Tag Archives: Pennsylvania

2018 Pit Bull Fatality: Javon Torres

Posted on August 1, 2018 by notforgotten

August 2018, Philadelphia, PA Javon Torres, 2-years old Fatal pit bull attack View related map Philadelphia, PA – A 2-year old boy is dead and a 23-year old woman was injured after being attacked by two pit bulls in the … Continue reading →

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2018 Pit Bull Fatality: Gauge Eckenrode

Posted on May 25, 2018 by notforgotten

May 2018, Lakemont, PA Gauge Eckenrode, 6-years old Fatal pit bull attack View related map Lakemont, PA – Blair County Coroner Patricia Ross identified the 6-year-old boy killed Thursday after a dog attack as Gauge Eckenrode. Police said family members … Continue reading →

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1908: Henry Turpin, Assisted Suicide by Pit Bull

Posted on May 14, 2016 by notforgotten

Vicious Bulldog Helps Master to Drown Himself May 1, 1908 Albuquerque Citizen Library of Congress Vicious Bulldog Helps Master to Drown Himself Canine Bit Would Be Rescuers When They Attempted to Save Man from Watery Grave —– His Third Attempt … Continue reading →

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2015 Fatal Pit Bull Attack: TayLynn DeVaughn

Posted on February 26, 2015 by notforgotten

February 2015, Allegheny County, PA TayLynn DeVaughn, 2 Fatal pit bull attack View related map West Mifflin, PA – On Sunday evening, 2-year old TayLynn DeVaughn was viciously attacked and killed by a family pit bull-mix while visiting her aunt’s … Continue reading →

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1885 Fatal Pit Bull Attack – Baby Doe Beining

Posted on January 12, 2012 by notforgotten

July 1885, Lehigh County, PA Baby Doe Beining (Last name also spelled Haening), < 1 Fatal dog attack: bulldog (pit bull-type) See related map A ferocious bull-dog attacked the three-months-old child of Mrs. Beining, of Allentown, Pa., Tuesday last, biting … Continue reading →

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1881 Fatal Pit Bull Attack – Miss Shearer

Posted on December 6, 2011 by notforgotten

February 1881, McKean County, PA Miss Shearer, 16 Fatal dog attack: bulldog (pit bull-type) Poverty Bay Herald Volume VIII, Issue 1242 February 9, 1881 At Bradford Pennsylvania, on October 10th, Captain John Shearer of North Beaver having purchased a large … Continue reading →

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1907 Fatal Pit Bull Attack – Lena Smith

Posted on December 3, 2011 by notforgotten

February 1907, Philadelphia County, PA Lena Smith, Adult Fatal dog attack: bulldog (pit bull-type) Gainsville Daily Sun February 16, 1907 Library of Congress Woman Killed by Vicious Dog Philadelphia, Feb. 15 — Mrs. Lena Smith of this city, who was … Continue reading →

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1888 Fatal Pit Bull Attack – Isaac Lifter

Posted on November 12, 2011 by notforgotten

October 1888, Cumberland/Franklin Counties, PA Isaac Lifter, Adult Fatal dog attack: bulldogs (pit bull-type) Isaac Lifter, a peddler, was torn to pieces by three bulldogs belonging to James Rife, of Shippensburg, Penn. They dragged his body a quarter of a … Continue reading →

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