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Indiana man dies from pit bull attack

Edward Cahill had given Fat Boy a bone on Christmas morning. Cahill was attacked and killed by the dog. The dog was euthanized.

By Amy R. Connolly
Cupcake, a Pit Bull, joins anti-dog fighting protesters in 2007. On Christmas morning, a 40-year-old man died when he was attacked by his pit bull named Fat Boy. The man had given his dog a bone. Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI
Cupcake, a Pit Bull, joins anti-dog fighting protesters in 2007. On Christmas morning, a 40-year-old man died when he was attacked by his pit bull named Fat Boy. The man had given his dog a bone. Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI | License Photo

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PORTAGE, Ind., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A 40-year-old man who gave his pit bull a rawhide bone as a Christmas gift was attacked and killed by the dog.

Edward L. Cahill was found dead on the living room floor with bite marks on his arms and face, the Porter County coroner said. Cahill was home alone with his two pit bulls on Christmas morning when he gave Fat Boy a bone. When his wife arrived home later in the afternoon, she found Cahill in a pool of blood and the dog nearby.

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Coroner Chuck Harris said investigators know Fat Boy attacked Cahill because the other dog was locked in a bedroom.

"He loved his dogs. That's all I can say, and I think it's something that just went wrong," Cahill's wife Blanca Rodriguez said.

Animal control officers used a Taser on the dog to control Fat Boy and remove it from Cahill's home. The dog was later euthanized.

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