robin brown|The News Journal
NEWARK – On the short, quiet street of tidy two-story homes in Stafford, the only hint of the near-deadly dog attack was a pair of rescuers' gloves, dropped on the blacktop by the front curb before the ambulance rushed away.
Neighbors had seen the family out a few hours earlier doing yard work that last Saturday of September – a bright, summer-like day – before everyone went their different ways.
The mother and father – Delaware natives Todd and Maria Ruckle, who work as a real estate team – went to a wedding at Minquadale Fire Company's Memorial Hall.