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Connor Landers of Azule, Texas, was left with two dozen serious lacerations to his face, head and body after a black brindle boxer and a mixed-race bull mastiff attacked him when he escaped from a neighbor’s fence.The photos revealed Connor’s condition, his face and his arms covered in deep scratch marks that caused severe cuts and bruises.
Connor was forced to undergo reconstructive surgery for over three hours and more work was needed to repair nerve damage and the tear duct.
The dog’s owner, Patti Jean Bell-Neveling, was arrested Monday on a third-degree felony charge of assault by a dog causing serious bodily injury.
Bell-Neveling’s bond was set at $10,000 on Tuesday.
Arrest
The dog’s owner, Patti Jean Bell-Neveling, was arrested Monday on a third-degree felony charge of assault by a dog causing serious bodily injury. Bail for her was set at $10,000.
The dog involved in the attack was also euthanized last week, according to the Parker County Sheriff’s Office.
One of Connor’s neighbors had witnessed the attack on the boy after her own dogs had started barking.
“She had Connor, she was carrying him through the ditch and into his yard,” Lorena Parker told FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth.
“Every time she would take the dog out, she would turn around and go back to Connor because she was crying. It was horrible.’
Parker added that she managed to free him after fending off the dog with a stick.
“There was no thought, just doing, getting the dog off him,” she also told the network.
Connor was taken to Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas for his injuries
He was then taken to a local hospital for treatment and underwent reconstructive surgery for his injuries.
“He underwent more than three hours of surgery to repair nerve damage to his face and close more than two dozen lacerations to his face, head and body,” Connor’s mother, Cassandra Ware, said in a statement. to the police.
“Doctors anticipate that he will need several more surgeries to repair additional nerve damage to his face and to repair his tear duct.”
She also said that his son would need physical therapy to be able to write and use one of his arms again.
Connor’s mother, Cassandra Ware, said her son would need physical therapy to be able to write and use one of his arms again.
The Parker County Sheriff’s Office commended Parker for helping Connor in a timely manner and awarded him a $500 reward as compensation.
“We commend Conner’s neighbor for her bravery and her quick actions to save him,” Sheriff Russ Authier said in a statement Monday. “We are praying that Conner makes a full recovery.”
The case remains under investigation by the Sheriff’s Criminal Investigations Division.
