Dogs accused of dismembering elderly Florida man

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Four dogs implicated in the death of an elderly Florida man will likely be put down, reported Monday’s News 4 Jax. The tragic incident, which claimed the life of 83-year-old Michael Downing, took place on Friday afternoon in Jacksonville. Witnesses to the heartbreaking scene have stated that Downing was dismembered in the attack.

The dogs believed to be responsible for Downing’s death belong to Lephus Felton, who believes that his dogs were provoked to attack. Felton pointed to his fence yard and told Action News Jax, “It happened right here. How are they going to get him and pull him back in?” He added, “My dogs ain’t no vicious dogs. They’re vicious to protect this yard.”

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But the authorities do not believe that Downing entered Felton’s yard of his own accord – rather, it is believed that the dogs slipped beneath a hole in the fence and pulled the elderly man back into their yard where they proceeded to fatally maul him.

It is unclear which of the four mixed breed dogs was involved in the mauling, or if they all were – the dogs were taken to animal services and it is likely that they will be euthanized. Their owner may face criminal charges.

(Photos screenshots via Action Jax News)


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  1. make the owner pay bigtime also.but test the dogs out first to see if they can be found new places to live first also.sorry for the guys life.

  2. I agree, something is not right here. Dogs do not just attack. Mixed breed or not. No way in hell they are going to drag an adult man to their yard to dismember him. I think the police dept needs to put folks to work there. No seriously!!

  3. They good dogs. Sounds like others who call their murderous neighbor or their murderous son a good boy. Put the dogs and the owner DOWN!

  4. Strange that dogs would leave the yard and then drag a man back in through a hole in the fence. Something is wrong with this scenario, nobody saw or heard anything? I hope they get to the bottom of what happened.

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