A Youngstown, Ohio, newborn baby has died over the weekend when one of the family’s four dogs bit him inside the family home. Three-day-old Aiden Grim’s mother called 911 after waking up from a nap and finding her baby covered in blood and crying. There were five dogs in the home.
Police Lt. Doug Bobovnyik said the infant was bitten on top of his skull. He was sleeping in a laundry basket on the living room floor, next to the couch where his mother was sleeping. Forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Ohr said one of the dogs, a Labrador-shepherd mix, attempted to pick the child up. The autopsy showed the cause of death as several small puncture wounds to the baby’s head.
Ohr stated that there was no evidence of a mauling, or that the child had been shaken. There was no massive tissue loss.
Police say the death has been ruled as accidental and the baby’s mother, 21-year-old Kristy Grim, will not be charged, as there is no evidence that she intended harm to her child.
The 55-pound dog, dog was taken to the Mahoning County dog pound and placed in a 10-day quarantine after paramedics and police were called to the home at about 5:45 a.m. Sunday, where the found the baby dead. The dog’s fate is unknown at this time.
Although the death of the child has been ruled as accidental, the Aiden’s grandmother, Patricia Grim, said the family has been receiving threats and had to call police to watch their homes.