A 1-month-old Queens woman was not mauled to dying by a pit bull pet contained in the household’s housing venture dwelling — however died of unknown causes earlier than the tiny pet wound up biting her, the town medical expert revealed Wednesday.
Police initially believed the tragic tot had been killed by the six-week-old pup whereas her mother and father slept of their condominium at Queensbridge Homes public housing advanced early Tuesday morning.
Nonetheless, the New York Metropolis Workplace of the Medical Examiner stated the canine bit off a “substantial portion” of her tiny face solely after she had already died.
“The trigger and method of dying are pending additional research following the examination at this time,” a spokesperson for the workplace stated in an e-mail. “However we are able to verify this isn’t a dying from a canine mauling. The accidents inflicted by the canine have been postmortem.”
The spokesperson stated the reason for dying is “pending additional research to incorporate a full pediatric workup.”
Cops made the ugly discovery after the child’s mom referred to as 911 shortly after 6:30 a.m. Tuesday after discovering her daughter mauled by the canine – initially believed to be what killed her.
Neighbors reported listening to screams from the sixth-floor condominium earlier than cops and EMS arrived on the scene.
The mom allegedly informed cops that the woman had been sleeping between her mother and father in mattress when the couple woke as much as discover their canine, a pit bull-German Shepherd pet, gnawing on the child’s face.
The child, who was born on April 13, was pronounced useless on the scene.
Pictures of the attractive child present her napping on the hospital and in what seems to be the household’s dwelling weeks earlier than her tragic dying.
Different photographs present the canine — a tiny pup — at a metropolis animal shelter.
One neighbor recalled discussing the pup with the mom two days earlier.
“I informed her, ‘That canine must be on a leash,’” constructing resident Shanel Nroville informed The Put up. “She stated, ‘No, this canine don’t chunk.’ I stated, ‘All canine chunk.’”
Police are nonetheless investigating the incident and no costs have been filed within the case.
