Overview
- Deputies found 38-year-old Barbara Hunter Brewington severely injured outside her Sampson County home on Nov. 23 shortly before 6:30 p.m.
- Sheriff Jimmy Thornton said evidence indicates she intervened to separate the stray from her smaller dog during the attack.
- Brewington was home alone and managed to get her small dog safely inside before succumbing to her injuries at the scene.
- Deputies euthanized the attacking dog on the property as detectives and animal control processed the scene.
- An obituary and family fundraiser identify Brewington as a mother of three and a dental assistant at Village Family Dental.