PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV/Gray News) – Authorities say a Colorado woman was arrested after the death of her 76-year-old mother, who had dementia, was attributed to a dog attack.
Deputies with the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office responded Feb. 3 to a home in Colorado City on a report of an unconscious woman. When they arrived, they found 76-year-old LaVonne Hoff dead at the scene and several dogs running loose in the home. Deputies also found two dozen more dogs and seven birds in cages, KKTV reports.
Autopsy results later attributed LaVonne Hoff’s death to a dog attack, deputies said. The 76-year-old reportedly had dementia and required 24-hour care.
Detectives learned the victim’s daughter, 47-year-old Jessica Hoff, had allegedly left her mother at home alone with her dogs that day while she ran errands in Pueblo. That was when the dogs who were loose in the home attacked the victim.
A search warrant was issued on the home and on a second property Jessica Hoff had in Colorado City. Deputies say they found a total of 54 dogs and seven birds. The animals were reportedly living in unsanitary conditions, and several of the dogs were in poor health. Deputies worked with Animal Law Enforcement to seize the dogs and the birds.
Jessica Hoff was arrested on a warrant for criminal negligence resulting in the death of an at-risk adult and 54 counts of aggravated cruelty to animals, according to deputies. She was booked into the Pueblo County Jail.
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