Marauding Dogs May Be To Blame For Death Of Five-year-old Michigan Boy

[Quickasyoucan]

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/marau...0-1225891118931

A FIVE-year-old boy was found dead inside a Lincoln Park, Michigan home today - amid fears he was mauled by the family dogs.

Kyle Holland's body was discovered about 9.30am local time by his 29-year-old mother outside his bedroom, myFOXdetroit.com said.

He had significant trauma to his chest and one of his legs, Lincoln Park police Chief Thomas Karnes said. The boy's death is being treated as a homicide.

The family's two dogs - a 16kg black and white Labrador mix and a 90-pound 41kg husky and German shepherd mix - were impounded, the Detroit Free Press reported.

Neither dog had a licence as required by the city.

Neighbours, who said they heard the mother's screams as she found the boy, told myFOXdetroit.com the dogs had been a major problem.

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"Those dogs are always jumping the fence, and I guess they never took care of the dogs. People around the block used to sneak food and water over the fence just so that the dogs were able to eat and drink," one person said.

Police arrested the mother's live-in boyfriend for drug possession following the incident.

He and the mother were helping police with inquiries.

Read more at myFOXdetroit.com

Extremely sad , but for a change actually quite balanced reporting (bolding is mine). This report is also eerily simlilar to some of those described in Karen Delise's book in terms of background information surrounding attacks.

[Sue]

How could you not hear your child being attacked? Makes you wonder if the parents were even home. Poor kid and poor dogs.

[Brennan's Mum]

How sad :D that poor little boy, and the poor dogs