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Pit bull likely ate owner's hands
sfgate ^ | November 14, 2013 | Frank Juliano and Wes Duplantier

Posted on 11/14/2013 2:52:59 PM PST by Mount Athos

Two days after a dog bit off a woman's hand and her other arm, sources said her hands were likely eaten. And police said they had been to her home in the past for problems with the same dog.

Wilton's animal control officer had been called to the home of 65-year-old Anne Murray twice, both times on complaints that the pit bull had roamed off the property, police Lt. Don Wakeman said Wednesday.

Police have also come to Murray's home several times to arrest her 26-year-old son, Ian, according to state court records. Ian Murray was given a five-year suspended sentence after he was found guilty of a 2005 robbery and conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery. He was also found guilty of violating his probation in 2010 in connection with that case.

On Monday morning, a town police officer shot and killed the dog in the driveway of the home after it attacked Anne Murray.

Wakeman declined to comment on whether the 2-year-old pit bull, Tuxedo, had eaten the victim's limbs, but another law enforcement source said that most of the flesh and bone the animal ripped from the victim was not recovered at the scene. "Use your imagination as to what happened,'' the source said.

Murray lost all of one arm and the other up to the elbow in the attack, and suffered bite wounds all over her body, police said. Passing motorists saw the dog in the street and stopped to call 911. Murray was found under a car in her driveway, trying to shield herself from further attack.

Murray is recovering from her injuries at Norwalk Hospital, where her son, Matthew Murray, said Tuesday night that she was awake and hopeful of a full recovery.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: criminals; dogofpeace; maul; pitbull; pitbulls
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1 posted on 11/14/2013 2:52:59 PM PST by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos

Bad dog!!


2 posted on 11/14/2013 2:56:20 PM PST by steerpike100
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To: Joe 6-pack

Ouch!


3 posted on 11/14/2013 2:57:40 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Mount Athos

9-1-1? I had to dial with my nose. I can no longer hand-le my dog. Please send help.


4 posted on 11/14/2013 2:58:20 PM PST by TomGuy (.)
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To: Mount Athos

Sounds like this police dog-shooting was fully justified.

“Murray is recovering from her injuries at Norwalk Hospital, where her son, Matthew Murray, said Tuesday night that she was awake and hopeful of a full recovery.”

How do you “fully recover” after your pit bull has eaten an arm and a half?


5 posted on 11/14/2013 2:58:22 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Mount Athos

Words cannot express how horrified I am by this poor woman’s ordeal.


6 posted on 11/14/2013 2:58:35 PM PST by Maceman (Just say "NO" to tyranny.)
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>> And police said they had been to her home in the past for problems with the same dog

So how many people on that block are walking around without limbs?


7 posted on 11/14/2013 2:58:55 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Mount Athos

Was it part piranha?


8 posted on 11/14/2013 3:00:21 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: Mount Athos; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; shove_it; TrueKnightGalahad; Cincinatus' Wife; ..
Re: Pit bull likely ate owner's hands

Sound to me, Cornfed, like what Obamacare... is doing to Obama--

But it is Barack's ears and ass... that are getting chomped!

Well said, Duckman... well, said.

9 posted on 11/14/2013 3:01:02 PM PST by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Mount Athos
Murray is recovering from her injuries at Norwalk Hospital, where her son, Matthew Murray, said Tuesday night that she was awake and hopeful of a full recovery.

Not likely unless she expects to grow back both hands and part of her arms.

People are so clueless sometimes.

10 posted on 11/14/2013 3:02:24 PM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of faith....)
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To: Mount Athos
Unlock your tiny jaw and run away

And bring my hand back with you

Where it came from on that day

11 posted on 11/14/2013 3:02:41 PM PST by skeeter
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To: Mount Athos

pit bulls are a peaceful and loving dog breed.


12 posted on 11/14/2013 3:02:48 PM PST by Arthurio
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To: Mount Athos

the ones that fed him


13 posted on 11/14/2013 3:02:58 PM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Mount Athos

Owner has obviously made the pit mean. By nature they are gentle and never attack people or other dogs. Sarc


14 posted on 11/14/2013 3:04:19 PM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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To: Mount Athos

It is a mystery to me...Why does anyone, other then some goon in the hood, own or want one of these vile disgusting dogs?
I know, some FReeper with one will chime in and say that his/her dog is the sweetest animal on earth BS.


15 posted on 11/14/2013 3:04:25 PM PST by AlexW
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To: Arthurio

And don’t forget it’s always the owners fault.
A good owner always means a well behaved pitbull.


16 posted on 11/14/2013 3:05:04 PM PST by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: Mount Athos

17 posted on 11/14/2013 3:05:33 PM PST by EEGator
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To: AlexW

You can say the same about any breed of dog.

It’s not the dog, it’s how the dog is raised.


18 posted on 11/14/2013 3:05:35 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Mount Athos

This is `why we run over pit-bull every chance we get and/or arrange for a free anti-freeze cocktail. Biker gang(s) in OR/WA hunt them down after one attacked a biker and caused an accident. Kill ‘em all !


19 posted on 11/14/2013 3:07:26 PM PST by AKinAK (Keep your powder dry pilgrim.)
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To: Mount Athos
Proud to say that this was my very first posted atory at FR outside of hosting the Glenn Beck TV thread.

Jack Russell Terrier eats Michigan man's toe and saves his life
20 posted on 11/14/2013 3:07:33 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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