- Bites from two pit bull-type dogs contributed to the death of Moraima Simon on her son’s property in Alachua on March 19, 2026.
- The family previously faced an investigation after Kathleen Leto’s daughter was bitten by one of their pit bulls in Miami-Dade in April 2023.
- Two dogs involved in Simon’s death are held at Alachua County shelter pending investigation and possible euthanasia decision.
The family of a woman who died after being bitten by the family’s mixed pit bull dogs last month has a prior history of its dogs turning on their owners.
Alachua police are continuing to investigate the death of 61-year-old Moraima “Mori” Simon, whose body was found March 19 on her son’s property. Two animals were seized after police concluded Simon’s death “may have involved two bulldogs.”
“There were bite marks on the deceased, on her arms,” Alachua Police Department (APD) spokesman Thomas Stanfield told Mainstreet in a phone interview…