14/06/2020
Protect Children From Pit Bulls And Other Dangerous Dogs
2020 Dog Bite Related Fatalities in the U.S.
Updated after each fatality following fact finding research.
Peer Reviewed.
42 - Dog Bite Related Fatalities
by Breed.
Dogs involved in fatal attacks
By Breed:
30 - Pit Bull/Pit Bull Mix
7 - Unknown
1 - Neopolitan mastiffs
1 - Belgian malinois
1 - Mastiff
1 - GSD
By Age :
16 - Child
26 - Adult
By State :
NM - 2 Death
OH -2 Death
KY - 2 Death
IN - 2 Death
MS - 1 Death
CA - 2 Death
IL - 5 Death
GA - 2 Death
LA - 4 Death
VA - 2 Death
FL - 4 Death
AR - 2 Death
TX - 2 Death
SD - 1 Death
RI - 1 Death
OR - 1 Death
TN - 1 Death
OK - 2 Death
SC - 1 Death
WA - 1 Death
HI - 1 Death
AL - 1 Death
Names and ages of the deceased:
01/08/20 Kay Torres, 52, Taos, NM - Killed by pack of dogs
01/09/20 McKenzie Terwell, 4 months, Dayton, OH - Killed by family pit bull in her home
01/10/20 Donald Abner, 55, Conway, KY - Killed by a woman roommate’s pit bull in his yard
01/25/20 Julian Connell, 1 month, Lafayette, IN - Killed by family pit bull mix in home
01/30/20 Harvey Harmon Jr., 76, Palestine, MS - Killed by 4 pit bulls in his front yard (2 family pits)
02/10/20 Sterling Vermeer , 5, Oro Grande, CA - Killed by family pit bull in their backyard shed
02/10/20 Devin White, 25, Plainfield, IL - Killed by his own pit bull in his home
02/18/20 Corey Godsey, 13, Knott County, KY - Killed by family member’s pit bull in his yard
02/24/20 Lee Becham, 76, Crawford County, GA - Killed by neighbor’s pit bulls in his own yard
02/28/20 Geraldine Hamlin, 64, Shreveport, LA - Killed by her two pit bulls in her home
03/05/20 Jean Dove, 60, Chipley, FL - Killed in yard of assisted living facility by pack of dogs
03/09/20 Demi Witherspoon , 2, Portsmouth, VA - Killed by family’s 1-year-old pit bull
03/26/20 Roger Kirk, 69. Horatio, AR - Killed by pit bull
04/11/20 Frederick Shew, 70, Portland, OR - Killed in home by his pet mastiff-mix
04/12/20 Sharon Baldwin, 60, Fort Worth, TX - Killed by her own pit bull in her home.
04/22/20 Doris Riley Arrington, 59, Memphis, TN - Killed by four dogs
04/24/20 Roxie Parker, 60, Welsh, LA - Killed by a pit bull while trying to save her dog.
05/07/20 Nancy Shaw, 62, Lyons, GA - Killed by 4 bulldog-mixes (pit-mixes) on side of road
05/09/20 Lisa Urso, 52, Fox Lake, IL - Killed by at least one of her two Shorty bulldogs (pit-mix)
05/28/20 Robby Taylor, 9, Mt. Vernon, AR - Killed by 2 pit bulls when he went to get mail
05/31/20 Skylar Headrick, 11, Murray Co., GA - Killed by 2 family Neopolitan mastiffs in home
06/01/20 Brice Sanders, 2, Stockton, CA - Killed by pit bull during visit
06/03/20 Kati Amos, 70, Chicago, IL - Killed by her four dogs in her driveway
06/11/20 Boy, 6 weeks, Hartford County, SD - Killed by family’s Belgian malinois
06/20/20 Modesta Coco Morilla, 86, Oviedo, FL - Killed by 2 family pit bulls in home
06/25/20 Barbara Cook, 72, Mandeville, LA - Killed by her two pet pit bulls in her home
06/29/20 Jonah Jellison, 23 mo. Hunt County, TX - Killed by neighbor’s pit bull on gravel road near home
07/01/20 Donald Ryan, 62, Jeffersonville, IN - Killed by his pet pit bull in his home
07/05/20 Marley Wilander, 17 months, Joliet, IL - Killed by pit bull-mix in home they were visiting
07/16/20 Scarlett, 15 months, E. Providence, RI - Killed by family pit bull-type dog in grandparents’ home
08/07/20 Boy, 7 months, Akron, OH - Killed by family pit bull in grandmother’s home
08/26/20 Stephen Pemberton Sr, 61, Belleville, IL - Killed by stepson’s 2 pit bulls in his home
08/28/20 Carolyn Varanese, 84, Margate, FL - Killed by family pit bull in home, son seriously injured
09/11/20 Karen Wilkerson, 76, McCurtain County, OK - Killed by family pit bull outside home
09/29/20 Jacqueline Robinson, 32, Gray Court, SC - Killed by 3 pit bulls while on a walk
10/02/20 Caleb Bailey, 1 month, Alamogordo, NM - Killed by family pit bull in home
10/08/20 Zachary Willis, 27, Moses Lake, WA - Killed by family pit bull in his home
10/14/20 Girl, 4 months old, Honolulu, HI - Killed in home in army barracks
10/19/20 Ruthie Brown, 36, Walker County, AL - Killed by pack of dogs on road
10/22/20 Curtis Wickham, 26, Tulsa, OK - Killed by acquaintance’s 3 pit bulls
10/26/20 Michelle Carr 2 months, Hampton, VA - Killed by family German shepherd-mix in home
11/18/20 Donald Ray Allen, 65, Jackson County, FL - Killed by pack of dogs near road