A one-year-old Texas boy was mauled to death by his babysitter’s three pit bulls, authorities said.
Little Jiryiah died Monday night after the violent “tug of war” involving the three dogs at his babysitter’s Converse home.
The babysitter left the toddler with her 13-year-old daughter inside a secured bedroom to keep them away from the dogs.
But the raging animals managed to break down the already damaged door and attacked the two children.
The teen took the baby and fled to a bathroom but the dogs again overpowered the girl and continued the attack.
Police said the 13-year-old left the baby with the dogs for a few minutes to call for help before running to another room and blocking the door with her body.
But at the time, Jiryiah had already sustained mortal wounds to his head, face, and neck.
“I’ve been shaking, I’ve been having panic attacks,” the toddler’s mother said.
“I wish she’d had stayed like she said she would’ve, instead of going into work like she got called into work.”
Rodriguez has been arrested on a felony charge of injury to a child by omission. Her bond was set at $100,000.
