All 49 of the 2020 dog attack human fatalities (U.S. & Canada)

The complete 2020 U.S. & Canadian dog attack death log as we know it:

Sterling Vermeer, 6, & the pit bull who killed him. Vermeer was pit bull victim #6 of 2020.

Deaths involving pit bulls

1) McKenzie Terwell, 4 months, Dayton, OH, 1-9-2020; family pit bull.

(See Deaths by pit bull: will new California law slow the mayhem?)

2) Donald W. Abner, 55, Conway, KY, 1-10-2020; Melissa Wolke charged with murder.

(Also see Deaths by pit bull: will new California law slow the mayhem? and Tyson executive bust upstages three dog attack fatalities in a week.)

3) Julian Connell, 1 month, Lafayette, IN, 1-25-2020; family pit bull; mother Jennifer Nicole Connell, 38, charged with neglect.

4) Harvey J. Harmon, 76, Attala County, MS, 1-31-2020; four family pit bulls.

5) Joshua Jadusingh, 27, Adams, MA, 2-5-2020; own two pit bulls. (Killed by neighbor using crossbow to try to save Jadusingh from pit bull attack)

(Beth Clifton collage)

6) Sterling Vermeer, 5, Oro Grande, CA, 2-10-2020; family pit bull.

(See Denver repeals pit bull ban on night that pit bulls kill two people.)

7) Devin J. White, 25, Plainfield, IL, injured 2-8-2020, died 2-10-2020; own pit bull, injured 3 others.

(Also see Denver repeals pit bull ban on night that pit bulls kill two people.)

8) Lee Alvin Becham, 76, Knoxville, GA, 2-23-2020; unwitnessed; next to pit bull yard.

9) Geraldine Hamlin, 64, Shreveport, TX, 2-27-2020; own two pit bulls.

10) Beverly Jean Dove, 60, Chipley, FL, 3-3-2020; 5 pits from neighboring property.

(See Pit bull attack deaths only slightly slowed by COVID-19 stay-home orders.)

Demi Herod Killebrew

11) Demi Marie Witherspoon, 2, Portsmouth, VA, 3-9-2020; family pit bull. Victim also known as Demi Herod Killebrew.

(See With all eyes on COVID-19, Missouri moves to undo pit bull bans.)

12) Roger James Kirk, 69, Horatio, AR, attacked 3-19-2020, died 3-26-2020 of injuries.

(See Pit bull attack deaths only slightly slowed by COVID-19 stay-home orders.)

13) Sharon Rene Baldwin, 60, Fort Worth, TX, 4-12-2020; attacked in home by rescued pit bull on March 28, 2020.

(See Pit bull attack deaths only slightly slowed by COVID-19 stay-home orders.)

(Beth Clifton collage)

14) Roxie Wright Parker, 60, Monroe, LA, 4-20-2020; killed by pit while defending Chihuahua.

15) Doris Arrington, 59, Memphis, TN, 4-22-2020; killed by four of a breeder’s pits.

16) Lisa Urso, 52, Ingleside, IL, 5-1-2020; killed by own pit bull & two French bulldogs.

17) Nancy Shaw, M.D., 62, Lyons, GA, 5-7-2020; killed by four pit bulls

18) Modesta Socorro Portes Morilla, 86, Oviedo, FL, 5-22-2020; killed by two family pit bulls raised from puppies.

Robbie Taylor

19) Robbie Taylor, 9, Mt. Vernon, AR, 5-28-2020; killed by two pit bulls belonging to neighbor Trey Edgar Wyatt, 25, who was criminally charged.

(See Wrestler Megan Milner is first Canadian pit bull fatality of 2020.)

20) Brice Sanders, 2, Stockton, CA, 6-1-2020; killed by family pit bull.

(See Wrestler Megan Milner is first Canadian pit bull fatality of 2020.)

21) Katie Amos, 70, County Club Hills, IL, 6-3-2020; killed by four pit bulls apparently belonging to Merrill W. Amos, resident at same address.

(Beth Clifton collage)

(See Wrestler Megan Milner is first Canadian pit bull fatality of 2020.)

22) Megan Milner, 38, Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, 6-9-2020; killed by own pit bull.

(See Wrestler Megan Milner is first Canadian pit bull fatality of 2020.)

23) Barbara Cook, 72, Mandeville, LA, 6-26-2020; killed by daughter’s two pit bulls.

24) Jonah Jellison, 2, Quinlan, TX, 6-29-2020; killed by neighbor’s pit bull.

25) Justin Stadel, Kamloops, BC, 6-29-2020; visitor to home killed by pit bull.

Scarlett Pereira and her father before the child was fatally mauled.

26) Donald Ryan, 62, Jeffersonville, IN, 7-1-2020; breeder killed by own pit bull.

27) Marcy Wilander, 17 months, Joliet, IL, 7-4-2020; killed by pit bull at friend’s house.

28) Scarlett Pereira, 15 months, East Providence, RI, 7-16-2020; killed by pit bull at grandparents’ house.

(See In our time, a bonneted pit bull ate Grandma & Little Red Riding Hood.)

(Beth Clifton collage)

29) Boy, seven months, Akron, OH, 8-7-2020; killed by pit bull at grandmother’s house.

(See In our time, a bonneted pit bull ate Grandma & Little Red Riding Hood.)

30) Stephen F. Pemberton Sr., 61, Belleville, IL, 8-26-2020; killed by stepson’s 2 pit bulls

(See Illinois pit bull fatality mirrors attack by HSUS rep Annie Hornish’s pit.)

31) Carolyn Varanese, 84, Margate, FL, 8-29-2020; killed by own pit bull.

(See Pit bull moonshine claims another life in the “Sunshine State”.)

Karen Wilkerson
(Facebook photo)

32) Karen Wilkerson, 76, Broken Bow, OK, 9-11-2020; killed by 2 pit bulls.

(See Will Rogers never met the pit bulls & “dog men” now terrorizing Oklahoma.)

32) Jacqueline Nicole Robinson, 32, Gray Court, SC, 9-29-2020; breeder killed by own pit bulls. Neighbor Jeffrey Kenneth Sullivan, 35, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and three counts of possession of a dangerous animal in connection with the case.

(See Pit bull advocate involved in breeding killed in South Carolina.)

Zachary Willis. (Beth Clifton collage)

34) Zachary S. Willis, 27, Moses Lake, WA, 10-8-2020; killed in female housemate’s trailer. The housemate was injured.

(See Self-defined pit bull rescuer killed by pit bull in Moses Lake, Washington.)

35) Curtis Wickham, 26, West Tulsa, OK, 10-22-2020; killed by 3 pit bulls in dispute with Benjamin Ryan Spence, 35, who was charged with murder.

(See Will Rogers never met the pit bulls & “dog men” now terrorizing Oklahoma.)

36) Erick J. Quinn, 46, Joliet, IL, 12-17-2020; killed by pit bull at friends’ house.

37) Edna Mae Patterson McGhee, 74, Tallahassee, FL, 12-20-2020; killed by 3 of 4 adult pit bulls kept by daughter Keeva McGee, who also had a litter of nine pit bull puppies.

38) Raelynn Larrison, 4 months, Dayton, OH, 12-31-2020; reportedly smothered by pit bull.

(See 2020 began & ended with pit bulls killing babies in Dayton, Ohio.)

Michelle Ocean Rae Carr.

Deaths involving German shepherds

1) Michelle Ocean Ray Carr, 2 months, Hampton, VA, 10-26-2020. Dog was identified as a “German shepherd mix.”

2) Dion Bush, 14, Ottertail, MN, 12-10-2020; killed at Lakeview Shepherds, run by mother Jennifer Bush.

Deaths involving Mastiffs

Skylar Headrich and one of the two Neopolitan mastiffs who killed her.

1) Frederick J. Shew, 71, Portland, OR, April 11, 2020; killed by own mastiff.

2) Skylar Headrich, 11, Murray County, GA, 5-31-2020; killed by two family Neopolitan mastiffs in unwitnessed basement attack.

(See Wrestler Megan Milner is first Canadian pit bull fatality of 2020.)

3) Donald Ray Allen, 65, Bascom, FL, 11-19-2020; unwitnessed pack attack, but photo of suspect dogs showed multiple Dogo Argentinos.

(Dutch Shepherd left/ Belgian Malinois right)

Deaths involving Malinois

1) Zayne Liam Rainwater Clark, six weeks, Sioux Falls, SD, 6-11-2020; killed by one of three family Belgian Malinois.

2) Deon Garcia Bush, 14, Battle Lake, MN, 12-10-2020; killed by stud dog imported from Poland in February 2020 by mother Jennifer Bush, a breeder.