ENFIELD, Conn. — *Editor's Note: The video above aired on November 8, 2019.*
A Connecticut Superior Court judge has rejected a request to return to its family a dog that killed a 95-year-old woman.
The Journal Inquirer newspaper reports that Judge Matthew Budzik issued the ruling Friday and also rejected a request from Neil and Annie Hornish of Suffield to resume visitation with Dexter, a pit bull-pointer mix.
The dog was ordered euthanized after it attacked and mortally wounded Janet D’Aleo, of Enfield, during a visit to the Hornish’s home on Nov. 6, 2019.
The dog had been involved in two previous biting incidents, according to police.
The couple is awaiting the outcome of an appeal to the state Department of Agriculture and Dexter remains housed at the River Valley Animal Center in Suffield.
A lawsuit alleges that Hornish and her husband Neil knew of the dog’s propensity to attack, and did not warn D’Aleo and did nothing to restrain the dog.
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