According to the police department and the coroner’s office, the woman who was viciously mauled by dogs in Mississippi earlier this month passed away on Friday morning while in the hospital.
Lakesha Newsom was attacked by dogs on March 3 while walking along Highway 178 in Holly Springs, Mississippi.
She had to have an arm and a leg amputated while in the hospital due to the severity of her injuries.
For three weeks, Newsom had been battling for her life at Regional One Health in Memphis.
The dogs’ owner, Sandra Harris, 54, has been charged with aggravated assault and manifesting extreme indifference to Human Life.
