Newborn dies after being mauled by family dog

Incident summary

Indiana reporting said a 7-day-old newborn was critically injured and died after being mauled by a family dog; multiple people later faced charges.

Source language / attribution

Indiana reporting said a 7-day-old newborn was critically injured and died after being mauled by a family dog; multiple people later faced charges.

Breed attribution

Breed is recorded only when explicitly described in the reviewed source; otherwise BiteDB records unknown / not reported.

Victims and dogs involved

• Victim(s): 7-day-old infant
• Dog(s): 1 dog
• Location: Indianapolis, Indiana; public map uses city-level approximate geography only

Legal / animal-control status

Publicly reviewed sources did not establish a final court or animal-control disposition unless noted in the summary.

Confidence note

Added during the state-minimum scrub from a current public report or official/publicly indexed source. Location is approximate and breed is not inferred.

Sources

• Newborn fatally mauled by family dog; charges filed Public report / official or local media reporting