NY - 1 month old baby mauled to death by pit bull puppy - Queens, May 2025

[Clearsky]

1-Month-Old Baby Girl Is Mauled to Death by Puppy, Who Attacked Her as Family Slept: Police

One-month-old Kiyanna Winfield was fatally mauled by her family's six-month-old German Shepherd–pit bull mix early on Tuesday morning, according to the New York Police Department.

people.com

The child's mother told responding officers that their 6-month-old German Shepherd-pit bull mix jumped on the bed and attacked their infant daughter as she laid between her and the child's stepfather.

 

[wintry]

They’ve recently announced that the baby is now thought to have been deceased before the dog bite.

Autopsy reveals Queens infant did not die from dog bite as officials initially thought

 

[borndem]

What in the world?

They’ve recently announced that the baby is now thought to have been deceased before the dog bite.

Autopsy reveals Queens infant did not die from dog bite as officials initially thought

Oh, how awful -- whichever way it happened.
A coroner or medical examiner would certainly see the difference fairly quickly during the autopsy, IMO.
Bring in the police/sheriff, whichever. Someone is is very big trouble, I would assume.
And that sweet young little one is just gone, gone, gone -- never to hurt again. Fly high, little one.
Takes my breath away.

 

[smamda]

This makes more sense. The original story did not, in MOO! Very sad for the baby regardless.

They’ve recently announced that the baby is now thought to have been deceased before the dog bite.

Autopsy reveals Queens infant did not die from dog bite as officials initially thought

 

[tlcya]

I will be curious to learn the COD. IME and MOO - Dogs do not "attack" the dead.

I wonder if this is an instance of co-sleeping suffocation. The dog may have realized something was wrong with the baby and was trying to remove it from between the family members.

Six-week-old Kiyanna Winfield was in bed between her 26-year-old mother and her stepfather in their apartment in NYCHA’s Queensbridge North Houses in Long Island City when the couple woke up about 6:30 a.m. Tuesday and saw the puppy biting the baby’s face, cops were told.
Infant found dead in Queens apartment not killed by dog as first suspected

However, the New York City Office of the Medical Examiner said the dog bit off a “substantial portion” of her tiny face only after she had already died.
[snip]
The baby, who was born on April 13, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Pit bull puppy didn’t kill NYC newborn — medical examiner shockingly says injuries happened after baby’s death

RIH Sweet baby Kiyanna

 

[ChatteringBirds]

My heart goes out to this baby's parents and other relatives. It sounds like accidental suffocation, but the parents just didn't know about the risk.

(Infant should be in a separate crib next to the mom, without pillows and only with a "wearable" light baby blanket, not between the parents.). Again, I believe they just didn't know. Not sure why the dog reacted this way.
JMO.

 

[tlcya]

My heart goes out to this baby's parents and other relatives. It sounds like accidental suffocation, but the parents just didn't know about the risk.

(Infant should be in a separate crib next to the mom, without pillows and only with a "wearable" light baby blanket, not between the parents.). Again, I believe they just didn't know. Not sure why the dog reacted this way.
JMO.

One of the articles I read said she, her boyfriend, and the infant were living in a shelter. There may not have been a crib or basinet available in their quarters? Not sure but yes, a very very sad case.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

One of the articles I read said she, her boyfriend, and the infant were living in a shelter. There may not have been a crib or basinet available in their quarters? Not sure but yes, a very very sad case.

The hyperlink in your post (#5) for the property, Queensbridge North Houses, is interesting.

 

[mickey2942]

Hmmm, I always wonder about those "dog killed the baby" stories...just saying.

 

[tlcya]

The hyperlink in your post (#5) for the property, Queensbridge North Houses, is interesting.

same article has this so not sure if the adopted grandma is mistaken or she meant to say housing project or if the mother was in a shelter and then the project?

The adoptive mother of the child’s mom told The News on Tuesday she had offered to take the newborn in while the mom, who was living in a shelter at the time, worked to secure better housing.
Infant found dead in Queens apartment not killed by dog as first suspected

regardless, just a very very sad case. She was a beautiful baby girl.

 

[Jo in Calif]

“I feed my kids well,” the girl’s mom, Lillian Burton, said Thursday. “They’re well fed. They’re well changed. They’re well put together.


“I take real good care of my kids,” Burton said. “For someone to say my kids are malnourished, that isn’t true.”


“She died of SIDS … and then the dog ate her.”

Tragic NYC newborn’s family says she died from SIDS, puppy was ‘put down’ — after ME confirms pit bull didn’t kill her

The couple — whose six-week-old pit bull mix named Bella “had been put down” after the horrific incident — insisted they had nothing to do with her death.

nypost.com

 

[Megnut]

“I feed my kids well,” the girl’s mom, Lillian Burton, said Thursday. “They’re well fed. They’re well changed. They’re well put together.


“I take real good care of my kids,” Burton said. “For someone to say my kids are malnourished, that isn’t true.”


“She died of SIDS … and then the dog ate her.”

Tragic NYC newborn’s family says she died from SIDS, puppy was ‘put down’ — after ME confirms pit bull didn’t kill her

The couple — whose six-week-old pit bull mix named Bella “had been put down” after the horrific incident — insisted they had nothing to do with her death.

nypost.com

bbm

I. Have. No. Words.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Tragic NYC newborn’s family says she died from SIDS, puppy was ‘put down’ — after ME confirms pit bull didn’t kill her

The couple — whose six-week-old pit bull mix named Bella “had been put down” after the horrific incident — insisted they had nothing to do with her death.

nypost.com

Where is the idea that any of the children were malnourished coming from?

And the article says they are saying they're now locked out of their apartment? What's going on? I feel for them.

 

[tara83]

Has their been an official cause of death outside of the parents claims?

 

[ChatteringBirds]

bbm

I. Have. No. Words.

What did you mean to bold, Megnut?
I am just confused by these quotes.

 

[Megnut]

What did you mean to bold, Megnut?
I am just confused by these quotes.

The mother saying the baby died of SIDS and the dog ate her.

Who says that???????

 

[tlcya]

I hadn't read anything indicating that anyone has accused the mother of need feeding her children appropriately? So not sure why this mom felt a need to address the topic of malnourishment?? unless she's read stuff from social media posted by heartless trolls. I still feel strongly this was a case of suffocation caused by co-sleeping and the puppy didn't intend to cause the baby any harm.

 

[mickey2942]

I hadn't read anything indicating that anyone has accused the mother of need feeding her children appropriately? So not sure why this mom felt a need to address the topic of malnourishment?? unless she's read stuff from social media posted by heartless trolls. I still feel strongly this was a case of suffocation caused by co-sleeping and the puppy didn't intend to cause the baby any harm.

I co-slept with all four of my kids. They were right in the middle of the bed. They didn't want to sleep alone. And I had no desire to get up all night feeding the baby.

I know they say co-sleeping is dangerous, but mothers have been doing it forever. It is really this century that family houses were built larger for children to have their own room. The same century that created pregnancy as a "medical condition" that must be managed in a hospital by physicians.

 

[tlcya]

I co-slept with all four of my kids. They were right in the middle of the bed. They didn't want to sleep alone. And I had no desire to get up all night feeding the baby.

I know they say co-sleeping is dangerous, but mothers have been doing it forever. It is really this century that family houses were built larger for children to have their own room. The same century that created pregnancy as a "medical condition" that must be managed in a hospital by physicians.

not arguing with you because that would make me a hypocrite. I too co-slept with my infants on occasion and nobody died. But I do believe it can happen.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

There were a few times my babies were in my bed when I was exhausted, but it's not the safe-sleeping recommendation. I guess the point is that there should be no judgment. (Not that anyone here is judging, but people must be on other sites.)

Who says that???????

I wish we could hear exactly what and how it was said. The article contains ellipsis (...) so perhaps the full quote wasn't printed (?) Also, the parents might still be in shock.