Deann Stephenson walked to the corner store near her home in Porter almost every day until Feb. 15, when her family says four dogs that belong to a neighbor escaped their front yard and bit her to death.
The midday incident happened about a year after the family moved to the area for a fresh start: A new home, church and friends.
“I’m devastated,” said Stephenson’s husband, Bruce Clark. “They took everything. I got nothing.”
Clark is disabled and Stephenson was also his caretaker. He said they have two children together.
“She was a really great person,” said Stephenson’s son, Keaton Clark. “I believe my mom deserves justice. … I think she would want me to fight for her.”
The family hired Patrick O’Hara, who has represented many dog attack victims in Montgomery County. The family said the dogs who attacked Stephenson had previously attacked other neighbors, including a child.
“And still, no criminal charges have been filed against the dog owner. This is horrific, these dogs should have been put down years ago,” O’Hara said.
Stephenson survived the initial attack, the family said, but was declared dead at Kingwood Hospital.
I Googled about dogs who attack or known to attack and found that the dogs have more rights than people!! My brother and his family live outside the city limits of Livingston in a subdivision and their neighbor across the street has 5 Bulldogs that are all dangerous and try to attack everyone and the law will do nothing until they actually attack!! My sister-n-law was chased all the way into the house and the door and by the time she got it shut one of them hit the door!! They were growling and on attacked a man who fought the one off after being bitten once and he shot it and got a ticket for it because he didn’t…