Authorities in New York City said that a baby girl who was believed to have been fatally attacked by a dog was actually dead before the mauling incident.
An autopsy revealed that 6-week-old Kiyanna Winfield was already dead when the puppy attacked her in an NYCHA’s Queensbridge North Houses apartment on Tuesday morning.
The cause of the baby’s death remains unclear. The dog was taken to an Animal Care Center and put on a 10-day rabies observation hold.
“I was so shocked. Everybody was shocked to hear what happened,” an acquaintance of the baby’s mother said.
“After she had the baby, she called me and told me she had the baby and sent me pictures of the baby,”
“She promised to come see me. She said she was going to bring the baby, but we did not have the time. She was very excited. She’s a kids’ lover. She loves kids, loves children. I don’t know how that happened.”
