The Bassett family's Yorkshire terrier "Coco" was being walked in their backyard, which is adjacent to the Illinois Prairie Path, when a coyote snatched the dog Wednesday evening.
Leslie Bassett says her 11-year-old son chased the coyote and it released Coco, but the badly injured dog later died at a nearby animal hospital.
Bassett says she has spotted a coyote since that attack and now she is scared to walk the family's two other small dogs.
