Police are unsure if a crime has been committed because the animals were livestock: "If it was a pit bull [dog] … then we would know the answer right away."

A 75-year-old woman was found dead on the front porch of her home and police are investigating whether it was the result of an attack by pigs from a neighbor’s residence, reports say. Pataskala Police Chief Bruce Brooks identified the victim as Rebecca Westergaard,

An Ohio woman was mauled to death and partially eaten by her neighbor’s pigs, police said. The 75-year-old woman was attacked on Christmas Day in Pataskala, police chief Bruce Brooks said. Police were called to perform a welfare check on Rebecca Westergaard after she did not arrive as planned at her niece’s home.