Woman who committed suicide by dog attack had alcohol, cocaine and marijuana in her system when she climbed into their enclosure on purpose to get mauled

The 22-year-old mother who was mauled to death in a December dog attack in Michigan had alcohol and drugs in her system at the time of her death. 

Rebecca Hardy of Port Huron was found in the yard of a 10th Street residence on December 3 with extensive injuries to her face and neck. She died later in hospital and her death was ruled a suicide. 

The city's Chief Medical Examiner, Dr Ljubisa Dragovic, ruled that Hardy, who had an 18-month-old daughter named Molly, had taken off her shoes, climbed the fence to the backyard and 'basically subjected herself to the attacks, which constitutes a purposeful act,' reported the Times Herald. 

Hardy's toxicology results that Dragovic released Friday found that she had a .23 blood alcohol level, marijuana and cocaine in her system at the time of her death.

Rebecca Hardy had an 18-month-old daughter, Molly (pictured with her on Facebook), when she died on December 3. Her death was ruled a suicide and alcohol and drugs were found in her system

Hardy's fiance, Matthew Grattan (pictured with her) said he doesn't believe she would have knowingly entered an enclosure to be torn apart by two dogs

Hardy's fiance, Matthew Grattan, appears to be still grieving her tragic death. He wrote the above message on Facebook earlier this week

'All of the intoxicants were taken before that time, but how long and when in relation to the actual happening, I can't tell,' Dragovic told the Detroit Free Press.  

Hardy's fiance, Matthew Grattan, appears to be still grieving her tragic death. 

'Dreamt (sic) of her last night.woke up to the nightmare of reality,' Grattan wrote on Facebook January 6. 

In response to the medical examiner's findings of Hardy's toxicology results, Grattan wrote on Facebook: 'Yes iv (sic) read the paper and seen what it said.if you have nothing nice to say keep your f***ing comments to yourself.or better yet...come say some dumb s*** to my face and see what you get for being a inconsiderate f***!'

The deadly dog attack involved a pit bull and a pit bull-husky mix. 

Dragovic said, according to the Detroit Free Press: 'These were attack dogs. These were vicious dogs in an enclosed space.

Grattan admitted at the time of her death that the two got into an argument before Hardy left the house, but he says he doesn't believe she would have knowingly entered an enclosure to be torn apart by two dogs

Police sealed off the scene (pictured) after the attack. The owner of the dogs was questioned but not charged 

In response to the medical examiner's findings of Hardy's toxicology results, Grattan wrote the above message on Facebook Friday afternoon

'She obviously was aware of that, because she climbed over the fence to subject herself to this threat.'

Grattan admitted at the time of her death that the two got into an argument before Hardy left the house, but he says he doesn't believe she would have knowingly entered an enclosure to be torn apart by two dogs.

'I, in no way, shape or form, believe that she was looking to hurt herself on that day,' he told the Times Herald. 'She had a little girl … She wanted us to be a family.' 

However, Dragovic, concluded that there had been evidence that Hardy had been thrown out of her home before the attack.

She also said in an interview that Hardy had a history of trying to commit suicide, according to the Detroit Free Press. 'It's a sad story, but these are the facts,' she said.

The attack, on December 3, came just one day after a four-year-old boy was killed by four other pit bulls in Detroit. 

Since the attack on a child in Detroit, there have been calls to ban pit bulls, but Hardy's fiance, Matthew Grattan, wrote an impassioned plea on Facebook (above) saying a ban on the entire breed would be 'stupid'

Since then there have been repeated calls in the city to ban the breed.

But Hardy's fiance wrote on Facebook two days after Hardy was killed: 'Your stupid ban wont (sic) bring my beautiful fiancee back. When are you people gonna learn, its not the breed, its the people that teach them. I know countless pit bulls that would never hurt a fly.'

Hardy is said to have climbed the fence of the dog owner's home around 4.45pm.

A witness saw her being attacked and tried to rescue her, but was unsuccessful and went into the house to ask the dogs' owner for help. 

The owner was able to eventually free Hardy and give aid to her until emergency responders arrived.

The owner, who police say was cooperative, has not been charged with any crime.

Grattan had previously said that he thought his fiancee might have traveled down the alleyway behind the homes on that street and tried to take a shortcut by going across the neighbor's backyard to get to 10th Street, the Detroit Free Press reported.

Grattan (pictured with Hardy and their 18-month-old daughter) has said he thought Hardy might have been taking a shortcut through a neighbor's backyard when she was killed

Grattan described his fiancee (pictured on Facebook) as 'full of life' and said that she would 'brighten up a room when she walked in'

Hardy was transported to Lake Huron Medical before she was later airlifted to Beaumont Hospital.

Footage from the scene showed a dog being put into the back of a truck by authorities.

The pit bull attack was only a day after a four-year-old boy was mauled to death by a pack of pit bulls in Detroit, which is 55 miles from Port Huron.

Xavier was walking with his mom Lucillie Strickland to a school where she was volunteering on Wednesday when four dogs crawled out from underneath a fence and attacked the boy. 

In an interview with the Detroit Free Press, his mother said she fell on her son to protect him and was bitten on her head, leg and back.

Despite her efforts, the dogs pulled him under the fence. Ms Stickland said: 'They were so strong. They just snatched him.'

Once on the other side of the fence, the dogs mauled Xavier to death as his mother watched.

When officers arrived on the scene, they were forced to shoot three of the animals to stop the attack, while the fourth was taken to the pound. 

Police were called to a home on 10th Street (pictured) and Hardy was found in the backyard with extensive injuries to her neck and face