Lee Reed, 5 years old, AK – Killed by roaming Husky-mix
09/22/13 Daniel “Doe”, 2 years old, AZ – Killed by babysitter’s three pit bull-mixes
09/23/13 Samuel Zamudio, 2 years old, CA – Killed by up to five pit bull-mixes (uncle’s)
09/27/13 Jordan Ryan, 5 years old, OR – Killed by babysitter’s pit bull
11/01/13 Terry Douglass, 56 years old (woman), MD – Killed by own pit bull
11/04/13 Katherine Atkins, 25 years old, NC – Killed by boyfriend’s two pit bulls
11/06/13 Nga Woodhead, 65 years old, WA – Killed by two loose pit bulls on street
11/08/13 Levi Watson, 4 years old, AR – Killed by mother’s friend’s three pit bulls
11/17/13 Joan Kappen, 75, AR – Killed by neighbor’s bullmastiff-pit bull mix on street
12/08/13 Jah’niyah White, 2, IL – Killed by grandfather’s two pit bulls
12/10/13 Mia Gibson, 3, OH – Killed by family’s two shiba inu dogs
12/13/13 Michal Nelson, 41, NM – Killed by 1 of her 12 pit bulls
12/29/13 Thomas Vick, 64, AZ – Killed by his 5 family dogs (boxer, boxer-mixes)


Police and animal control officers, the attacking dogs’ owners, and/or veterinarians identify the dog breeds involved in these incidents. On occasion, the dog breed is not immediately reported.

The ASPCA has stated pit bulls can be identified correctly 96 percent of the time.
http://www.aspcapro.org/blog/2013/09/25/bully-this—-results-are-in…

The courts state clearly that dog owners of “ordinary intelligence” can identify pit bulls.
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1496137140642653899&q=State+of+Ohio+v.+Anderson&hl=en&as_sdt=2%2C44&as_vis=1

Organizations tracking dog bite fatalities:
http://www.DogsBite.org
http://www.fatalpitbullattacks.com
http://www.dogsbitedecatural.com
http://www.daxtonsfriends.com
http://safetybeforebulldogs.blogspot.com/2014/05/list-of-pit-bull-attacks-that-result-in.html
http://sruv-pitbulls.blogspot.com
https://www.facebook.com/Walkforvictimsofpbodd
https://www.facebook.com/avocaorg
http://www.animals24-7.org/category/dogs-cats/dogs/dog-attacks/
http://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-study-dog-attacks-and-maimings-merritt-clifton.php
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/viciousdogs.html