{"id":3606,"date":"2025-10-15T00:17:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T00:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/3606\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T00:17:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T00:17:21","slug":"hialeah-woman-remains-hospitalized-after-being-mauled-by-sons-pit-bull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/3606\/","title":{"rendered":"Hialeah woman remains hospitalized after being mauled by son\u2019s pit bull"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">HIALEAH, Fla.  \u2014 A 57-year-old Hialeah woman is recovering after she was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2025\/07\/08\/woman-hospitalized-following-dog-attack-in-hialeah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2025\/07\/08\/woman-hospitalized-following-dog-attack-in-hialeah\/\">brutally attacked by her family\u2019s dog<\/a> while home alone Wednesday afternoon, according to her son, who says she somehow managed to call 911 during the violent mauling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2025\/07\/10\/mujer-de-hialeah-permanece-hospitalizada-tras-ser-atacada-por-el-pitbull-de-su-hijo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2025\/07\/10\/mujer-de-hialeah-permanece-hospitalizada-tras-ser-atacada-por-el-pitbull-de-su-hijo\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sumi Lliteras, described by her family as a devoted mother and caregiver, was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital\u2019s Ryder Trauma Center with severe injuries to all four limbs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The victim\u2019s son, Raul Lliteras, who owned the dog \u2014 a pit bull named Caesar \u2014 said the animal had shown signs of instability in the past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt was just very scary. The dog wasn\u2019t really in my head when I heard what happened to my mom,\u201d he said. \u201cHe was a loving dog, but he wasn\u2019t mentally stable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He said his mother was on the phone when Caesar suddenly snapped and began attacking her inside her home. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Despite being terrified and fighting for her life, she was able to call 911. Video from Sky 10 showed police and Miami-Dade Animal Services crew members responding to the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cYesterday she wasn\u2019t responsive during the day, and then she finally started talking in the afternoon,\u201d Raul said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The family says Sumi Lliteras has always put others before herself. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cShe just takes care of everyone. She takes care of me and I am a grown man,\u201d Raul said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Raul also revealed Caesar had a history of aggression.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThis is something that happened because of him. I got bit on the leg by him \u2014 my arm \u2026 top and bottom,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In the aftermath of the attack, Raul Lliteras had a message for others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIf you are going to have big dogs and dogs that you see aren\u2019t always mentally stable, be careful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Because of the dog\u2019s aggressive history, MDAS confirmed that Caesar was euthanized.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Lliteras family has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help pay for Sumi\u2019s mounting medical expenses. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">As of Wednesday evening, she remains hospitalized and is working to recover. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">If you\u2019d like to assist, you can visit the family\u2019s fundraiser by <a href=\"https:\/\/gofund.me\/10f6eb8f \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/gofund.me\/10f6eb8f \">clicking here. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2025 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HIALEAH, Fla. \u2014 A 57-year-old Hialeah woman is recovering after she was brutally attacked by her family\u2019s dog&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":{"0":"post-3606","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hialeah","8":"tag-hialeah","9":"tag-hialeah-headlines","10":"tag-hialeah-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}