A pack of dogs killed a 36-year-old woman in North Travis County, Texas, the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Thursday.
Wednesday, someone who went to the property to feed the dogs found the body of Erin McCleskey, 36, near Parmer Lane, northeast of Austin. McCleskey was a process server who went there to serve civil papers, said Sheriff’s Office spokesman Roger Wade.
Animal Protection officers impounded six dogs that were on the property, most of which appeared to be Labrador/Great Pyrenees mixes, the release said. They also found 14 puppies. Austin city spokeswoman Patricia Fraga said records from all area animal centers showed no prior animal complaints involving the property or dogs.
The case will likely be labeled an accidental death and the owner of the dogs will probably not face charges, said Sheriff’s Office spokesman Roger Wade.
“If the homeowner’s not there and doesn’t sic the dogs on them, I don’t know what charges would be filed,” he said.
He said the dogs were loose on the property, but apparently belonged to the property owner, who had been out of town over a month and left a caretaker in charge of feeding them.
The Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office is still in the process of investigating McCleskey’s cause of death, according to the release.
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