Leah Seneng, 60, died Nov. 22 after the bat bit her in her classroom at Bryant Middle School in Dos Palos in Merced County on Oct. 14, friend and family spokesperson Laura Splotch told NBC News on ...

Leah Seneng, 60, may have been bitten when she scooped up the bat to release it outside, according to her friend Laura Splotch. “She got to her classroom early in the morning before the kids ...

"I don't know if she thought it was dead or what, 'cause it was laying around her classroom and she was trying to scoop it up and take it outside," said longtime friend Laura Splotch. "She didn't ...

“She scooped it up and she took it outside,” Splotch said. “I guess it bit her, or she maybe thought it scratched her or something, and then it took off. It flew away, and she didn’t think ...

Every little bit helps,” Laura Splotch wrote in a GoFundMe campaign. Leah Seneng is seen in a GoFundMe campaign photo. (Laura Splotch) Splotch told a local TV station that Seneng found the bat ...

Her longtime friend Laura Splotch said she had known Seneng for about 15 years when their kids became friends in kindergarten. Splotch says it was Seneng’s kind demeanor and love for the arts ...

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 ...

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 ...