Tanner Joshua Monk, age 7, died Sunday May 18, 2008. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 22, 2008, at Bethany Baptist Church with the Rev. Johnny Griffith officiating. Burial will be in the Breckenridge Cemetery, directed by Melton-Kitchens Funeral Home.
He was born on Aug. 30, 2000, in Abilene, Texas, to parents Ty Monk and Roxanna Fain. He was a first grader at East Elementary School.
He is survived by his mother, Roxanna Griffin of Breckenridge; his father, Ty Monk of Palo Pinto; two sisters, Cali Griffin and Lindsey Otts, both of Breckenridge; a brother, Dawson Griffin of Breckenridge; grandparents, Lawanda and Dick Kraft of Breckenridge, Randy and Theresa Griffin of Hurst and Tim and Sandra Monk of Arlington; great-grandparents, Bill and Ruby Harris of Breckenridge; great-great-grandparents, Lawanda and Gene Etheridge of Breckenridge; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
Cause of death: Young Tanner was outside playing near his home in Breckenridge Tx when he was mauled by pit-bulls that were let to run loose by careless owners.
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Pit Bulls Kill 7-Year-Old In Texas
ABILENE, Texas (CBS News) ¯ A 7-year-old boy died after he was apparently attacked by two pit bulls along a road, and deputies summoned to the scene had to shoot the dogs before they could reach him, authorities said.
A driver saw Tanner Joshua Monk lying beside a road near Breckenridge, Texas on Sunday with two dogs nearby, Stephens County Sheriff Jim Reeves said. She got out of the car to help him, but the dogs became aggressive so she called 911, he said.
Two sheriff's deputies who came to the scene shot the dogs to death when they also became aggressive toward them. The deputies then found that Tanner was dead, Reeves said in Monday's edition of the Abilene Reporter-News.
Tanner was found alone about 150 yards from his house and 50 to 75 yards from a neighbor's house where he had been playing with some friends, Reeves told The Associated Press on Monday. The two pit bulls, along with two others seized at the scene by law enforcement, belonged to those neighbors, Reeves said.
No one was arrested Sunday. Reeves said evidence probably will be presented to a grand jury following an autopsy on the boy and tests on the dogs that were killed. Apparently no one saw what happened on the road north of Breckenridge, about 125 miles west of Dallas, he said.
Child Protective Services is investigating the boy's family for possible neglectful supervision, spokesman Paul Zimmerman said Monday. He said the family had no prior history with the agency, which is required to investigate child deaths.
It was the second serious pit bull attack on a child in four days in Texas.
On Wednesday in Fort Worth, a woman's two pit bulls attacked her 2-year-old niece as she was preparing to give the child a bath, police said. The little girl was critically injured, and her aunt also was injured as she lay over the child trying to protect her, police said.
Animal control officers later euthanized the dogs.
UPDATE: 5/29/2008
2 people arrested after pit bulls kill Breckenridge boy
ABILENE — Two people face second-degree felony charges in the dog-mauling death of a 7-year-old Breckenridge child who was killed by their pit bulls, officials said.
The Stephens County Sheriff's Office arrested Jack Smith, 45, and Crystal Watson, 27. They each face a felony charge of a dog attack resulting in a death, which is punishable by 20 years in prison and a maximum $10,000 fine.
Bail for each person was set at $250,000 each. Both remain in custody.
The Abilene Reporter-News reported the arrests on its Web site Wednesday.
Seven-year-old Tanner Joshua Monk of Breckenridge died May 18 after he was attacked by pit bulls while playing outside near his rural home, authorities said.
A driver saw the boy lying dead next to a road near Hubbard Lake.
Two of the put bulls were shot on site, while two more remain at an animal shelter. A hearing is scheduled for Friday at which the dogs' fate will be decided.
UPDATE: Couple Receives 7 Years
10/11/08: Both defendants were sentenced to seven years in prison for their connection to a dog attack that killed 7-year-old Tanner Joshua Monk. Crystal Watson sobbed, "I wish I could go back to that day; I wished I'd never left." Jack Wayne Smith said, "I would trade places with that young boy anytime or with any child." His statement is at odds to the day of the fatal attack, when he asked about his dead dog, not the dead boy.
He was born on Aug. 30, 2000, in Abilene, Texas, to parents Ty Monk and Roxanna Fain. He was a first grader at East Elementary School.
He is survived by his mother, Roxanna Griffin of Breckenridge; his father, Ty Monk of Palo Pinto; two sisters, Cali Griffin and Lindsey Otts, both of Breckenridge; a brother, Dawson Griffin of Breckenridge; grandparents, Lawanda and Dick Kraft of Breckenridge, Randy and Theresa Griffin of Hurst and Tim and Sandra Monk of Arlington; great-grandparents, Bill and Ruby Harris of Breckenridge; great-great-grandparents, Lawanda and Gene Etheridge of Breckenridge; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
Cause of death: Young Tanner was outside playing near his home in Breckenridge Tx when he was mauled by pit-bulls that were let to run loose by careless owners.
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Pit Bulls Kill 7-Year-Old In Texas
ABILENE, Texas (CBS News) ¯ A 7-year-old boy died after he was apparently attacked by two pit bulls along a road, and deputies summoned to the scene had to shoot the dogs before they could reach him, authorities said.
A driver saw Tanner Joshua Monk lying beside a road near Breckenridge, Texas on Sunday with two dogs nearby, Stephens County Sheriff Jim Reeves said. She got out of the car to help him, but the dogs became aggressive so she called 911, he said.
Two sheriff's deputies who came to the scene shot the dogs to death when they also became aggressive toward them. The deputies then found that Tanner was dead, Reeves said in Monday's edition of the Abilene Reporter-News.
Tanner was found alone about 150 yards from his house and 50 to 75 yards from a neighbor's house where he had been playing with some friends, Reeves told The Associated Press on Monday. The two pit bulls, along with two others seized at the scene by law enforcement, belonged to those neighbors, Reeves said.
No one was arrested Sunday. Reeves said evidence probably will be presented to a grand jury following an autopsy on the boy and tests on the dogs that were killed. Apparently no one saw what happened on the road north of Breckenridge, about 125 miles west of Dallas, he said.
Child Protective Services is investigating the boy's family for possible neglectful supervision, spokesman Paul Zimmerman said Monday. He said the family had no prior history with the agency, which is required to investigate child deaths.
It was the second serious pit bull attack on a child in four days in Texas.
On Wednesday in Fort Worth, a woman's two pit bulls attacked her 2-year-old niece as she was preparing to give the child a bath, police said. The little girl was critically injured, and her aunt also was injured as she lay over the child trying to protect her, police said.
Animal control officers later euthanized the dogs.
UPDATE: 5/29/2008
2 people arrested after pit bulls kill Breckenridge boy
ABILENE — Two people face second-degree felony charges in the dog-mauling death of a 7-year-old Breckenridge child who was killed by their pit bulls, officials said.
The Stephens County Sheriff's Office arrested Jack Smith, 45, and Crystal Watson, 27. They each face a felony charge of a dog attack resulting in a death, which is punishable by 20 years in prison and a maximum $10,000 fine.
Bail for each person was set at $250,000 each. Both remain in custody.
The Abilene Reporter-News reported the arrests on its Web site Wednesday.
Seven-year-old Tanner Joshua Monk of Breckenridge died May 18 after he was attacked by pit bulls while playing outside near his rural home, authorities said.
A driver saw the boy lying dead next to a road near Hubbard Lake.
Two of the put bulls were shot on site, while two more remain at an animal shelter. A hearing is scheduled for Friday at which the dogs' fate will be decided.
UPDATE: Couple Receives 7 Years
10/11/08: Both defendants were sentenced to seven years in prison for their connection to a dog attack that killed 7-year-old Tanner Joshua Monk. Crystal Watson sobbed, "I wish I could go back to that day; I wished I'd never left." Jack Wayne Smith said, "I would trade places with that young boy anytime or with any child." His statement is at odds to the day of the fatal attack, when he asked about his dead dog, not the dead boy.
Tanner Joshua Monk, age 7, died Sunday May 18, 2008. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 22, 2008, at Bethany Baptist Church with the Rev. Johnny Griffith officiating. Burial will be in the Breckenridge Cemetery, directed by Melton-Kitchens Funeral Home.
He was born on Aug. 30, 2000, in Abilene, Texas, to parents Ty Monk and Roxanna Fain. He was a first grader at East Elementary School.
He is survived by his mother, Roxanna Griffin of Breckenridge; his father, Ty Monk of Palo Pinto; two sisters, Cali Griffin and Lindsey Otts, both of Breckenridge; a brother, Dawson Griffin of Breckenridge; grandparents, Lawanda and Dick Kraft of Breckenridge, Randy and Theresa Griffin of Hurst and Tim and Sandra Monk of Arlington; great-grandparents, Bill and Ruby Harris of Breckenridge; great-great-grandparents, Lawanda and Gene Etheridge of Breckenridge; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
Cause of death: Young Tanner was outside playing near his home in Breckenridge Tx when he was mauled by pit-bulls that were let to run loose by careless owners.
NEWS ARTICLES....
Pit Bulls Kill 7-Year-Old In Texas
ABILENE, Texas (CBS News) ¯ A 7-year-old boy died after he was apparently attacked by two pit bulls along a road, and deputies summoned to the scene had to shoot the dogs before they could reach him, authorities said.
A driver saw Tanner Joshua Monk lying beside a road near Breckenridge, Texas on Sunday with two dogs nearby, Stephens County Sheriff Jim Reeves said. She got out of the car to help him, but the dogs became aggressive so she called 911, he said.
Two sheriff's deputies who came to the scene shot the dogs to death when they also became aggressive toward them. The deputies then found that Tanner was dead, Reeves said in Monday's edition of the Abilene Reporter-News.
Tanner was found alone about 150 yards from his house and 50 to 75 yards from a neighbor's house where he had been playing with some friends, Reeves told The Associated Press on Monday. The two pit bulls, along with two others seized at the scene by law enforcement, belonged to those neighbors, Reeves said.
No one was arrested Sunday. Reeves said evidence probably will be presented to a grand jury following an autopsy on the boy and tests on the dogs that were killed. Apparently no one saw what happened on the road north of Breckenridge, about 125 miles west of Dallas, he said.
Child Protective Services is investigating the boy's family for possible neglectful supervision, spokesman Paul Zimmerman said Monday. He said the family had no prior history with the agency, which is required to investigate child deaths.
It was the second serious pit bull attack on a child in four days in Texas.
On Wednesday in Fort Worth, a woman's two pit bulls attacked her 2-year-old niece as she was preparing to give the child a bath, police said. The little girl was critically injured, and her aunt also was injured as she lay over the child trying to protect her, police said.
Animal control officers later euthanized the dogs.
UPDATE: 5/29/2008
2 people arrested after pit bulls kill Breckenridge boy
ABILENE — Two people face second-degree felony charges in the dog-mauling death of a 7-year-old Breckenridge child who was killed by their pit bulls, officials said.
The Stephens County Sheriff's Office arrested Jack Smith, 45, and Crystal Watson, 27. They each face a felony charge of a dog attack resulting in a death, which is punishable by 20 years in prison and a maximum $10,000 fine.
Bail for each person was set at $250,000 each. Both remain in custody.
The Abilene Reporter-News reported the arrests on its Web site Wednesday.
Seven-year-old Tanner Joshua Monk of Breckenridge died May 18 after he was attacked by pit bulls while playing outside near his rural home, authorities said.
A driver saw the boy lying dead next to a road near Hubbard Lake.
Two of the put bulls were shot on site, while two more remain at an animal shelter. A hearing is scheduled for Friday at which the dogs' fate will be decided.
UPDATE: Couple Receives 7 Years
10/11/08: Both defendants were sentenced to seven years in prison for their connection to a dog attack that killed 7-year-old Tanner Joshua Monk. Crystal Watson sobbed, "I wish I could go back to that day; I wished I'd never left." Jack Wayne Smith said, "I would trade places with that young boy anytime or with any child." His statement is at odds to the day of the fatal attack, when he asked about his dead dog, not the dead boy.
He was born on Aug. 30, 2000, in Abilene, Texas, to parents Ty Monk and Roxanna Fain. He was a first grader at East Elementary School.
He is survived by his mother, Roxanna Griffin of Breckenridge; his father, Ty Monk of Palo Pinto; two sisters, Cali Griffin and Lindsey Otts, both of Breckenridge; a brother, Dawson Griffin of Breckenridge; grandparents, Lawanda and Dick Kraft of Breckenridge, Randy and Theresa Griffin of Hurst and Tim and Sandra Monk of Arlington; great-grandparents, Bill and Ruby Harris of Breckenridge; great-great-grandparents, Lawanda and Gene Etheridge of Breckenridge; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
Cause of death: Young Tanner was outside playing near his home in Breckenridge Tx when he was mauled by pit-bulls that were let to run loose by careless owners.
NEWS ARTICLES....
Pit Bulls Kill 7-Year-Old In Texas
ABILENE, Texas (CBS News) ¯ A 7-year-old boy died after he was apparently attacked by two pit bulls along a road, and deputies summoned to the scene had to shoot the dogs before they could reach him, authorities said.
A driver saw Tanner Joshua Monk lying beside a road near Breckenridge, Texas on Sunday with two dogs nearby, Stephens County Sheriff Jim Reeves said. She got out of the car to help him, but the dogs became aggressive so she called 911, he said.
Two sheriff's deputies who came to the scene shot the dogs to death when they also became aggressive toward them. The deputies then found that Tanner was dead, Reeves said in Monday's edition of the Abilene Reporter-News.
Tanner was found alone about 150 yards from his house and 50 to 75 yards from a neighbor's house where he had been playing with some friends, Reeves told The Associated Press on Monday. The two pit bulls, along with two others seized at the scene by law enforcement, belonged to those neighbors, Reeves said.
No one was arrested Sunday. Reeves said evidence probably will be presented to a grand jury following an autopsy on the boy and tests on the dogs that were killed. Apparently no one saw what happened on the road north of Breckenridge, about 125 miles west of Dallas, he said.
Child Protective Services is investigating the boy's family for possible neglectful supervision, spokesman Paul Zimmerman said Monday. He said the family had no prior history with the agency, which is required to investigate child deaths.
It was the second serious pit bull attack on a child in four days in Texas.
On Wednesday in Fort Worth, a woman's two pit bulls attacked her 2-year-old niece as she was preparing to give the child a bath, police said. The little girl was critically injured, and her aunt also was injured as she lay over the child trying to protect her, police said.
Animal control officers later euthanized the dogs.
UPDATE: 5/29/2008
2 people arrested after pit bulls kill Breckenridge boy
ABILENE — Two people face second-degree felony charges in the dog-mauling death of a 7-year-old Breckenridge child who was killed by their pit bulls, officials said.
The Stephens County Sheriff's Office arrested Jack Smith, 45, and Crystal Watson, 27. They each face a felony charge of a dog attack resulting in a death, which is punishable by 20 years in prison and a maximum $10,000 fine.
Bail for each person was set at $250,000 each. Both remain in custody.
The Abilene Reporter-News reported the arrests on its Web site Wednesday.
Seven-year-old Tanner Joshua Monk of Breckenridge died May 18 after he was attacked by pit bulls while playing outside near his rural home, authorities said.
A driver saw the boy lying dead next to a road near Hubbard Lake.
Two of the put bulls were shot on site, while two more remain at an animal shelter. A hearing is scheduled for Friday at which the dogs' fate will be decided.
UPDATE: Couple Receives 7 Years
10/11/08: Both defendants were sentenced to seven years in prison for their connection to a dog attack that killed 7-year-old Tanner Joshua Monk. Crystal Watson sobbed, "I wish I could go back to that day; I wished I'd never left." Jack Wayne Smith said, "I would trade places with that young boy anytime or with any child." His statement is at odds to the day of the fatal attack, when he asked about his dead dog, not the dead boy.
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