Father’s Pit Bulls Maul Charlotte Boy to Death
An 8-year-old boy was mauled to death by his father’s four pit bulls, and prosecutors were considering charges ranging from child neglect to murder.
Roddie Philip Dumas Jr. was attacked in the fenced-in yard of his father’s home in Charlotte. Neighbors and a postal worker who heard the boy’s screams rushed to the scene.
The boy’s father and his girlfriend were inside the house.
The letter carrier threw his mailbag and a wooden block at the dogs, which then ran away. Neighbors and police said the father then came outside and told the letter carrier to get off his property.
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