 Tragically, Diane Whipple's life was cut short at the age of 33. Five days before her 34th birthday, Whipple returned from a grocery store run to her home. There, in the hallway outside her apartment, she was attacked by a massive Presa Canario named Bane. A Presa Canario is a large, mastiff-type dog. Bane weighed close to 130 pounds. Whipple weighed just 110. A neighbor who heard Whipple's screams called By the time police arrived, there was little that could be done. The dog's powerful jaws had punctured her throat and left almost 80 bite marks on her body. A medical examiner would later say the only parts of Whipple's body that were spared were the top of her head and the soles of her feet. Marjorie Noeller, a former attorney who was in care of the dog, was convicted of second-degree murder in the dog-malling death of Whipple in 2001.