A female firefighter was mauled to death by her own dog, a 140-pound Mastiff which they adopted from a family member just a week earlier, according to NBC News.
Dawn Brown, 44, was found lying dead on Monday, November 11 by her husband, Bob, after he came home from work and found her at the bottom of the stairs. The Mastiff dog had bitten her neck which caused severe blood loss, according to the reports.
"He (Bob) tried first aid right away, but it was already evident that she was deceased when he got there," Lt. Pat Gengler, of the Kane County Sheriff's Office, told the station.
Medical experts say the Mastiff attacked Dawn that morning inside the home. The couple also has a Boxer and a Pit Bull mix, but they were not involved in the killing of Mrs. Brown.
"It was an extremely muscular-looking dog with a large head. Four animal control handlers were needed to contain the mastiff," Gengler told the Chicago Tribune.
The couple took in the Mastiff just last week after a relative didn't want the dog around her small kids, according to reports. The Browns have no children.
"Dawn was unique because she was one of those that connected with all of their patients and you can't say that about every paramedic," Bristol-Kendall Fire Chief Michael Kalina told KLS-TV. "She was one of those that could feel the empathy, that could feel the pain that they were going through."
