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SPOKANE, Washington (The Spokesman-Review) — The lady who was discovered lifeless final week with accidents believed to have been brought on by her canine as an alternative died from coronary heart illness, based on the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The medical expert’s workplace decided 65-year-old Carol Streit’s explanation for demise was from an arrhythmogenic proper ventricular cardiomyopathy, a illness during which fatty tissue replaces elements of the guts muscle, inflicting the guts to turn into weaker over time.
Streit was situated together with her pit bull-mix canine on Dec. 13 shortly after 4 p.m. in a subject southwest of East Buckeye Avenue and North Custer Road, the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office mentioned in a information launch. A caller reported a lady mendacity face down subsequent to a canine “with blood on its body.”
The canine was appearing “protective” and “aggressive,” which prevented deputies and medical personnel from assessing her situation, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
Deputies finally coaxed the animal away from Streit and decided she was lifeless on scene.
Streit’s pants have been pulled down beneath her waist and he or she was carrying solely a sports activities bra. Her arms have been injured so badly that bone was uncovered, courtroom data mentioned, and her proper hand was lacking.
The accidents deputies believed have been brought on by Streit’s canine occurred after demise, the medical expert’s workplace mentioned, referring to it as “postmortem animal predation.”
It by no means contributed to her demise, however her demise was “sudden,” the workplace mentioned.
The canine is being held at Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service pending additional investigation, based on the sheriff’s workplace. County spokesperson Pat Bell mentioned the canine has no chunk historical past. Streit adopted the canine in October from SCRAPS.
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