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PA mom mauled to death while feeding neighbor’s Great Danes

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Kristin Potter PA woman mauled to death by Great Danes dogs.
Kristin Potter Pennsylvania woman mauled to death while feeding Wendy Sabathne, neighbor's Great Danes dogs.
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Kristin Potter Pennsylvania woman mauled to death while feeding Wendy Sabathne, neighbor’s Great Danes dogs.

Kristin Potter Pennsylvania woman mauled to death while feeding neighbor’s Great Danes dogs. Fallen woman had endured personal tragedies. Unclear whether, Wendy Sabathne, dog owner will face charges. 

Pennsylvania woman was mauled to death by her neighbor’s two Great Danes dogs as she fed them while their owner was away.

Kristin Potter, 38, of Centre Township in Perry County, died Thursday despite efforts of emergency responders and police officers, who were unable to reach her until animal control arrived and tranquilized the dogs, WGAL reported.

Perry County Coroner Robert Ressler told WGAL that Potter had fed the dogs before and that she had gone to the house with her young son, who eventually ran to get help after the dogs attacked his mother.

‘He was present at the scene, but I don’t think he was there for much of it,’ Ressler said of Potter’s son. ‘As soon as he saw the dogs starting to attack his mother, he ran across the road to have his brother call 911.’

Another Great Dane and a French bulldog were also in the home but didn’t attack. The two Great Danes that mauled Potter were subsequently euthanized by a veterinarian as state police continue to investigate the incident, according to AP.

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Kristin Potter Pennsylvania mom killed by Great Danes pictured with fiance, Jacob Presley Fickett.

Prior personal tragedies

Brandon Zeiders, who is engaged to Potter’s sister, told Penn Live that state police believe the Great Danes might have been fighting with each other and then turned on Potter when she tried to intervene.

‘I’m heartbroken,’ the dogs’ owner Wendy Sabathne told Penn Live. ‘I’m in shock. I’m in disbelief and I just want to die. I can’t believe this happened.’

Multiple people claimed that Sabathne’s dogs had shown aggression before. Bill Keefer, Potter’s father, claimed the dogs had bitten his daughter two or three years ago.

State police Trooper Kelly Abati said there has not yet been a decision on whether Sabathne will face charges.

Potter had endured multiple tragedies in recent years, having lost both her husband and 11-year-old son, according to Penn Live.

Potter, mother-of-three, who lost her husband found love again when she met Jacob Presley Fickett. Potter was reportedly engaged to Fickett, and the couple was planning to move to Florida. One of her sons also died in a bike accident in 2020, aged just 11.

Great Danes, which can measure 32 inches tall at the shoulder, are generally considered to have a gentle temperament but have historically been used as guard dogs, according to the American Kennel Club.

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