We had an unfortunate incident involving runners and dogs over the weekend here in
Chicago.
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THE NEWS:
Dan Ryan Woods on the Southwest Side continued to be closed Wednesday
as animal control units from the city and Cook County continued to search
for a third dog that might have been involved in the death of one runner
and
mauling of another. Anna Cieslewicz, 48, of Evergreen Park, was mauled
to
death by a stray dog or dogs. Mary Murphy Smith, 46, of Chicago survived
the attack. Officials killed two dogs after the attacks occurred on
Sunday.
A prayer service for Cieslewicz will be at 9:45 a.m. Thursday at Kenny
Brothers Funeral Home, 3600 W. 95th St., Evergreen Park. The funeral
is at 10:30 a.m. at St. Bernadette Church, 9343 S. Francisco, Evergreen
Park.
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3rd dog sought in attack on joggers over weekend
Dan Ryan Woods to remain closed
By Amy E. Nevala, Tribune staff reporter. Tribune staff reporter Matt Walberg
contributed to this
report
Published January 15, 2003
The Dan Ryan Woods will remain closed Wednesday as city and county
animal control units and Cook Country Forest Preserve police look for a third dog they
believe may
have been involved this week in the death of one female jogger and the mauling of a
second.
The injured jogger, Mary Murphy Smith, 46, of the 8900 block of South Hamilton Avenue,
continued her
stay in the intensive care unit Tuesday at Little Company of Mary Hospital in
Evergreen Park, a
spokeswoman said.
An autopsy on the second woman, Anna Cieslewicz, 48, of the 9600 block of South Troy
Avenue,
Evergreen Park, showed she died of multiple injuries, said a spokesman from the Cook
County medical
examiner's office. "She had bite marks all over her body," he said.
Officials with Cook County animal control said they were looking for a third dog
after a
63-year-old Chicago man said he had been feeding at least three stray dogs in the
area, two of which
matched the description of dogs shot Sunday after the attacks.
Animal control officers surveyed the approximately 200-acre woods on the Far South
Side Tuesday,
capturing an adult female pit bull and a 2-month-old pit-bull mix. Both were impounded
at Chicago
Animal Care and Control, said the organization's executive director, Nikki Proutsos.
It had not been determined whether the adult female captured was the third dog
involved in the
attack, said Cook County animal control spokeswoman Caryn Stancik.
The two dogs shot Sunday when they threatened police officers investigating the
attacks appeared to
be healthy, well-maintained dogs, said Dr. Dan Parmer, head of Cook County animal
control.
"These are not wild animals. Someone has been caring for these dogs," he said. "We've
got some
irresponsible owners on our hands who let these dogs get out."
Dr. Dan Parmer, head of Cook County animal control, said it will take at least a week
for the
completion of DNA testing to determine whether the two dogs killed were involved in
the attack on
the women. Rabies
tests are expected to be complete by Friday, Stancik said.
Smith works as a nurse midwife at Illinois Masonic Medical Center, a spokeswoman at
the hospital
said.
A neighbor visiting Smith's home who declined to be identified Tuesday said Smith ran
about 6 miles
daily and has completed at least one marathon.
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