Horrific sight as beautiful 9 year-old girl dragged off bike, killed by 3 pit bulls

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 28 August 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

9 year-old Emma Hernandez is pulled off her bike by 3 pit bulls. Neighbors try to help by fighting off the dogs but Emma died. Joining Nancy Grace today to discuss the tragedy: Psychologist Dr. Brian Russell, Defense Attorney Jason Oshins, Former Detective Steven Lampley, Medical Examiner Dr Michelle Dupre, Animal Activist Lawyer Penny Douglas-Furr, and Crime Stories Investigative reporter Levi Page.

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0:00.0	I'm Joseph Scott Morgan.
0:01.7	I was the youngest medical legal death investigator in the country.
0:04.8	The first time I've ever made a death notification on you after that moment
0:08.6	that I was going to try to be as compassionate as I possibly could.
0:12.0	Because when families are rocked by death,
0:14.9	the only thing they really want are answers.
0:18.1	They ask how, where, it was my job as a death investigator to bring those answers.
0:26.7	Listen to Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.4	Crime stories with Nancy Grace.
0:39.9	From the police to the EMS responders to the Hernandez family itself,
0:48.0	the death of nine-year-old Emma Hernandez is one that will not soon be forgotten.
0:53.0	It was a horrifying death and a family is desperate to cope.
0:57.1	She's a very, very, very smart girl.
0:59.9	She's going to be very, very missed.
1:02.3	Emma's pictures show her to be the beautiful, fun-loving child the family describes.
1:07.9	This is her neighborhood.
1:09.1	She should be able to be free and do what every kid does.
1:12.7	Walk around, ride their bikes.
1:14.8	They shouldn't be afraid to be in their own neighborhood.
1:18.2	Today, the bicycle she rode when the dogs attacked, sat in the front lawn,
1:22.1	just behind the makeshift memorial,
1:24.0	mourners started building last night and continued today.
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