Two young children are dead and their mother is in a coma after two family dogs attacked a baby and toddler outside their West Tennessee home.
The family's Memphis-area home was the site of a mauling on Thursday.
The family of Kirstie Bennard told USA TODAY Saturday that she was critically injured when she tried to intervene in the attack on her two children.
Bennard's uncle said that she put her body on top of Lilly to protect her from the attackers. The dogs attacked her while she lay on Lilly.
When officials arrived at the home, they found the two children dead.
The mother was in a critical condition.
She has left the hospital.
Colby Bennard was not home at the time of the attack.
SCSO detectives are on scene at the 700 block of Sylvan Road near Shelby Forest State Park, where at about 3:30 pm two family dogs attacked a 2-year-old girl, a 5-month-old boy, and their mother in the home. The children were pronounced deceased on the scene. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/2IzlBedyjs
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It wasn't immediately clear what caused the attack.
According to John Morris, the public information officer for the sheriff's office, the case was still ongoing and active. He didn't say if charges had been filed in the case.
It lasted about 10 minutes.
On Friday, he posted a link to a raise money for the family.
The dogs were put down at Memphis Animal Services.
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The mother's best friend told Fox News that Cheech and Mia were owned by the family for more than eight years.
Canfield told the outlet that the children were her world and that she wouldn't have had those dogs near her kids.
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Two children are dead and a mother is hospitalized after a dog attack.
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