Shocking new details have emerged about the agonizing final moments of young Arizona motherviciously mauled to death by a pack of dogswhile trying to shield her 6-year-old son.
Emily Panuco, 26, was killed at her mother’s home in Big River, Calif., on the Arizona border by a dog previously abandoned by a neighbor, along with Heeler mix named “Dipstick” and another mutt, her family revealed to The Post.
Emily’s mom “was trying to do a good thing” when she took in the wayward dog — which would later kill her daughter and wound her grandson, the victim’s brother said.
“She would leave food out because she loved dogs,” said Daniel De Leon, 23, speaking about his mother on Wednesday from Emily’s home in Parker, Ariz..
Emily’s mother was not home at the time of the savage attack and arrived back home to find the grisly scene.
“It was horrific for her,” said Emily’s mother-in-law, Esther Panuco, 59.
The tragic incident unfolded on Feb. 27, when Emily took her son Jesse to visit a litter of puppies at his grandmother’s home as a “treat” for the boy, her family said.
The week-old pups were being kept in a cardboard box near the front door of the home when Jesse went over to pet them, authorities said.
That’s when the three dogs descended on the young boy, leading a frantic Emily to jump in to try to protect him.
She suffered several lethal bite wounds and died at the scene, while Jesse sustained two severe bites and survived.
Source: California Post – Breaking California News, Photos & Videos
