"Few cases have shocked San Francisco like the mauling that took place at 2398 Pacific Avenue on Jan. 26, 2001. Just a few days shy of her 34th birthday, Whipple was returning home from the grocery store when she was attacked by two Presa Carnarios owned by their neighbors, lawyers Robert Noel and Marjorie Knoller. Around the apartment building, the massive and aggressive animals had gained the nickname "dog of death.""
"Whipple was so badly mauled that almost all of her body was covered in wounds by the time anyone could help her. She died of her injuries, and Noel and Knoller were taken into custody on suspicion of second-degree murder. The case only got stranger from there as the lawyers' strange personal life spilled into the public: They were taking care of the dogs on behalf of their client, a 38-year-old member of the Aryan Brotherhood serving a life sentence."
"In addition to taking in his dogs, the attorneys adopted the adult felon. Police said they believed they were selling attack dogs to drug dealers. Emotions in the Bay Area were so high around Whipple's death that the case had to be moved to Los Angeles. Noel, who was not present at the time of the attack, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter."
Marjorie Knoller was denied parole for the third time; she will be 73 when next eligible. The 2001 mauling occurred at 2398 Pacific Avenue when Diane Whipple was returning from the grocery store and was attacked by two Presa Canarios owned by neighbors Robert Noel and Marjorie Knoller. Whipple suffered wounds covering almost all of her body and died of her injuries. Noel and Knoller were arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder. The attorneys had adopted an Aryan Brotherhood member's dogs and police suspected they sold attack dogs to drug dealers. Knoller was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 15 years to life.
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