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WE'RE LEARNING NEW
DETAILS TONIGHT ABOUT A
TRAGIC STORY OUT OF
DIGHTON -- WE FIRST
BROUGH YOU AS
BREAKING NEWS -- LAST
NIGHT AT 10 ON FOX
PROVIDENCE.
A LOCAL TEENAGER--
ATTACKED AND KILLED BY
THE DOGS HE WAS
CARING FOR.
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TONIGHT--
POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED
THE VICTIM AS------
FOURTEEN YEAR OLD
RYAN HAZEL OF
REHOBOTH.
WE'VE LEARNED HIS
GRANDMOTHER DROPPED
HIM OFF AT THE MAPLE
SWAMP ROAD PROPERTY
-- BUT HE NEVER CAME
BACK OUT.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER KAIT WALSH IS
LIVE AT THE SCENE- WITH
WHAT OTHER NEW
INFORMATION
INVESTIGATORS
REVEALED TODAY.
KAIT?
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THIS PROPERTY IS VERY
LARGE - WITH SEVERAL
BUILDINGS ON IT.
THE HOUSE BEHIND ME -
IS BOARDED UP - DUE TO A
FIRE EARLIER THIS YEAR -
BUT THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAID
11 DOGS HAD CRATES IN
THE BASEMENT OF THE
HOUSE.
FOUR OF THOSE DOGS -
WERE LOOSE OUTSIDE -
WHEN RYAN HAZEL WAS
FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN
THE YARD - BY A
NEIGHBOR.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A
ROUTINE NIGHT FOR 14-YEAR-
OLD RYAN HAZEL OF
REHOBOTH AT 2477 MAPLE
SWAMP ROAD IN DIGHTON.
"The victim took care of the
homeowners' dogs and other
animals on a regular basis. The
victim's grandmother waited in
the
car while Ryan took care of the
chores on the property."
BUT AFTER 45 MINUTES PASSED
- HAZEL'S GRANDMOTHER -
WHO WOULD WAIT IN THE CAR -
GOT THE FEELING SOMETHING
WASN'T RIGHT.
"She called his parents to tell
them
he had not returned to her car.
Ryan's parents, who were out of
state in New York yesterday,
immediately called a neighbor
and
asked him to check on Ryan."
THE NEIGHBOR RAN OVER TO
FIND RYAN - MAULED TO DEATH
BY DOGS.
HE FOUND THREE GERMAN
MALINOIS AND 1 DUTCH
SHEPHERD LOOSE IN THE YARD
- WITH 7 OTHER DOGS - LOCKED
UP IN CRATES INSIDE THE
BASEMENT.
ALL ELEVEN DOGS - NOW IN 10
DAYS OF QUARANTINE AT
REHOBOTH ANIMAL CONTROL.
BRISTOL COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY THOMAS QUINN SAID
THE PROPERTY OWNER 49-
YEAR-OLD SCOTT DUNMORE -
WAS IN BOSTON AT THE TIME -
BUT IS COOPERATING WITH
POLICE.
"My understanding at this time
is
that the dogs were not
licensed."
HAZEL WAS A STUDENT AT
BRISTOL-PLYMOUTH REGIONAL
TECHNICAL SCHOOL.
SUPERINTENDENT ALEXANDRE
MAGELHAES SENT A
STATEMENT SAYING IN PART,
QUOTE, "ANY STUDENT WHO
MAY NEED OR WANT HELP OR
WHO IS SCARED, CONFUSED
OR STRUGGLING TO PROCESS
THIS TRAGEDY SHOULD KNOW
THAT THAT HELP IS AVAILABLE."
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DA QUINN SAID HE
DOESN'T RECALL A DOG
KILLING A PERSON IN
RECENT HISTORY -
ADDING TO THE TRAGIC
NATURE OF THIS INCIDENT.
NEW AT 6 - WE LOOK INTO
WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE
DOGS - AND IF CHARGES
WILL BE FILED.
LIVE IN DIGHTON - I'M KAIT
WALSH - EYEWITNESS
NEWS.
AS SOON AS WE LEARN
THEM.
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NOW AT SIX --- THE DOGS
POLICE SAY ATTACKED
AND KILLED A REHOBOTH
TEENAGER LAST NIGHT,
ARE IN THE CUSTODY OF
ANIMAL CONTROL.
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TONIGHT --- POLICE ARE
CALLING IT A "TERRIBLE
TRAGEDY" ---
POLICE SAY THE TEEN
WENT TO THE DIGHTON
PROPERTY REGULARLY TO
CARE FOR THE ANIMALS
THERE --- AND WAS DOING
THAT LAST NIGHT---- WHEN
THE DOGS ATTACKED.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER KAIT WALSH
JOINS US LIVE FROM
DIGHTON WITH AN
UPDATE.
RYAN HAZEL WAS FOUND
UNRESPONSIVE THIS
PROPERTY BEHIND ME.
HIS GRANDMOTHER WAS
IN A CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY
- AND FOUR DOGS - WERE
FOUND OUTSIDE THEIR
CRATES - IN THE YARD-
WHILE 7 OTHERS WERE
FOUND IN CRATES - IN THE
BASEMENT OF THIS
HOUSE.
IN THE DARKNESS -
SILHOUETTES HUGGING -
OUTSIDE THE PROPERTY
WHERE THEIR LOVED ONE -
14-YEAR-OLD RYAN HAZEL -
WAS MAULED TO DEATH BY
FOUR DOGS - JUST HOURS
EARLIER.
"This again was very
disturbing."
BRISTOL COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY THOMAS QUINN SAID
IT WASN'T UNUSUAL FOR HAZEL
TO BE ON THE PROPERTY AT
2477 MAPLE SWAMP ROAD IN
DIGHTON - HE ROUTINELY
CARED FOR DOGS AND OTHER
ANIMALS.
BUT SOMETHING WENT WRONG
THURSDAY NIGHT.
QUINN SAID AROUND 6 OCLOCK
- HAZEL'S GRANDMOTHER
DROPPED HIM OFF - BUT AFTER
WAITING ABOUT 45 MINUTES -
SHE GOT SCARED - AND
CALLED HIS PARENTS WHO
WERE OUT OF STATE - WHO
ALERTED A NEIGHBOR.
"He eventually found Ryan lying
on
the ground in the rear yard
suffering
from traumatic injuries to
several
areas of his body."
FOUR DOGS - 3 BELIGAN
MALINOIS AND 1 DUTCH
SHEPHERD - WERE FOUND
LOOSE - 7 OTHERS WERE IN
CRATES IN THE BASEMENT.
THOSE DOGS WERE TAKEN
AWAY - AND QUARANTINED FOR
10 DAYS AT REHOBOTH ANIMAL
CONTROL.
AS FOR THEIR FUTURE...
"That's an issue for the town of
Dighton to address. Town
Council."
SOME NEIGHBORS
CONCERNED:
"If he gets to keep them, what
provisions do we get?"
THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY
IS IDENTIFIED AS 49-YEAR-OLD
SCOTT DUNMORE - WHO WAS
REPORTEDLY IN BOSTON AT
THE TIME - BUT IS
COOPERATING WITH POLICE.
QUINN SAID THE DOGS - ARE
NOT LICENSED WITH THE TOWN.
DUNMORE IS NOT FACING
ANY CHARGES AT THIS
POINT - BECAUSE THE
DA'S OFFICE SAID NO
FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED.
LIVE IN DIGHTON - I'M KAIT
WALSH - EYEWITNESS