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A woman was arrested after an 86-year-old woman was fatally mauled by two dogs in Appling County, Georgia, authorities said.
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A Georgia woman is charged in the death of 86-year-old woman who was found dead in her yard after she was “viciously attacked” by two dogs, a sheriff’s office said.
Appling County sheriff’s deputies and first responders discovered Maria D. Nunez’s body outside her home in Baxley on Oct. 8, the sheriff’s office said on Oct. 9. The dogs believed to have killed her were located and secured by deputies.
Now, Misty Ann Branch, 53, of Baxley, has been arrested on charges of reckless conduct and involuntary manslaughter, the sheriff’s office announced in an Oct. 10 news release.
Information on her legal representation was not immediately available.
Branch owned both dogs that mauled Nunez, the sheriff’s office confirmed to WTOC.
Nunez is survived by three daughters who also live in Baxley, three brothers, nine grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild, according to her obituary. Baxley is about a 90-mile drive southeast from Savannah.
Appling County Chief Deputy Gene Davis told WTOC that the county is experiencing “a dog problem, just like every other county that does not have an animal control unit.”
“We are working with the board of commissioners to rectify the situation,” he added, according to the TV station.
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