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Two pitbulls That a grandmother of Ohio died at last year’s death was released freely despite her attack history, and even a cocaine stroke weeks before the incident, according to a new precision demand.
I was killed by a couple of Pit Bulls called Apollo and Echo, owned by suspects Susan and Adam Withers, on October 17. The terrible incident took place at the Ashton Village Reserve, a residential complex in Ashville, Ohio.
According to a demand filed on behalf of the Echelbarger family on March 13, the Decedent had only lived in the complex for a few months before his death. The two Pit Bulls « ran through the common areas of the reserve, finally attacking Jo Ann while peacefully planned. »
« A part of Jo Ann’s damage was the end and severe physical and mental pain and suffering he experienced in the previous moments, during and after being viciously attacked and before his death, » the presentation described. « Part of this was caught in some of the most frightening videos you could imagine. »
I Ann Echelbarger, 73, was thrown to death by two pitbulls while « peacefully » gardening, according to a new demand. (Card / Google Maps)
The tragedy worsened by Echelbarger’s life for life Fear of dogs, The demand was pointed out. Dogs were later killed by police.
« The attack and the last moments of Jo Ann’s life were especially scary because I was afraid of dogs as I had been bite by a young dog before, » the lawsuit said.
« In fact, dogs were so aggressive and persistent in their threatening, violent and aggressive behavior that police were forced to shoot and kill dogs to end terror, » he described the dress. « And even after the bullets arrived at one of the dogs, he returned to Jo Ann and continued to attack before returning to Withers’ House. »
According to demand, the October incident was not the first time dogs have been in trouble. The document lists several violent or disruptive incidents involving canines, including a October 2023 incident, where Apollo attacked a resident and killed his dog.
Witrors’ dogs were ordered to leave the community in a 9/11 court order that had not been applied, according to the lawsuit.
Three weeks before the death of Echelbarger, on September 27, police were called to see the dogs because « Echo and Apollo had ingested the Adam Withers cocaine. »
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I Ann Echelbarger, who is shown in an undated photo with her husband, was attacked by two pitbulls called Echo and Apollo. (Card / Adam Withers through Facebook)
« The camera material from the incident’s body reveals this Ashville pd He called the Warden office for nothing, « the demand said.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Rex H. Elliott, the lawyer who represented the Echelbarger family, accused the residential complex and helplessness of the Pickaway County dog complex in the situation.
« The fact is that if the Dog Association or the Condominity Association had done its job, I Ann Echelbarger would be alive today and his family should not live with this deep loss or the constant memory of the horrible nature in which he was killed, » Elliott said.
« These failures led to the death of a wonderful 73 -year -old woman, mother and grandmother. »
Adam Withers and his mother, Susan Withers, were arrested by the incident. (Pickaway County Xerif office)
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Fox News Digital contacted the lawyers representing the Withers, but did not receive a response in time for publication.
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