An Ormond Beach woman is sharing her heartbreak after she says a coyote snatched and killed her small dog during a routine early morning walk in her neighborhood.

Lynn Blanford said she had cared for her Yorkie, Macy, for nearly 15 years. Macy was just weeks away from her 17th birthday.

"She was a rescue. I’ve had her for about 15 years. She was turning 17, and … just a terrible, traumatic incident," Blanford said.

Blanford said the attack happened in seconds as she walked Macy before work.

"I had her on the leash, and I was just walking this way, and I went to turn around, and right when I got to that bush, that’s when I heard her cry out," she said.

When Blanford turned around, she saw a coyote with Macy in its mouth.

"It was so fast. It just ran with her, ripped the leash right ou

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