AN elderly woman was mauled to death by two ferocious dogs after her carer left her to wander into a neighbour’s garden.
The Italian carer is facing jail after she failed to notice that the 89-year-old Carmen Gorzanelli she was supposed to be looking after was not in bed and had wandered off.
She was then was torn apart by his two American Staffordshire terriers in her neighbour's garden.
The carer only realised what had happened when cops called about the attack in Sassuolo, of Modena last Tuesday.
The door to the villa's garden was open as a young girl who lives there was waiting for her mum to come home, it is believed that the elderly victim mixed up the two entrances.
The young girl tried to warn Carmen that the dogs were in the garden, but Carmen did not hear the warning.
The two dogs then reportedly launched themselves at Carmen, mauling her all over her body.
The young girl called the emergency services but by the time they arrived it was too late, and Carmen had died of her injuries.
Just after the incident Carmen's son, Roberto Neri, arrived at the scene and as he was initially unsure if his mother was involved after he had called the carer who insisted that his mother was in bed.
The carer was completely unaware that Carmen was not at home and only realised after Roberto called again because he was urged by the police to check on her.
The investigation is ongoing and police are reviewing CCTV footage recorded moments before the incident to establish exactly when Carmen left her house and walked into her neighbour's garden.
The carer is facing a criminal investigation if it is found that she acted negligently.
It is unclear if the owner of the two dogs is being investigated.
It comes just months after an 85-year-old was "dragged round her garden" by two pitbull-type dogsafter they rushed in through a hole in the fence of her home.
Locals said the gran, who suffered with dementia, was just days away from her 86th birthday.
And also in Italy, a was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs while she was on a romantic picnic with her boyfriend.
Simona Cavallaro, a 20-year-old Italian, died after she was attacked by the dogs in the southern Italian town of Satriano.
Cavallaro and her boyfriend, who has not been identified, had finished their picnic in the woods with a group of friends and had decided to go for a stroll, local news site Agi reports.
The couple were attacked by a pack of stray dogs whilst they were passing through a densely wooded area.
Cavallaro's boyfriend eventually got away but she was mauled by the dogs that are reported to have attacked every part of her body.
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