CLAYTON COUNTY, GA (WSB/CNN) – The mother of a 5-month-old in Georgia says she’s been crying all night and day after the baby girl was mauled to death in her sleep by her babysitter’s German shepherd.
Police say the dog attack happened Tuesday night in Clayton County, GA, while a babysitter was watching the infant in his house.
The babysitter is a longtime friend to the family who told police he put the baby down to sleep on a bed in one room then fell asleep himself in another room.
Someone called police at about 3:00 a.m. Wednesday, saying the man’s German shepherd killed the baby.
The child’s mother, Terika George, says the little girl had been around the dog her entire life. She says the dog had always been friendly to her, the baby and her older daughter and never showed any aggression.
"He ate by us; he slept by us; he followed us. And you know, sometimes I had her in her car seat, and he’d just go over there and check on her and walk away. I've just never heard of nothing like this,” George said.
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George says it’s hard to believe this happened.
“I just gave it to God, and I told him to figure this all out for me,” she said.
The family set up a GoFundMe page to help pay for the baby’s funeral expenses.
Animal control officers euthanized the German shepherd.
No charges have been filed so far.
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FOREST PARK, Ga. (AP) - A Georgia family is in mourning after their babysitter's dog killed their 5-month-old child.
Clayton County Police Sgt. Ashanti Marbury says the German Shepherd mauled Paige George on Tuesday at a home in Forest Park, south of Atlanta.
WSB-TV reports the family says the dog has been around the baby since she was born. Terika George, Paige's mother, says she's been constantly crying and that she apologized to her baby "because I always take you with me."
According to police, a babysitter - a longtime family friend - told police he put the baby down to sleep and then he fell asleep in another room. Around 3 a.m. Wednesday, someone reported the dog had killed the baby.
Police said no charges have been filed. The dog has been euthanized.
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