Alba Cornelio

WOMAN MAULED BY PIT BULLS DIES AFTER THIRD AMPUTATION

December 27, 2011 (San Diego)—Emako Mendoza, 76, the Paradise Hills woman mauled by a neighbor’s two pit bulls in June, died on Christmas Eve after being hospitalized December 23 due to complications from those injuries, according to the Medical Examiner.


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