The skull, jawbone and thigh bone of a missing Kentucky woman were all that remained after she was most likely devoured by dozens of her pet wolf-dogs, authorities suspect.

Authorities found more than 50 of the canine hybrids roaming around Patricia Ritz’s Fordsville property when they showed up for a welfare check, police said.

“All that we recovered were the skull, the jawbone and femur,” Ohio County Sheriff David Thompson told the Daily News.

“There are teeth in the jawbone so hopefully pretty soon we will be able to properly identify her. We are 99 % this is going to be who we think it is but we need to wait for a proper identification.”

Police went to the house after neighbors reported that they had not seen her for at least two weeks, he said.

“She was very ill,” Thompson said. “She had been receiving some medication from local pharmacy. I suspect she fell ill but that (the cause of death) is something we will never know.”

Some of the canines were caged. Others ran free. Most were underfed. Several lay dead. It appeared that the animals had little access to food or water.

“They were all really in need of vet care,” Thompson said.

News of the death and leading theory that Ritz was eaten by her wolf-dogs was first reported by local NBC-affiliate WFIE.

Animal Control worker Tracey Ward told the station that Ritz probably wanted to care for the wolf-dogs but everything got out of hand as they increased in number.

“I think it was just one lady that really wanted to save them all,” she said. “When you don’t spay and neuter, they’re going to breed. It’s not going to be just one or two puppies. It’s going to be seven, nine, 12.”

Animal Control rounded up the wolf-dogs for veterinarian care. They hope to give the animals new homes at animal sanctuaries, according to WFIE.