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  • A gruesome death has occurred at a home in Long Island, NY.
  • An elderly woman was mauled to death by the family pet.
  • The dog was still biting her when she was found.

A gruesome death occurred on Long Island, New York. A 70-year-old woman was mauled to death by her family pet, a pit bull that belonged to her son. When her husband arrived home and found the gruesome scene, the dog was dragging her through the backyard.

Marina Verriest, of Long Island, was killed when her family’s pit bull brutally attacked her at her home in Albertson on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 27, according to police quoted by the New York Post.

Marina Verriest was devoured by her stepson’s pit bull

Chilling scene: she died devoured by her pitbull

Marina Verriest’s husband returned home from work at about 1 p.m. to discover the 7-year-old dog dragging his wife’s mutilated body through their backyard, according to Nassau County police and officials.

It is not clear when the attack began, but police said that when the husband arrived at the house, «the dog was still eating on the body.» The horrified man immediately called the police, and when officers arrived, the pit bull turned and lunged at the first officer to enter the scene.

Terrifying moment when husband saw his wife was mauled by pit bull

Disturbing moment when husband saw how the victim was eaten by his pit bull

The officer quickly drew his weapon, shot and killed the pit bull that attacked the elderly woman. Before long, emergency medical teams arrived at the home to evaluate Verriest, but she was pronounced dead. The terrible wounds made by the dog were lethal.

The officer who shot the dog is now receiving treatment at the hospital for trauma after witnessing the awful carnage in the yard, the New York Post report said on Wednesday night. The outlet did not specify the identity of the husband of Marina Verriest.

“There was a lot of mutilation”

“There were many mutilations”
Screenshot from video posted by ABC7 NY

“The scene was pretty horrific. We don’t know what time the attack took place but there was obviously a lot of mutilation on the body and the arm, the face, the legs,» Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said at a press conference quoted by the Post.

«The officer saw something that was very traumatic, we take care of our officers and make sure they’re OK,» he said. The pit bull belonged to the couple’s stepson who was killed in a motorcycle accident a few weeks ago. That stepson had been living in the house and police believe the dog had been part of the family his entire life.

A young man was also killed by his pet

A young man also died attacked by his pet
Reference photo: Shutterstock

«We don’t know what turned the dog or why the dog turned on the woman,” he said. “There had been no previous domestic calls to the home or calls regarding the dog,» Commissioner Patrick Ryder said. Police do not believe any criminal offense occurred in the tragic incident, the New York Post concluded.

In another case, authorities reported that Elliot Senseman, 27, died Sunday, July 24, after being strangled by his pet, an 18-foot-long boa constrictor that coiled around his neck at his home in Pennsylvania.

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