Pit bulls who mauled Florida woman to death attacked another neighbor weeks earlier: court docs
New details have emerged about past allegations involving a Florida woman’s dogs that police say mauled a neighbor to death.And in a bizarre twist, a criminal investigation has been opened after three dogs were found dead at the travel trailer where mauling victim Jodi Cowan was living at the time of the fatal attack. Deputies responded to a call on June 11 about a bad smell at the residence, said Tod Goodyear, public information officer of the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.The “case is ongoing awaiting an examination of the dogs to determine the cause of death,” Goodyear said.“Charges would depend on the outcome of the necropsies and the cause of death.
The residence was under the control of the boyfriend of Cowan.”Before that, more surprising details were revealed in court documents obtained by Fox News Digital about the May 19 dog attack that led to Cowan’s death.The year-old littermates caught on camera attacking Cowan had attacked others and had shown aggression toward their owner, Linda Cutler, Brevard County Court records show. Cutler, 29, has been charged with manslaughter and is held without bond in the Brevard County Jail.Her arrest came eight days after her 50-year-old neighbor, Cowan, was fatally wounded while walking her own little dog on their street.That dog was not one of the dogs found dead at her residence, Goodyear said.It was nearly 2 a.m.
on May 19 when Cowan’s partner of 30 years heard her cries for help outside their home. He sprinted through the dark to save her.And wielding a knife at the still-attacking dogs, Donnell Smith frantically called 911 and tried to stop the bleeding from Cowan’s neck, court records show.The dogs snarled and snapped as Smith begged for help during the eight-minute call.
Cowan could be heard in the background saying, “I’m dying.Can’t breathe.”Smith told the 911 operator that the dogs had “ripped out” her throat.A medical helicopter raced Cowan to a trauma center.
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