ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Over a month after a dog attack in Albuquerque left a woman with life-threatening injuries, the city has seized those dogs and arrested their owner as police now investigate a death at the home.
“They should not have been in that yard; they should not have been in that lady’s custody,” said Celestina Richards in response to the arrest of Christina Thompson on Thursday. She is now facing hundreds of animal abuse charges.
This comes a month after Richards’ daughter was nearly killed in a dog attack at Thompson’s home near Central and Atrisco after crossing into the backyard of the home.
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“She is doing better, but mentally, I don’t know if she’ll ever be the same because that’s a lot for anybody to go through,” said Richards.
Last month, the city confirmed that there have been at least five complaints about the property. News 13 learned the city tried to remove the dogs in September but were unable to.