Woman's Death Ruled Suicide (By Pit Bull)
Death of mother, 22, who was mauled in pit bull attack ruled a SUICIDE
The death of a 22-year-old Michigan woman who was mauled by two dogs in a fenced-in backyard has been ruled a suicide.
Rebecca Hardy of Port Huron was found in the yard of a 10th Street residence on December 3 with extensive injuries to her face and neck. She died later in hospital.
The city's Chief Medical Examiner ruled on Wednesday that Hardy, who had an 18-month-old daughter Molly, had taken off her shoes, climbed the fence to the backyard and 'basically subjected herself to the attacks, which constitutes a purposeful act,' reported the Times Herald .
The attack involved a pit bull and a pit bull-husky mix.
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Rebecca Hardy had an 18-month-old daughter, Molly (pictured with her on Facebook), when she died on December 3. Her death has now been ruled a suicide
Hardy's fiance, Matthew Grattan (pictured with her) said he doesn't believe she would have knowingly entered an enclosure to be torn apart by two dogs
Police sealed off the scene (pictured) after the attack. The owner of the dogs was questioned but not charged
Oakland County Medical Examiner Ljubisa Dragovic said, according to the Detroit Free Press : 'These were attack dogs. These were vicious dogs in an enclosed space.
'She obviously was aware of that, because she climbed over the fence to subject herself to this threat.'
Hardy's fiance, Matthew Grattan, admitted that the two got into an argument before Hardy left the house, but he says he doesn't believe she would have knowingly entered an enclosure to be torn apart by two dogs.
'I, in no way, shape or form, believe that she was looking to hurt herself on that day,' he told the Times Herald. 'She had a little girl … She wanted us to be a family.'
However, the medical examiner, Dr. Ljubisa Dragovic, concluded that there had been evidence that Hardy had been thrown out of her home before the attack.
She also said in an interview that Hardy had a history of trying suicide, according to the Detroit Free Press. 'It's a sad story, but these are the facts,' she said.
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I don't know why someone would climb into an area where multiple pitbulls were visible, although suicide by biting chewing and mauling seems too gruesome to conceive. Maybe drugs impaired the thinking.
"I'm upset, so I think I'll kill myself by climbing that fence where those vicious pit bulls and their puppies are and let them rip my throat right out of my neck." The most ridiculous method of suicide ever in the history of suicides. Pure BS. And for the medical examiner to conclude 'suicide' makes me want to slap him repeatedly for 30 minutes.
I'm more apt to believe that she saw the puppies, wanted to pet them, and was dragged over the fence by the mother pit bull. Perhaps the owners were selling the puppies, and let the lady into the yard, where she was attacked and mauled to death. I don't know, but suicide? No freaking way.