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(WIBW)— Around 8 p.m. Saturday night, 13 NEWS learned that the Topeka Police Department responded to a house located on the 800 block of SE Carnahan after a 911 call that 2 year-old Piper Dunbar was reported missing.
“We looked everywhere, I screamed her name so loud,” said Piper’s father, Donnie Dunbar. “Can’t believe that quick the most precious thing on earth can be taken away from you.”
Police began searching the area and found Piper dead in her front yard underneath a tarp. Dunbar says he and Piper fell asleep earlier that evening and he told 13 NEWS he was unaware of what was happening.
“She figured out had to open a child safety lock with her fingers,” said Dunbar. “She could turn the knob and open a dead bolt that’s on the back door, she was so smart.”
Throughout the course of their investigation, police say they obtained enough information to believe Piper had been the victim of an animal attack. Animal control responded to the scene and seized TWO PIT BULLS that Dunbar says belonged to Margaret Jaramillo, a family friend who had been staying with Dunbar to help take care of Piper since he is a single father. Jaramillo says she was running errands during the attack and made the 911 call as soon as she realized Piper was gone.
“I saw her from the distance they wouldn’t let us close to see her, from what I understand they think her injuries were caused by the dogs,” said Jaramillo.
Jaramillo says the two dogs were in the backyard and doesn’t know how they made their way to the front where Piper was. Police are continuing to investigate the case, but both Jaramillo and Dunbar are torn by the loss of Piper.
“She just loved attention and loved to be hugged,” said Jaramillo.
Dunbar and Jaramillo were taken to police headquarters and interviewed and TPD detective Brian Wheelus. Wheelus says the police investigation will be submitted to District Attorney Chad Taylor’s office.
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(KSNT) – According to Topeka Police Lt. Bryan Wheeles, the 2-year-old girl was reported missing around 8 p.m. in the 800 block of S.W. Carnahan.
Relatives identified the little girl as Piper Dunbar.
She was found dead in the yard of her home after police arrived.
According to Topeka Police Lt. Bryan Wheeles, the toddler was reported missing around 8 p.m. in the 800 block of S.W. Carnahan.
She was found dead in the yard of her home after police arrived.
Investigators determined she was attacked, possibly, by TWO DOGS. Police did not say if the dogs were owned by the family or the breed of dog.
“This tragic incident represents no risk to the public at large,” Wheeles said in his release.
“The child and animals were localized within the fenced yard area of the involved residence.”
Animal Control was called to the house and seized the dogs. Police did not say what will happen to the animals.
http://ksnt.com/2016/09/24/topeka-police-investigate-toddler-death/
http://www.wibwnewsnow.com/2-year-old-found-dead-southeast-topeka/
2016 – U.S. DOG BITE RELATED FATALITIES – 26 (11 CHILDREN – 15 ADULTS)
PIT BULL – 15
LINDA YUBA COUNTY CA
SAN DIEGO CA
STOCKTON CA
LUMBERTON ROBESN CO NC
PERQUIMANS CO NC
CHARLOTTE NC
ST. LOUIS COUNTY MO
NEW HAVEN CT
CORINNA ME
DETROIT MI
NAVAJO NATION AZ
SCREVEN CO GA
LAS VEGAS NV
CONIFER CO
TOPEKA KS
PIT BULL MIX – 7
INDEPENDENCE GRAYSON CO VA (pit bull/rottweiler mix?)
THURSTON CO WA
LEESBURG FL
MIAMI-DADE FL
DALLAS TX (pack of dogs -? Pit Bull, Rottweiler and/or mixes)
FRESNO CA – (2 Pit Bull/Shar-Pei Mixes)
HONOLULU HI
4 DOGS – 1
JACKSONVILLE FL (Rottweiler and/or Rottweiler/Chow/German Shepherd Mix)
MIX BREED SHEPHERD – 1
YOUNGSTOWN OH
PACK OF DOGS – 1
TRAVIS CO TX (Husky/Australian Cattle Dog Mix and Lab/Great Pyrenees Mix)
UNKNOWN BREED DOG – 1
COLLEGE STATION TX
CA – 4
NC – 3
FL – 3
TX – 3
AZ – 1
CO – 1
CT – 1
GA – 1
HI – 1
KS – 1
ME – 1
NV – 1
MI – 1
MO – 1
OH – 1
VA – 1
WA – 1
(3 – 3-DAY-OLD INFANTS HAVE BEEN KILLED BY FAMILY DOGS)
(1 – 7 DAY-OLD INFANT KILLED BY A FAMILY DOG)
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11 – PERSONS KILLED BY FAMILY MEMBER’S DOG – Tyler Trammell-Huston, 9 – Aiden Grim Morelli, 3 days – Bessie Flowers, 86 – Sebastian Caban, 3 days – Hunter Bragg, 7 – Susie Kirby, 3 days – Elizabeth Rivera, 71 – Kayden Coltor Begay , 3 – Susan Shawl, 60 – Dylan Hailey McClelland, 6 Days – Piper Dunbar, 2 –
4 – PERSONS KILLED BY FRIEND’S DOG – Earl Wayne Stephens, 43 – Jocelyn Winfrey, 53 – Michel Wilcox, 30 – Derion Stevenson – 9
3 – ADULT PERSONS KILLED BY THEIR OWN DOGS – Suzanne Story, 35 – Sonda Tyson, 66 – Adonis Redick, 45
4 – PERSONS KILLED BY NEIGHBOR’S DOGS – Talen Nathan West, 7 – Gladys Alexander, 92 – Antoinette Brown, 52 – Michael Downing, 83
1 – CHILD KILLED AT BABYSITTERS – Payton Lyrik Sawyers, 15 months
1 – PERSON KILLED BY EMPLOYER’S DOGS – Manuel Mejia, 49
1 – PERSON KILLED BY DOGS WHILE ON THE JOB – Erin McCleskey, 36
1 – PERSON KILLED BY GUARD DOGS THAT ESCAPED FROM A BUSINESS – Criscencio Aliado, 52
1) 1-3 – TYLER TRAMMELL-HUSTON – 9 – LINDA YUBA COUNTY CA – THE BOY WAS IN FOSTER CARE AND THE SYSTEM ALLOWED HIM TO VISIT WITH HIS 24-YEAR-OLD HALF SISTER WHO LIVED IN A TRAVEL TRAILER WITH 3 PIT BULLS. IT APPEARS SHE LEFT HIM TO GO TO WORK AND WHEN SHE CAME BACK HE WAS MAULED TO DEATH.
2) 1-8/9 – PAYTON LYRIK SAWYERS – 15 MONTHS – INDEPENDENCE GRAYSON CO VA – ATTACKED BY A PIT BULL/ROTTWEILER MIX?? ON THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 6 AT A HOME OF 2 PEOPLE SAID TO BE HER BABYSITTERS – SHE WAS RUSHED TO A HOSPITAL IN NC WITH SEVERE HEAD INJURIES AND WAS PLACED ON LIFE SUPPORT- SHE DIED ON JAN 8 OR 9, 2016.
3) 1-24 – TALEN NATHAN WEST – 7 – LUMBERTON ROBESON CO NC – PIT BULL – TWO 7 AND 8-YEAR-OLD BROTHERS WERE PLAYING IN A WOODED AREA NEAR THEIR HOME WHEN A NEIGHBOR’S PIT BULL THAT THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH ATTACKED THEM – 8-YEAR-OLD JAYLEN WAS BITTEN ON HIS LEGS BUT IT GOT TALEN BY THE NECK AND BROKE IT – HE WAS NOT RESPONSIVE WHEN FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED.
4) 2-7 – AIDEN JOHNATHON-GRIM MORELLI – 3-DAY-OLD INFANT BOY – YOUNGSTOWN OH – THE 21-YEAR-OLD MOTHER WAS SLEEPING THE NIGHT ON THE COUCH AT HER MOTHER’S HOME AND LEFT THE INFANT ON THE FLOOR IN A “MAKESHIFT CRIB” REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN A LAUNDRY BASKET – HER MOTHER AND HER BROTHER WERE ALSO AT HOME DURING THIS TIME – THE MOTHER AWOKE TO FIND HER NEWBORN WITH HEAD INJURIES – THERE WERE 5 DOGS IN THE HOME – REPORTS SAY THE DOG THAT DID THIS WAS A MIXED BREED SHEPHERD.
5) 2-10 – SUZANNE STORY- 36 – PERQUIMANS COUNTY NC – THE VICTIM’S MOTHER REPORTED THAT SHE HAD ADOPTED THE DOG THAT LOOKED LIKE A BOXER/BULLDOG MIX ABOUT A WEEK AGO FROM AN AD IN A NEWSPAPER THAT SAID IT WAS GOOD AROUND SMALL CHILDREN – SHE WAS CLEANING THE DOG’S CRATE WHEN IT ATTACKED HER – HER SISTER WAS THERE AT THE TIME AND TRIED TO GET IT OFF HER AND WAS INJURED ALSO – SHE WAS AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL BUT DIED AS THE HELICOPTER WAS LANDING.
6) 3-8 – GLADYS ALEXANDER – 92 – THURSTON CO WASHINGTON – THE WORLD WAR II VET WAS ATTACKED BY 4 PIT BULL MIXES THAT WERE AT HER NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET – SHE HAD WALKED ACROSS THE STREET TO GIVE THE NEIGHBOR THE NEWSPAPER BUT THE NEIGHBOR HAD GONE OUT FOR A FEW MINUTES AND IT LOOKED LIKE THE DOGS GRABBED HER AND DRAGGED HER INSIDE THE HOUSE – THE NEIGHBOR RETURNED AND FOUND THE DOGS ATTACKING HER AND STOPPED IT BUT NOT BEFORE THE DAMAGE WAS DONE – HER LEG AND ARM WERE AMPUTATED BUT SHE SUCCUMBED TO THE HORRIFIC INJURIES.
7) 3-28 – BESSIE FLOWERS – 86 – CHARLOTTE NC – POLICE SOURCES STATED THAT WHILE VISITING IN HER DAUGHTER’S TOWN HOME THE ELDERLY WOMAN WAS ON THE BACK DECK AND SLIPPED OR TRIPPED AS SHE WAS COMING BACK INSIDE AND FELL – THE DAUGHTER’S 2 AMERICAN PIT BULL TERRIERS WHICH THE VICTIM KNEW WELL BEGAN “PLAYING” WITH HER AND THEN ESCALATED INTO A FULL-BLOWN ATTACK GOING IN FOR THE KILL ON HER NECK AND HEAD – NEIGHBORS SAID THAT THE DOGS HAD SHOWN AGGRESSION IN THE PAST ATTACKING 2 OTHER DOGS – AFTER SEEING HER OWN MOTHER MAULED TO DEATH BY HER PIT BULLS THE DAUGHTER STILL REFUSED TO SIGN THE DOGS OVER TO OFFICIALS SO ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS SEIZED THEM.
8) 3-31 – SONDA TYSON – 66 – LEESBURG FL – THE VICTIM WAS MAULED BY HER BRINDLE PIT BULL MIX SHE HAD ACQUIRED AS A PUPPY – SHE WAS FOUND ON HER BACK PORCH BY HER 13-YEAR-OLD GRANDDAUGHTER AND HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW WITH SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO HER ARMS THAT WAS MISSING FLESH WITH BONES VISIBLE – THE DOG WAS STILL NEARBY HER INSIDE THE HOME SO A POLICE OFFICER SHOT IT TWICE FROM ON TOP OF A FIRE TRUCK SO THAT MEDICS COULD GET TO THE VICTIM BUT SHE HAD ALREADY DIED – IT IS BELIEVED SHE BLED TO DEATH.
9) 4-21 – SEBASTIAN CABAN – 3-DAY-OLD INFANT BOY – MIRA MESA SAN DIEGO CA – FIRST REPORT SAYS THE MOTHER AND FATHER OF THE INFANT WERE IN BED BESIDE IT WATCHING TV WITH THEIR NEUTERED 2-YEAR-OLD PIT BULL WHEN THE MOM COUGHED AND TRIGGERED THE PIT TO ATTACK THE BABY AND KILL IT – THE PIT BULL WAS ADOPTED FROM THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO AND WAS TESTED FOR AGGRESSION – NO WORD ON WHAT THE PIT BULL’S HISTORY WAS – HAD IT EVER ATTACKED ANYONE BEFORE?
10) 4-23 – MANUEL MEJIA – 49 – HOMESTEAD AREA MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL- IT IS REPORTED THAT HE WAS A LIVE- IN WORKER AT THE DRAGON FRUIT FARM AND WAS WALKING WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND WHEN HE WAS ATTACKED BY HIS EMPLOYERS MANY DOGS – THE GIRLFRIEND REPORTED THAT 3 DOGS FIRST ATTACKED HIM AND THEN UP TO 7 DOGS JOINED IN – HE DIED FROM HIS MASSIVE INJURIES – WEEKS AFTER THE DEATH MIAMI-DADE ANIMAL SERVICES FINALLY SEIZED THE ANIMALS – ONE WAS SHOT THEN AS IT THREATENED AN OFFICER – 9 DOGS TOTAL … THE PACKS MOTHER WAS A PIT BULL.
11) 5-9 ADONIS REDDICK – 45 – ST. LOUIS COUNTY MO – ON MONDAY MORNING RELATIVES WENT TO CHECK ON THE MAN WHO HAD NOT BEEN SEEN OR HEARD FROM SINCE SATURDAY AND THEY FOUND HIM DEAD- ONE OF HIS TWO PIT BULLS WAS SHOT BECAUSE IT WAS SO AGGRESSIVE – AUTHORITIES NOW BELIEVE THIS WAS THE PIT BULL THAT KILLED ITS OWNER – THE VICTIM HAD MASSIVE INJURIES TO HIS NECK.
12) 5-9 ANTOINETTE BROWN – 52 – DALLAS TX – SHE WAS ATTACKED BY A PACK OF DOGS EARLY ON MAY 2 AND WAS SO SEVERELY INJURED THAT SHE WAS PLACED IN A MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA – SHE WAS BITTEN MORE THAN 100 TIMES AND WAS DEGLOVED WITH EXPOSED MUSCLE AND TENDONS ON MUCH OF HER BODY – SHE WAS REMOVED FROM LIFE SUPPORT MONDAY MAY 9 – 6 DOGS HAVE BEEN FOUND WITH NO INFORMATION AS TO THE BREED OF ANY OF THEM.
13) 6-4 – HUNTER BRAGG – 7 – CORINNA MAINE – MAULED TO DEATH BY A PIT BULL BELONGING TO A RELATIVE HE WAS VISITING – THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF THE DOG SAID ON HER FACEBOOK PAGE THAT SHE HAD RECENTLY “REHOMED” THE DOG BECAUSE OF “OTHER ANIMAL AGGRESSION” –
14) 6-4 – EARL WAYNE STEPHENS JR – 43 – STOCKTON CA – STEPHENS WENT TO VISIT A FRIEND WHO OWNED A PIT BULL WITH PUPPIES – HE WENT TO HIS CAR TO GET SOMETHING AND WAS ATTACKED BY THE ADULT PIT AND THE PUPPIES JOINED IN – IN THE VIDEO IT SOUNDS LIKE STEPHENS KNEW THESE PITS AND THEY KNEW HIM!
15) 6-15 ERIN MCCLESKEY – 36 – TRAVIS COUNTY TX – SHE HAD GONE TO THE PROPERTY TO SERVE CIVIL PAPERS FOR EXECUTIVE PROCESS SERVICE AND WAS ATTACKED BY SEVERAL DOGS AS SHE ENTERED THE FRONT GATE – SIX DOGS WERE IMPOUNDED AND 14 ADDITIONAL PUPPIES WERE FOUND – THE ATTACKING DOGS WERE POSSIBLY HUSKY/AUSTRALIAN CATTLE DOG MIX AND/OR LAB/GREAT PYRENEES MIX – SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FURTHER INFORMATION…..
16) 6-27 – JOCELYN WINFREY – 53 – NEW HAVEN CT – THE WOMAN CAME TO DR. HAMILTON HICKS HOUSE APPARENTLY WITH HIM IN HIS CAR AND DROVE UP A HILL INTO THEIR YARD BY GOING THROUGH A GATE OF A HIGH WOOD FENCE THAT SURROUNDS HIS HOME. THE 2 LARGE DOGS, SAID TO BE PIT BULLS OR 1 COULD BE AMERICAN BULLDOG ??, ATTACKED HER IMMEDIATELY AND NEVER STOPPED. HICKS WAS ALSO INJURED TRYING TO CONTROL THEM AND NEIGHBORS HEARD THE SCREAMING AND ATTEMPTED TO THROW ROCKS OVER THE HIGH FENCE TO NO AVAIL. THE ATTACK HAPPENED ON JUNE 20 AND REPORTS SAY SHE LOST HER EYES, AN ARM AND SUFFERED MANY OTHER INJURIES AND WAS IN A MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA UNTIL SHE DIED 1 WEEK LATER.
17) 6-27 – SUSIE KIRBY – 3-DAYS-OLD – FRESNO CA – THE ATTACK HAPPENED ABOUT 12:30AM WHEN THE BABY’S MOTHER, 33, THOUGHT HER BROTHER’S DOGS WERE CHAINED UP IN THE BACK YARD AND SHE OPENED THE DOOR BECAUSE IT WAS SO HOT – SHE WALKED AWAY FOR A “FEW SECONDS” LEAVING THE BABY ON THE COUCH AND ONE OF THE PIT MIXES GOT TO HER ACCORDING TO THE LATEST REPORTS – BOTH OF THE 2 MALE PIT BULL/SHAR-PEI MIXES WERE SURRENDERED TO AUTHORITIES TO BE EUTHANIZED BY THE 30-YEAR-OLD BROTHER.
18) 7-16 – ELIZABETH RIVERA – 71 – DETROIT MI – THE ELDERLY WOMAN WAS FOUND BY HER GRANDDAUGHTER ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF HER HOME MAULED BY ONE OR MORE OF THE PIT BULLS THAT LIVED IN THE HOME – THE PIT BULLS BELONGED TO THE GRANDDAUGHTER’S BOYFRIEND AND HE HAD TO COME HOME TO SECURE THE DOGS IN AN UPSTAIRS ROOM SO MEDICS COULD GET TO THE GRANDMOTHER – SHE WAS BITTEN IN THE NECK AND HER JUGULAR VEIN WAS SEVERED – SHE DIED AT THE SCENE.
19) 7-18 – KAYDEN COLTOR BEGAY – 3 – NAVAJO NATION AZ – THE BOY WAS VISITING HIS PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS AND SLIPPED OUT AFTER HIS AUNT WHO WAS CHECKING ON CATTLE – THE AUNT DID NOT REALIZE HE WAS FOLLOWING HER AND SHE FINALLY TURNED AROUND TO SEE THE ?12 PIT BULLS? SURROUNDING SOMETHING THEN REALIZED IT WAS THE CHILD WHO ALREADY HAD THE SIDE OF HIS FACE AND HIS SIDE BITTEN AWAY!
20) 7-29 – CRISENCIO ALIADO – 52 – HONOLULU HAWAII – A FRIEND DESCRIBED HIM AS A HOMELESS MAN WHO WAS MILD-MANNERED AND WOULD NOT BOTHER ANYBODY – HIS MAULED BODY WAS FOUND ON THE BANK OF A STREAM BESIDE THE KAMEHAMEHA HIGHWAY BEHIND THE CONTAINERLAND WAREHOUSE – THE OWNERS OF CONTAINERLAND OWNED THE PIT BULL MIXES THAT SOMEHOW ESCAPED A FENCE AND IT APPEARED THAT 2 OF THE PITS ATTACKED THE MAN AS HE WAS GOING TO WASH SOME CLOTHES IN THE STREAM.
21) 8-1 – MICHELLE WILCOX – 30 – SCREVEN COUNTY GA – SHE APPARENTLY GOT OFF WORK AND STOPPED BY HER FRIEND’S HOME AND LET THE PIT BULL OUT AS SHE USUALLY DID WHEN HER FRIEND WAS STILL AT WORK – THE PIT BULL WAS RAISED IN THE HOME FROM A SMALL PUP AND KNEW HER WELL – HER FACEBOOK PAGE SHOWS HER LOVE FOR ANIMALS AND SHE HAD STUDIED PRE-VET AT GAINESVILLE STATE COLLEGE AND ANIMAL SCIENCE AT U OF GEORGIA.
22) 8-17 – DERION STEVENSON – 9 – LAS VEGAS NV – THE CHILD WAS PLAYING WITH OTHER CHILDREN AND THEY DECIDED TO GO TO ONE FRIEND’S HOUSE TO GET CANDY – WHEN THEY OPENED THE DOOR THE PIT BULL CHARGED STRAIGHT FOR DERION’S FACE AND NECK – THE BOY WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
23) 8-19 – MICHAEL DOWNING – 83 – JACKSONVILLE FL – THE MAN WAS FOUND DEAD ALONG THE FENCE LINE IN THE BACKYARD OF LEPHUS FELTON WHO OWNED 4 DOGS HE SAID WERE ROTTWEILER AND A MIX OF ROTTWEILER/CHOW/GERMAN SHEPHERD – THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FENCE THAT THE DOGS COULD GET THROUGH – THE BACKYARD LOOKED OUT OVER AN APARTMENT BUILDING WITH A PARKING LOT – MR. DOWNING LIVED IN THE APARTMENT BUILDING AND WITNESSES SAID HE WAS PUTTING GARBAGE IN DUMPSTERS THAT WERE NEAR THE FENCE WHEN HE WAS ATTACKED BY THE DOGS – THEY SAY HE WAS A WONDERFUL PERSON AND HAD LIVED IN THE APARTMENTS FOR YEARS AND EVERYONE CONSIDERED HIM FAMILY AND REFERRED TO HIM AS MINISTER MICHAEL – THE ELDERLY MAN WEIGHT ABOUT 100 POUNDS AND HIS FRIENDS SAID THAT HE WOULD NEVER HAVE ANTAGONIZED THE DOGS.
24) 8-29 – SUSAN SHAWL – 60 – CONIFER, JEFFERSON COUNTY CO – THE MOTHER WAS MAULED TO DEATH BY 2 PIT BULLS THAT BELONGED TO HER SON, RICHARD JOHN SHAWL III – 36 – THEY BOTH WERE HOME AT THE TIME AND THE SON WAS INJURED ALSO BUT HIS INJURIES ARE NOT LIFE-THREATENING – SHE DIED AT THE SCENE – PICTURES OF THE DOGS ARE FOUND ON THE SON’S FACEBOOK PAGE BUT IT HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED WHY THE PIT BULLS – THAT APPEARED TO BE LOVED AND WELL CARED FOR – WOULD HAVE MAULED HER UNTIL SHE DIED ?????
25) 9-1 ??? DYLAN HAILEY MCCLELLAND – BORN AUG 26, ATTACKED AUG 31, DIED SEPT 1 – COLLEGE STATION TX – FAMILY DOG ??? NEED MORE INFORMATION ON THIS INFANT’S DEATH…NOT SURE WE WILL EVER GET IT !!!
26) 9-24 – PIPER DUNBAR – 2 – TOPEKA KS – THE CHILD WAS FOUND MAULED TO DEATH IN A FENCED-IN FRONT YARD – INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED THAT 2 PIT BULLS BELONGING TO A BABY SITTER THAT WAS LIVING WITH THE FATHER TO HELP HIM TAKE CARE OF THE CHILD FOR THE SINGLE DAD HAD GOT OUT OF THE FENCED BACKYARD AND MAULED THE CHILD IN THE FRONT YARD.
PENDING – FRESNO COUNTY CA – APRIL 14 AND JULY 4 – AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN WAS FOUND IN A DRY CANAL ON APRIL 14 AND HIS DEATH WAS DETERMINED TO BE BY DOG/ANIMAL BITES – THEN ON JULY 4 ROBERT SIMONIAN, 74, WENT MISSING AND HIS BODY WAS FOUND ON JULY 5 THIS TIME IN WATER THAT WAS IN THE CANAL – AFTER THE FIRST MAN WAS FOUND 5 DOGS FROM THAT AREA WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BUT AUTHORITIES WERE UNABLE TO POSITIVELY SAY THEY MAULED THE FIRST MAN AND THEY WERE GIVEN BACK TO THE OWNER – 3 WEEKS LATER MR. SIMONIAN WENT OUT TO TRAIN FOR A MOUNTAIN HIKE WITH A BACKPACK ON WITH ROCKS IN IT – HE DID NOT RETURN HOME AND WAS FOUND IN THE CANAL AND IT WAS DETERMINED HE DROWNED BUT HE WAS ALSO COVERED WITH BITE MARKS FROM DOGS/ANIMALS – THE SAME DOGS WERE TAKEN BACK
INTO CUSTODY.