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“Fear thy Neighbor”––with our help––explores murders of Hansman family

August 20, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

ANIMALS 24-7 details our investigation of dog attack,  possible horse racing grudge,  & the killings of Harper & Guy Hansman by dog owner Ronald DelSerro PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida;  TORONTO,  Ontario––The July 2020 ANIMALS 24-7 investigation of the murders of 11-year-old Harper Hansman and her father Guy Alexander Hansman,  55,  helps to frame the narrative […]

Filed Under: Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horse racing, Screen industry Tagged With: Guy Hansman, Harper Hansman, Larry Hansman, Merritt Clifton, Monique Hansman, Ronald Delserro, Sandra DelSerro

Cleveland pit bull owner fatally shoots attack victim who complained

September 17, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Cleveland killing follows killings of dog attack victims who complained in Port St. Lucie and Indianapolis CLEVELAND, Ohio––Irate pit bull owner Johnny Hogue,  80,  on September 16,  2020 pleaded “not guilty” to aggravated murder in Cuyahoga County Court,  not quite two full days after killing neighbor Barbara “B.J.” Rogers,  68,  with multiple close-range gunshots to […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, USA Tagged With: Angela Summers, Anita Marie Kirk, Barbara Rogers, Harper Hansman, Johnny Hogue, Kelly Kennedy, Merritt Clifton, Ronald Delserro, Tony Cushingberry-Mays

“We’re not just the family who got murdered over the dog.”

September 11, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Monique Hansman & surviving children try to rebuild their lives             PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida––Behind every story of a fatal or disfiguring dog attack is a story of injustice that will be suffered by the victims and survivors for the rest of their lives even if the physical scars heal. Usually the attacks occur because […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, USA Tagged With: Gregory Oravec, Guy Hansman, Harper Hansman, Merritt Clifton, Monique Hansman, Ronald Delserro, Sandra DelSerro

Girl, 11, & father killed over a bull mastiff? Race horses involved too?

July 12, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Former thoroughbred owner shot son & granddaughter of renowned jockey & racing judge PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida—Why did Ronald John Delserro,  82,  on July 6,  2020 fatally shoot two of his longtime Port St. Lucie neighbors,  11-year-old Harper Hansman and her father Guy Alexander Hansman,  55? Was Delserro’s grievance only because the Hansman family brought […]

Filed Under: Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Racing Tagged With: Guy Hansman, Harper Hansman, Larry Hansman, Merritt Clifton, Mike Burgwin, Monique Hansman, Ronald Delserro, Will Greenlee

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