A Colorado lady was thrown behind bars final week after her dementia-stricken mom was discovered mauled to demise in a house the place 54 canines had been operating amok.
Jessica Hoff, 47, was arrested by the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Workplace Friday, greater than a month after 76-year-old LaVonne Hoff was discovered useless within the house they shared.
Her battered physique was found after police had been known as to the Colorado Metropolis house following reviews of an unconscious lady, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned in an announcement.
Responding officers reported that a number of canines had been operating unfastened round her physique — and that there have been dozens extra all through the home, together with seven chicken cages.
“Detectives realized that whereas LaVonne Hoff was left alone, she was attacked by the canines that had been unfastened within the house,” police mentioned, citing an post-mortem report that decided she died from a canine assault.
LaVonne had dementia so extreme that she required 24-hour care, and investigators alleged that her daughter left her alone with the animals when she went out to a retailer.
A search of the house and of a second property owned by Jessica Hoff discovered that she was retaining 54 canines and 7 birds, most of which had been allegedly uncared for.
“The canines and birds had been discovered dwelling in unsanitary situations and several other of the canines had been sick,” police mentioned.
The animals had been later seized by county animal assets.
The youthful Hoff has been booked into the Pueblo County Jail.
She was charged with prison negligence leading to demise of an at-risk grownup, together with 54 counts of aggravated cruelty to animals for every of the canines situated within the house.
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