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March 10, 2024, 5:50 pm ET
A Nebraska mom tried to cover her bloody garments after her disabled daughter was viciously attacked by her boyfriend’s large-breed canine — and stays in custody after being arrested for obstruction alongside together with her beau.
Lillianna, 4, suffered grisly accidents that included her scalp being torn from her head when the Cane Corso Mastiff combine bit her shortly after 2 p.m. on Feb. 20. Her household has stated she’s now out of intensive care however faces a prolonged street to restoration.
Omaha Police stated the woman’s mom, Danielle Stratman, 25, tried to divert consideration away from what had occurred by altering out of her blood-soaked garments and hiding them beneath a mattress when officers responded to a name a couple of little one bitten by a canine, KETV reported.
Animal management ultimately discovered the canine, which belonged to Stratman’s boyfriend, Greg Preister, 42. The canine was voluntarily surrendered earlier than being euthanized by the Nebraska Humane Society.
“We immediately euthanized the dog and sent the tissue out for testing due to the severity of the injuries and where they were located,” Pam Wiese with NHS informed the station. “It needs to be expedited because the injuries were very close to the brain.”
A GoFundMe was launched by Lillianna’s great-aunt Kimberly Lane Koterba to assist the household cowl their intensive medical payments.
“She is 4 years old and her scalp was torn off, her cheekbone was broken, she has torn ligaments in her neck and stitches all over her body,” the fundraiser reads partly.
“She is now out of ICU but will possibly [be] having another surgery later this week. Many more to follow. She’s also going to need therapy for the trauma.”
Koterba additionally famous that Lillianna was born with spina bifida, a start defect that impacts spinal twine improvement.
As of Sunday afternoon, the GoFundMe had raised almost $8,000.
Stratman and Preister had been each arrested for obstruction. Police stated Stratman had a judge-mandated no-contact order in place prohibiting her from seeing her daughter following an arrest for little one abuse and home assault final month.
Preister, who public data present has at the least two theft convictions relationship again to 2006, was moreover cited for harboring a harmful canine and pet damaging property.
Stratman stays in custody at Douglas County Correctional Center on a $150,000 bond. Preister’s bail standing couldn’t be instantly decided.
It was not recognized if both had retained attorneys. Omaha Police didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark Sunday.
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