Rottweiler decapitates young child

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A little boy and his brother were taken from their mom, an indigenous mother living in Western Massachusetts, as authorities believed she was not properly taking care of her children. They placed them in separate homes. The younger one, almost 4, was bored after lunch one Saturday. He was told to go upstairs and take a nap. Instead, unbeknown to his caretakers, he went outside to play with the people’s dog. The dog, a rottweiler, was housed in a pen in the back yard with a gate that was unlocked. The lever was low enough for him to reach up and open. Twenty minutes later the people heard the dog out front of the house barking, which was strange as it was supposed to be caged. When they looked out the window, they saw the dog standing over the boy lying on the ground all bloodied. They ran out and found that the dog had bitten the boy around the neck so many times that he was nearly decapitated and dead. The dog had dragged the body out to the front of the house. Attorney Goodman sent a Chapter 258 letter and then filed suit against the state agency that had placed the boy in such a dangerous setting without ever surveying the property and noticing the presence of a dangerous dog in an easily opened dog pen. The case was settled after lengthy discovery and mediation for a significant six figure amount that was put into a structured settlement for the natural mother. Once the authorities saw the pre-autopsy pictures of the boy’s neck, the defense collapsed.