A Modesto family matriarch was killed in a tragic mauling incident involving her neighbor’s dogs on Thursday.
93-year-old Chanthy Philavong was attacked by two cane corse dogs belonging to her neighbor after the canines got loose.
Next door neighbor Jenece Dendulk said that the dogs were caught on surveillance camera at her front door before they attacked the victim.
“I recognized the dogs as our neighbor’s dogs,” she said. “All of a sudden, they take off and then I heard screaming, so I take off out the door and I hear the mom, and she’s screaming for help, and I see the grandma on the ground and the dogs have her.”
The witness recalled seeing the victim trapped between her front door and the wall when she started hurling shoes and pots at them to stop the attack.
“It was chaos, it was a matter of 80 seconds, looking back it was 80 seconds, and just like that everybody’s lives changes. It was awful,” she said.
Philavong’s grandsons ran to her rescue, dragging her inside the home. She succumbed to her injuries the following day.
The dogs’ owners were reportedly out-of-state at the time of the attack. Modesto Police are investigating the incident.
“She’s just the quietest, smileyest little old lady,” Dendulk said of the victim. “She was wonderful.”
