Mom of North Carolina, 46, was mauled to death in a brutal attack at her own home by a pair of pit bulls she was dog sitting

A mother from North Carolina, 46, was brutally attacked and killed by two pit bulls while dog-sitting.

Trena Peed was taking her dogs out early on Thursday at 2am when they pulled her out with them into the backyard. Trena Peed recently lost two kids in vehicle tragedies that occurred two years apart.

That same night, screaming were heard by the neighbours.

When the incident occurred while Peed’s son was slept inside the house, he awoke to discover his mother had tragically died.

‘It’s dark. All I hear is her yelling and her dogs over there attacking her,’ one neighbor said.

Peed’s son was inside the home at the time of the attack, and awoke to find that his mother was dead.

Police who responded to the calls found the woman dead at her Greensboro home.

‘Early this morning, my mom was tragically taken away from us by a vicious attack from dogs,’ said the woman’s daughter, Waynesha Peed, adding: ‘My siblings, grandmother, family, & I are heartbroken at her sudden passing.’

According to accounts, one of the dogs was shot by officers there, while the other is now in the custody of animal control and in quarantine.

Following the event, the identity of the animals’ owner was unclear, and the police have not yet filed any charges.

‘Whoever the owner is, they need to come forward because they say they love my daughter. This is not showing love for her right now,’ mother Helen Harris told WFMY.

Harris had told her to stop looking after the two pit bulls only days earlier, she said.

‘It’s terrible. She got mauled to death. That’s terrible,’ said Peed’s neighbour. ‘We were real good friends. Her and my wife talked together a lot. We were just friends. It’s terrible, even if I didn’t know her at all, I don’t care who it was.’

The family is appealing for donations to help bring the woman home to bury her in Virginia, setting up a GoFundMe Page.