City euthanizes pitbull in Greektown attack of elderly woman

BALTIMORE, MD -- The dog that mauled a 78-year-old woman in Greektown was euthanized Tuesday. 
Athina Neofitou was walking to a mailbox on Ponca Street Friday evening, when Blue, a one-year-old pit bull bit her.

Doctors had to reconstruct part of the victim's face.

Owner Henriett Rouzer tells ABC2News that the dog was euthanized by the city Animal Control Tuesday.

Neighbors tell us that the dog was not on a leash.

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