A Colorado woman with over 50 dogs is due in court after some of them attacked and killed her mother

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado pistillate is owed successful tribunal this week aft authorities said immoderate of her implicit 50 dogs attacked and killed her 76-year-old mother.

Jessica Hoff, 47, was arrested Friday successful transportation with the February decease of LaVonne Hoff, who had dementia and required 24-hour care, according to the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office.

The bureau said Jessica Hoff near her parent astatine location unsocial successful Colorado City, 140 miles (225 kilometers) southbound of Denver, portion she did errands Feb. 3. Later that day, deputies recovered LaVonne Hoff unconscious and respective dogs moving escaped on with astir 2 twelve different dogs and 7 birds that were successful cages, the sheriff's bureau said.

A hunt of the location and different spot owned by Jessica Hoff adjacent recovered a full of 54 dogs, respective of them successful mediocre health. The dogs and birds were recovered successful unsanitary conditions and were seized by carnal control, the sheriff’s bureau said.

Jessica Hoff, who was successful jailhouse Monday, was scheduled to look successful tribunal Thursday. Prosecutors person not filed ceremonial charges against her, according to tribunal records. She is being represented by a lawyer from the nationalist defender's office, which doesn't remark connected its cases to the media.