Crime & Safety
Dog Mauls Baby: No Charges For Grand Rapids Mom
A Kent County prosecutor on Monday called the May 25 attack on Susannah Murray a "horrible tragedy for the family."
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — A prosecutor says no charges will be brought after a 3-week-old girl was fatally attacked by a dog at a home in western Michigan while briefly left unattended.
Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker announced the update Monday, calling the May 25 attack on Susannah Murray in Grand Rapids a "horrible tragedy for the family." She died the next morning at a hospital. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)
Authorities say there were three dogs in the home and the sleeping girl was left in the living room for about five minutes while her mother and a friend stepped outside for a cigarette. The girl was found with a severe head injury and one dog had blood around its mouth.
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Becker says the mother wasn't reckless or grossly negligent and the dogs weren't known as aggressive.
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