Modesto police said Kelli Pratt wanted her feeble 65-year-old husband to have sex with her the night of Oct. 7.
When Arthur Pratt refused, police said, his 45-year-old wife held him down and bit him repeatedly during a savage attack that ultimately killed him.

Arthur, whose skin was riddled with more than 20 deep tooth marks, died Sunday at Doctors Memorial Center in Modesto -- six days after the attack.

Detective Sgt. Al Carter said Wednesday that Dr. Jennifer Rulon, a Stanislaus County forensic pathologist, believes that the case will be ruled a homicide and that the bites are the likely cause of death.

"He was able to dial 911 that night," Carter said. "We have a tape recording of him screaming while she was biting him. When officers arrived, he was screaming that he'd been assaulted. She fought with the officers and tried to bite them, too."

Arthur Pratt, who had been released from a hospital several days before the attack, suffered from diabetes, heart and circulation problems, and other health issues. While those ailments weakened his system, apparently they are not what killed him, Carter said.

An official ruling will have to await toxicology tests. Those tests, which are not expected back for at least several weeks, could reveal additional details about Pratt's death, such as whether the bites caused an infection that proved fatal.

Carter said he believes Pratt already was in a weakened condition and this put him over the edge. "His death was a direct result of being bitten," Carter said.

Kelli Pratt was booked the night of the attack on charges of elder abuse, domestic violence and assault on a police officer, Carter said. Wednesday, she was being held at the Public Safety Center with bail set at $50,000. A homicide charge is pending the toxicology results.

The Pratts lived in the 2700 block of Park Place. Carter said the county's Adult Protective Services had a file on Arthur Pratt, perhaps indicating some history of abuse, but those records were unavailable Wednesday.

"I've seen cases where dogs have bitten kids, and blood loss or infection led to death," Carter said. "I've never heard of anyone being bitten to death before."source

... wow. that's all i have to say.


there are some crazy people around here nowadays.

Apparantly human bites have more harmful germs in them than dog bites so that doesn't surprise me. Of course at that age the shock of the attack could have weakened him and made him more receptive to infection. Very sad article

It's the beginning of the zombie apocalypse...

--Jon

Thats...odd...

Mythbusters did this one...
They cultured a dogs mouth, then Adams. Guess what? You got it! Adam's mouth carried WAY more critters than the dog's.
I guess licking yer own butt may not be as bad as it seems at first glance.......

eeeew

Reminds me of some animals when they detect another member of their group is sick they'll tear it up. That and the being in heat thing makes me consider animalistic aspects... she seems to have been in some sort of frenzy? Pan Baccheus Dionysus Minyas's Daughters kinda thing...

It's either zombies or rabies, take your pick.

--Jon

I think she is just a whack-job.
But I will think twice before I ever tell someone to "bite me" again....

Sweet mother!... how strange and awful

If you can't beat em...eat em I guess. So freakin bizarre...

She needs to be introduced to battery powered...umm....hell...nvm......

She'd probably eat that too!!!

I wonder what the over all stats are in the US for the life spans of people stupid enough to marry someone decades younger than they are.

Wow . . .

There are disgusting, evil, crazy people in the world.

wow...

if she wanted it that bad..she could have probably went out and bought it or something...

Maybe they were into...that sort of thing...

--Jon

Ewww... More disturbing is that she wanted to do it with an old man...

Whats wrong with people these days?!

That lady sounds crazy & needs help fast!

she was really horny...

That's some rage. You just can't bite down hard enough on someone with some anger... you'll need a good dose of it. Over and over... enough to kill him. It's just not the biting she had to overcome, it was the blood, screaming, thrashing, smell and taste.

20 year difference in age

I dunno.
With enough Tabasco sauce, I could eat most anything.

Tabasco sauce? I wouldn't even put that in my mouth...

Whoa, that's sick! =O

I wonder if she has rabies

Reminded me of some vampire horror films

sad case

Hi, Im sorry but what is the story behind this? "Pan Baccheus Dionysus Minyas's Daughters kinda thing." I have never heard of it.

Haha, I'm sorry but this is just funny. Where's my heart you ask? No idea..... Oh wait, my girlfriend has it.

They're all separate and related things.
Pan, a "god", gives us the word "Panic" among other things. Stories of him and those that follow him, this story reminds me of that.

Baccheeus, story reminds me of him and his followers.

Dionysus, same, story reminds me of aspects of stories of her and her followers.

Daughters of Minyas did things similar to this story, among other things.

All seperate yet related.