Kentucky woman charged with murder in attack on man with her pit bull
01/13/2020 9:54 am PST
via WGHP:
CONWAY, Ky. (WGHP) -- A woman allegedly attacked a man and sicced her pit bull on him, Kentucky State Police say.
Melissa Wolke, 38, is charged with murder and faces other charges.
Police responded to a home on Pug Lane in Conway on Friday where they found Wolke allegedly on top of 55-year-old Donald W. Abner. Police say she was punching him and telling her dog to attack him.
Officers used a Taser to get the woman off him, WTVQ reports. When she refused to call off the dog, police shot and killed the animal. Abner was pronounced dead at the scene.
Autopsy results are pending.
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