A woman at the center of a police manhunt in Lake Worth is now behind bars after authorities say her dog violently attacked another woman at a local dog park — and she walked away without offering help.

Christina Pate says she was the only other person at Dakota Dog Park last Wednesday when the dog, owned by 45-year-old Autumn Billings, slipped through a fence and attacked her without warning.

"I'm very grateful that I'm alive," Pate said.

Victim describes brutal dog attack

She described the attack as life-altering.

"My back is scratched up from pulling away from the dog, my arm's broken, and my fingers are dislocated," she said. "My tendons and my nerve endings are exposed."

Pate said she fought with everything she had.

"I'm fighting the dog with all of my life. My back i

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