BALTIMORE, Maryland -- Police said a Maryland woman is dead after she was mauled to death by a pit bull she adopted just two weeks earlier.The woman has been identified as 64-year-old Robin Conway.On Monday, authorities were dispatched to Conway's home on Tamar Drive after reports of the attack.The incident happened when Conway took the dog out for their evening walk.According to WMAR, when she didn't return, her family got worried.Conway's husband looked outside and found her lying in the backyard with the dog standing over her.The family quickly tied the dog to a fence post and called 911.After officers arrived, Conway was pronounced dead at the scene.After attempts to subdue the dog failed, he was euthanized.It was a tragedy for the family, especially because Conway's sister Susan LeClair said she loved animals. "She was in love with that dog," LeClair told WMAR . "And she is in love with animals -- Robin ... loved animals, all kinds of animals. I was the one that wimped out. She was the one who said, 'oh I'll take the fish off the hook."<doc-sep>Hide Transcript Show Transcript WEBVTT BULL MIX. >> HER HEART WENT OUT TO THE STOCK, SHE SAID MY HEART GOES OUT TO THIS DOG AREA -- DOG. BARRY: FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE REMEMBERING ROBIN CONWAY. POLICE GOT A CALL THAT SHE HAD BEEN MAULED A A PIT BULL. IT HAPPENED IN THE BACKYARD. >> THIS WAS WHEN ANIMAL SHE THOUGHT SHE COULD SAVE, ONE ANIMAL THAT NEEDED TO BE RESCUED. AND THE ANIMAL UNFORTUNATELY KILLED HER. BARRY: HER FAMILY SAID THAT WHEN HER HUSBAND DISCOVERED HIS SERIOUSLY INJURED WIFE, THE DOG WAS STILL STANDING OVER HER. THE HUSBAND CALLED 911 AND TIED THE DOG TO A FENCE POST. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE, WHILE TIED UP, THE DOG CONTINUED BARKING AT MUNGING. >> THE DOC WAS NOT ADOPTED LOCALLY. APPARENTLY SHE GOT HIM FROM OUT OF STATE. HE IS A PIT BULL AND AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT, HE HAD TO BE EUTHANIZED. BARRY: TWO WEEKS AGO CONWAY BROUGHT THE DOG HOME AND BEGAN PROVIDING FOSTER CARE. >> THEY WERE GREAT AND I HAVE FRIENDS WHO HAVE BEEN OWNERS OF PITBULL MIXES AND THEY WERE GREAT. SO THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG OBVIOUSLY WITH THIS PARTICULAR DOG. THAT IS NOT TO BE TAKEN AS SOMETHING TO BE HELD AGAINST ALL PIT OLD MIXES OR PITBULLS BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME LOVELY ONES OUT THERE. BARRY: POLICE TELL US THEY WILL BE TESTS CONDUCTED ON THE DOG TO CHECK FOR RABIES OR OTHER MEDICAL ISSUES. THERE WAITING FOR AUTOPSY RESULTS FROM THE MEDICAL EXAMINER TO CONFIRM THE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR ROBIN CONWA Advertisement Police: Columbia woman reportedly mauled to death by dog Share Shares Copy Link Copy A woman was mauled to death by a dog she adopted two weeks ago, Howard County police said.County police said officers were called to a house Sept. 3 on Tamar Drive for a report that a woman had been mauled to death by what police described as a pit bull. Officers found Robin Conway, 64, dead in her backyard with significant injuries. The cause of Conway's death will be determined in an autopsy by the state medical examiner. A family member reported that Conway's husband found her injured in their yard around 7:20 p.m. with the dog standing over her. He called 911 and tied the dog to a fence post. Police and paramedics were called and pronounced Conway dead at the scene. The dog, still attached to the post, was barking and lunging on the leash and had to be subdued by animal control officers and ultimately euthanized. A necropsy will be performed to determine if the dog had rabies or any other medical issues. "All we know at this point is that the dog was not adopted locally. Apparently she got it from out of state. He is a pit bull. And unfortunately, as a result of this incident, he had to be euthanized," said Sherry Llewellyn, of the Howard County Police Department. "This is one animal she thought she could save. An animal that needed to be rescued. (And that) animal unfortunately killed her," said her sister Susan Eve LeClair.There have been no previous calls to animal control related to the address. "They were great. I have friends that have been owners of pit bull mixes and they were great. So there was something wrong obviously with this particular dog that is not to be something to be held against all pit bulls, because there are some lovely ones out there," LeClair said.Police do not have information about the dog's adoption except that it came from out of state.Also on WBALTV.com:<doc-sep>
A Maryland woman was mauled to death by a pit bull she’d adopted only two weeks before, according to local reports. Robin Conway, 64, gave the pup a home and “was in love with [the] dog,” her sister, Susan LeClair, told WMAR-TV. “She is in love with animals,” LeClair said. “The dog, apparently, went after her.” Conway had taken the pooch out for a walk Monday evening but her husband began to worry when it started to get dark and she still hadn’t returned. He went out to the back yard and that’s where he found the pit bull, standing over his wife’s body, police said. Conway’s husband was able to tie the raging dog to a fence post, and authorities said that when they arrived, he was still “lunging and barking.” The dog was later euthanized. “My sister was an animal person. My sister was a caring person. When we went to make service arrangements, the person said, ‘Wow, she had hundreds, and hundreds, and hundreds of friends,’” LeClair told FOX 5. “Robin gave her time and gave herself to the animals. She was wonderful.” Conway had adopted pit bull mixes in the past, and her sister said the actions of one dog shouldn’t determine the outlook on a whole breed. “They have been lovely, lovely dogs. It was obviously something wrong with this dog, but that’s not to be construed as all pit bulls are bad and I know Robin wouldn’t want that,” LeClair said. Authorities said they don’t have any information about the dog’s adoption other than it was out of state. They are still working to determine Conway’s exact cause of death and are looking into whether the dog had rabies.