Dacula Dog Mauling Leads Prosecutor To Seek Manslaughter Charges

DACULA, GA — Gwinnett County prosecutors say they will seek manslaughter charges against a couple who owned three pit bulls that mauled a woman who died in November from injuries she suffered in the attack.

District Attorney Danny Porter told WSB-TV that his team will seek a grand jury indictment for felony involuntary manslaughter charges against the dog owners.

“We don't really know where we will be or a resolution," Porter told WSB, "but we are moving forward with felony charges."

Gwinnett County Police officers were dispatched to the 3000 block of Luther Wages Road on the morning of September 16. Lorena Cordova, 47, of Dacula, had been dragged into some woods by three pit bulls and mauled.

David and Vickie Clark were charged with reckless conduct at the time and the dogs put down, according to CBS 46.

Cordova survived for two months, but the injuries and infections were too much to overcome and she died just before Thanksgiving.

The victim's family says the neighbors three pit bulls had been a constant problem and had bitten other family members prior to the fatal attack.

Cordova's daughter, Ingrid Alvarado, was there the day of her mother's brutal mauling and honked her horn and screamed at the dogs, but couldn’t get them off of her mom, according to media reports at the time.

“I thought they were going to attack me too,” Alvarado said.

She finally got her mom into the car and help arrived. Cordova survived two months in a medically induced coma before dying, according to WSB-TV.

Cordova has three children and a husband, according to a GoFundMe account.

"She also has a very young granddaughter who worships her" the fund summary says. "All of these children rely on Lorena for emotional and financial support."

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