Woman found dead in blood-soaked home after ‘savage attack’ by her two Great Danes but ‘was too drunk to get help’
A DOG lover found dead after a ‘savage attack’ by her two Great Danes may have been too drunk to get medical assistance, believe cops.
They say Mary Matthews could have been so intoxicated she didn’t realise how badly she had been bitten and didn’t call for help.
It was reported she would routinely start her day by consuming prescription medications and drinking beer.
The 49-year-old was found in her blood-soaked home south of Dayton, Ohio, on Friday by her husband Mark.
He had been in county jail since Wednesday and returned home to find a scene of horror, the authorities later revealed.
When police officer Wendi Blaha arrived she found the walls covered in blood and Matthews laying on the floor of her bathroom, a police report reveals.
Her corpse was covered in puncture wounds and appeared to be missing a piece of flesh from her ankle, the report says.
Blaha then found two large, thin Great Danes-crosses on an enclosed deck that was so littered in faeces that the “actual deck could not be seen.”
There was also blood on the blinds covering the glass door that led to the deck.
Mark Matthews said the family rescued the dogs about two years ago but one had recently become vicious, biting his arm, WLWT reported.
“I wanted to get rid of him, but she wouldn’t” he said before adding “She loves animals.”
He then revealed: “Usually when the dogs got aggressive with her I would just discipline them and put them outside but I wasn’t here.
“They would get in fights with each other. They would take it out on her if I wasn’t around.
“They got her leg and they got her under the arm.”
Matthews said he had concerns about the dogs and that his greatest fear was “what exactly happened.”
Authorities believe the dogs attacked the woman and she was able to get them outside before succumbing to her injuries.
Police said the victim suffered from chronic alcoholism and took several prescription medications, which may have impacted her ability to respond to the situation appropriately, according to WLWT.
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The incident report says investigators found the home littered with beer cans and medication bottles.
“Due to this history, it is felt that (Mary Matthews) may not have been in a clear-minded state to judge the severity of her situation and thus failed to call for help,” the police report said.
The giant dogs were taken by a warden for bite mark comparisons and will now be put down.