Police said they discovered several inconsistencies in the story a Jewett City woman and her boyfriend told about a brutal dog attack in Plainfield on Saturday.
It was determined that the dog did not lunge at the woman from the woods like she previously said. Police said the attack happened in the woman’s own home.
The 21-year-old woman, Jade Santiago, said she was walking with her boyfriend, Nicholas Guarneri, on South Walnut Street in the Wauregan section of Plainfield when she said a dog they didn't recognize lunged from the woods.
The woman went to the local hospital and was transferred to Hartford Hospital after treatment so a specialist could take a look at her face.
Police said they spent part of Monday canvassing the neighborhood, trying to locate the dog and were unable to find any evidence consistent with what was reported. They were also unable to find any witnesses.
After viewing the media interviews with the woman and her boyfriend, police said they noticed several discrepancies and determined that the attack happened in the victim’s house in Wauregan and the dog was another resident’s pet.
The dog, a brindle pit bull, was found in Sterling and is being quarantined at the Plainfield Animal Control facility.
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Police said they are continuing to investigate.
