The mobile dog groomer, Victoria Starr Ferraro, aged 60, was found dead alongside a puppy in her van on the Far Northwest Side of San Antonio. The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that her cause of death was carbon monoxide toxicity. Ferraro had arrived at a customer’s home to groom a dog named Oliver Oken, but after several hours without communication, the dog’s owner became concerned and sought help. Both Ferraro and the puppy were discovered unresponsive later in the day.
Emergency responders arrived but were unable to revive them, and both were pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities have not disclosed how the carbon monoxide built up in the van, and the investigation into the circumstances continues, although foul play is not suspected. The cause of death for the puppy has not yet been released.
