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A 75-year-old man may have been killed by an aggressive bull after being found dead in rural Donna with abrasions all over his body, the sheriff’s office said.
Deputies were called to the 900 block of Anderson Road in Donna at around 3 p.m. Monday in response to a report of an unresponsive person, who was identified only as a 75-year-old Hispanic man.
A family member had found the man, who had gone missing after not returning home from feeding animals on the rural property.
He was found face down on the ground with scrapes on his hand and side, which the sheriff’s office said in a news release Tuesday that it may have been from being dragged.
A 4-year-old bull was also on the property and had shown “increased aggression over the past two months.”
The sheriff’s office believes it “may have attacked the victim,” who also displayed abrasions on “his arms, head, and back, indicating he may have been trampled.”
“Investigators also found fresh hoof marks near the victim’s body, further supporting the possibility of a bull attack,” the sheriff’s office said in the release, adding that the bull in question acted aggressively toward investigators.
An autopsy ordered by a local justice of the peace revealed that the man died from blunt force trauma to the chest, and from heart disease. His death was ruled accidental.
Anyone with information that could further help the investigation are asked to call the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office at (956) 383-8114, or assist anonymously by calling the Hidalgo County Crime Stoppers Hotline at (956) 668-TIPS (8477) or through the P3 TIPS app.
