According to a recently filed lawsuit, my Ohio grandmother was extremely killed by a pair of “savage” pitbulls while gardening last year. Pitbull reportedly had cocaine in their system during the fatal dog attack.
Joe Anne Echelberger, 73, was killed by a pit bull on October 17th. The fatal dog attack took place at a sanctuary in Ashton Village, a residential complex in Asheville.
“This case includes the most vicious and savage dogs in Ohio's history and perhaps beyond that.”
According to Litigation Submitted on behalf of Echelbarger's family on March 13, the Pitbulls “running around the common areas of the reserve and ultimately attacking while Joanne was peacefully gardening.”
echelbarger It is reportedly They were torn apart by a terrible attack.
The 84-year-old husband, an elderly woman suffering from Parkinson's disease and dementia and using a wheelchair, was unable to help his wife and witnessed a malicious disorder from inside the screen-in pouch.
Echelbarger was rushed to the hospital, where she passed away later that day. Her husband's health reportedly has deteriorated since his wife's death, and he is currently in hospice care.
The lawsuit points out that even after police officers shot one of the dogs, the animals returned to attack momentum.
Asheville Police Department officers and county sheriff's deputies eventually shot and killed Pitbull.
Furthermore, medical reports show that Pitbull had cocaine in their system at the time of the “terrifying” dog attack. Columbus dispatch.
“How do you not look at them as the person responsible for killing mom?”
In February, the dog owner and his mother, Susan Wizards, were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, trapping the malicious dog and out of control.
Adam Wizards was arrested for disorderly conduct weeks before the fatal dog attack. Police reportedly said he was acting irregularly and that his two dogs had been loosened in the condo complex.
On September 27, 2024, Asheville Police Department officials encountered Wizards and his two dogs.
The Wizards reportedly admitted to the officers that he smoked cocaine in the garage with his dog.
Police body cam footage Asked the cop, “Have they been exposed to your drugs before, Adam?”
The video is seen in the video asking the police to give Narcan to his two dogs.
“I'm not narcanizing a dog,” the officer replied.
“He's on cocaine and is very impaired,” he heard an Asheville police officer say about Wizards on a police bodycam video.
The police said they called the Humane Society to gather dogs but did not receive an answer. The officer said the dog guard “will not come and get them.”
The dog guard said WSYX-TV That officer cancelled a request for assistance that same night.
'… Some of the most frightening videos you can imagine. ”
Additionally, a few weeks before the fatal attack, the judge ordered the dog owner to take him out of his home after filing several complaints with the Homeowner's Association. WCMH-TV It has been reported. However, the dog reportedly never was removed.
USA TODAY One of the pit bulls attacked another neighbor and reported that he killed a Goldendoodle dog in October 2023.
“The case is attacking the most vicious and savage dog in history since Ohio,” Rex H. Elliott – a lawyer representing the Echelbarger family – told Wsyx-TV.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Picaway County accused of protecting Picaway County dog guards with neglect in the death of his Ashton Village Condominium Association and grandmother.
“The fact is that if a dog guard or a condo association did his job, Joe Anne Echelberger is alive today and her family doesn't have to live with this deep loss or the constant memory of the horrifying nature of which she was killed,” Elliott said. “These mistakes led to the deaths of my wonderful 73-year-old wife, mother and grandmother.”
Filing It is listed“Part of Joe Anne's harm was extreme and serious conscious physical and mental pain and what she experienced in the moments she was extremely attacked and the moments she experienced before her death.
Echelbarger's son, Bill Rogers, said WSYX-TV The officials' reaction that day was “reckless.”
“It feels like they're doing a lot of people's lives and gambling that day,” Rogers said. “And she was the one who paid the price.”
Rogers said of the dog owner, “Don't you see them as the person responsible for killing your mom? I'll tell you the truth. I want to make my statement and see him right as I do that.”
Aleen Romeen, the daughter of the victim, said, “She didn't deserve this. She was tortured and suffered. This is not what your parents expect to experience. This is not what you expect to see happen to someone you love.”
The Illegal Deathsuit calls for compensation in excess of $25,000 and punitive damages in the amount revealed in court.
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