Ohio woman beaten to death in ‘cruel’ pit bull attack

Gaffney said she wasn’t home when the attack happened, but Echelbarger’s immediate family told her that the dogs – a pair of pit bulls – broke through the privacy screen of a patio and attacked Echelbarger as she cowered on the ground and in her front yard pulled weeds.

People in the community are upset because they think something should have been done about the dogs sooner, Gaffney said. A dog owned by a woman who lives nearby was attacked and killed by the same dogs last year.

In a post in a neighborhood Facebook group called “Ashville’s Friendly Neighbor,” the woman says, “I was attacked by the dog that killed my neighbor on October 25, 2023 at 2:36 p.m.,” adding : “My dog ​​sacrificed his life that day.” Save mine.

“The community is very, very angry that they weren’t arrested,” Gaffney said.

Dispatch is not naming the owner because police have not confirmed whether anyone has been charged with a crime in the incident.