After she was bitten, Splotch said that Seneng did not show any initial symptoms of rabies – however, her condition severely changed around a month later when she fell ill and was admitted to ...

A friend of Leah Seneng, the California middle school teacher who died weeks after being bitten by a bat in her classroom, recalls visiting her in the hospital shortly before her death on Friday ...

Laura Splotch told KFSN-TV that her friend, 60-year-old Leah Seneng, is the woman who contracted rabies and died on Nov. 22. Seneng was a teacher at Byrant Middle School in Dos Palos, California ...

Leah Seneng, left, was "a really great artist," according to her friend Laura Splotch. Courtesy Laura Splotch. CNN — A California art teacher died from rabies November 22, ...

Minnesota health officials investigating rare rabies death 00:30. A central California teacher died last month after she was bitten by a bat that presumably had rabies inside her classroom ...

A Central California woman died from rabies after she was bitten by a bat, officials said Tuesday, in the first death from the saliva-passed disease in her county in more than 30 years.

Splotch organized a GoFundMe that has raised roughly $1,500 for Seneng’s funeral expenses, as of Thursday. 4. One of Seneng’s friends set up a GoFundMe after her death. Gofundme.

Laura Splotch has known Leah for about 15 years when their kids became friends in Kindergarten. Splotch said it was Leah's kind demeanor and love for the arts that bonded the two women.

Leah Seneng, left, was "a really great artist," according to her friend Laura Splotch. Courtesy Laura Splotch. CNN — A California art teacher died from rabies November 22, ...