Jailed Man Charged in Fatal Pit Bull Mauling in Kentucky

Johnny Dale Lankford, 42, was charged in connection with the attack. Bell County Sheriff's Department

A Kentucky man who was in jail is accused of harboring a vicious animal after a Christmas Eve dog attack that left a woman dead and her husband hurt.

Lorriane Saylor, 66, was killed and her husband, Johnny Saylor, was hurt on Sunday morning, Dec. 24, by two pit bulls. They belonged to Johnny Dale Lankford, 42. The attack took place in Arjay, an unincorporated community and coal town in Kentucky.