from Mike Prizy - Illinois -
We had an unfortunate incident involving runners and dogs over the weekend
here in Chicago.
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THE NEWS:
Dan Ryan Woods on the Southwest Side continued to be closed Wednesday
as animal control units from the city and Cook County continued to search
for a third dog that might have been involved in the death of one runner
and mauling of another. Anna Cieslewicz, 48, of Evergreen Park, was mauled
to death by a stray dog or dogs. Mary Murphy Smith, 46, of Chicago survived
the attack. Officials killed two dogs after the attacks occurred on Sunday.
A prayer service for Cieslewicz will be at 9:45 a.m. Thursday at Kenny
Brothers Funeral Home, 3600 W. 95th St., Evergreen Park. The funeral is
at 10:30 a.m. at St. Bernadette Church, 9343 S. Francisco, Evergreen Park.
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3rd dog sought in attack on joggers over weekend
Dan Ryan Woods to remain closed
The Dan Ryan Woods will remain closed Wednesday as city and county
animal control units and Cook Country Forest Preserve police look for
a third dog they believe may
have been involved this week in the death of one female jogger and the
mauling of a second.
The injured jogger, Mary Murphy Smith, 46, of the 8900 block of South
Hamilton Avenue, continued her stay in the intensive care unit Tuesday
at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park, a
spokeswoman said.
An autopsy on the second woman, Anna Cieslewicz, 48, of the 9600 block
of South Troy Avenue,
Evergreen Park, showed she died of multiple injuries, said a spokesman
from the Cook County medical
examiner's office. "She had bite marks all over her body," he
said.
Officials with Cook County animal control said they were looking for
a third dog after a
63-year-old Chicago man said he had been feeding at least three stray
dogs in the area, two of which
matched the description of dogs shot Sunday after the attacks.
Animal control officers surveyed the approximately 200-acre woods on
the Far South Side Tuesday,
capturing an adult female pit bull and a 2-month-old pit-bull mix. Both
were impounded at Chicago
Animal Care and Control, said the organization's executive director, Nikki
Proutsos.
It had not been determined whether the adult female captured was the
third dog involved in the
attack, said Cook County animal control spokeswoman Caryn Stancik.
The two dogs shot Sunday when they threatened police officers investigating
the attacks appeared to
be healthy, well-maintained dogs, said Dr. Dan Parmer, head of Cook County
animal control.
"These are not wild animals. Someone has been caring for these dogs,"
he said. "We've got some
irresponsible owners on our hands who let these dogs get out."
Dr. Dan Parmer, head of Cook County animal control, said it will take
at least a week for the
completion of DNA testing to determine whether the two dogs killed were
involved in the attack on
the women. Rabies tests are expected to be complete by Friday, Stancik
said.
Smith works as a nurse midwife at Illinois Masonic Medical Center, a
spokeswoman at the hospital
said.
A neighbor visiting Smith's home who declined to be identified Tuesday
said Smith ran about 6 miles
daily and has completed at least one marathon.
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