Fatal Pit Bull Attack

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For all the attention gator, shark, bear, and mountain lion attacks will get when they (rarely) happen, it’s really the dogs that seem to pose the greatest danger. Here’s another account of a previously harmless dog that attacks, and this time, kills.

 

Autopsy confirms dog bite killed Luling boy

By Zeke MacCormack - Express-News

The pit bull blamed for the death of an 18-month-old Luling boy last week had no history of aggressiveness, according to authorities, who plan to refer the case to the Caldwell County district attorney.

Deputy Luling Police Chief David Creed on Monday identified the victim as Tyson Miller, who had stayed with his mother, Melissa Miller, for about two weeks at a friend’s home in at 964 N. Hackberry St. in Luling, where the tragedy occurred.

Creed said the tot apparently awoke before others at the home Thursday at went into the back yard where the female pit bull was chained.

The boy’s body was found “with severe injuries to the head and neck” when the adults awoke and searched for him about 12:30 p.m., he said.

The dog’s owner, Amanda Ayala, doesn’t live at the Hackberry Street home but was allowed to keep it there by the homeowner while she attended Blinn College, Creed said.

He said Ayala gave permission for the dog to be destroyed, which police said was expected to occur Monday evening.

Creed said an autopsy identified the cause of death as being indicative of a dog bite.