Did you really read the article or just the first 3 paragraphs?
She searched the house and began to fear the worst. Carissa then noticed that her front door was ajar. Confused, she found a note pinned to the door from the Lucas County dog warden with a phone number to call. Toledo Police then received a second 911 call from Carissa herself, who was calling to report a B&E (Breaking and Entering).
Just after Carissa called the police, Bernadine (Bernie) Tammarine, the fiance of Carissa's next-door neighbor, approached her. Bernie had witnessed the events that day while Carissa was at work. Bernie relayed that she had even spoken to a police officer at the time of the incident, telling him that she had seen the man inside Carissa's yard before Duke had bitten him. In a written statement, Bernie claims that she saw the man walking quickly from the open driveway gates of Carissa's home to the opposite side of the street. She heard the man say that Duke had bitten him and when she asked him where he was bitten, the man responded by saying that Duke had followed him across the street to bite him. Bernie added that, "At no time did I ever see Duke leave the yard even as the gates were open....I never remembered hearing Duke bark until I went outside and noticed this man crossing the street. Duke still remained in his yard barking profusely at this man."