Kingsley Wright, 3-years old, was killed by two dogs while visiting family in Roselawn.
Killed by Large Dogs
Cincinnati, OH – Late Friday, WLWT reported that a Cincinnati mother told them her 3-year old daughter was mauled to death by two dogs at a family member’s house. Kingsley Wright died Friday morning, her mother said. Cincinnati police spokesperson Lt. Jonathan Cunningham confirmed her death Saturday to the Cincinnati Enquirer. The dog attack occurred just after 8:00 am at a residence in the 7000 block of Stillwell Road, Cunningham said. No other information was released by police.
In a Saturday update by WLWT, Wright’s mother, Gina Smith, said her daughter was staying with a family member for the “first time ever” when the dogs attacked her. The mother had no idea these dogs were dangerous. She woke up to a horrifying call from the coroner stating that her daughter died at 9:30 am. Smith said the coroner would not let her see her daughter — her injuries were so bad, it would not be appropriate. Smith awaits news from police about where the investigation stands.
Unconfirmed information from a commenter states that Wright was staying with her father. “Her Dad had those dogs in the cage, in a separate room from her, while she was sleep,” Calisa H. wrote on the WLWT Facebook post. “They all were asleep, he woke up and found her, he is devastated and understands all of her mom and mom’s family feelings, and is very sorry. This is a nightmare as he just learned that Kingsley was his daughter, he was so excited for her to spend time with him…”
Her death recalls the death of baby Barrett Hagans in Knox County, Ohio in 2017, who was spending the night alone with his father “for the first time,” when his father’s pit bull killed him as he slept in his bassinet. Teddy Hagans came under suspicion by police after they found dozens of empty beer cans, drug paraphernalia and a back room littered with “so much urine and feces in it that I could not breathe due to the odor,” an investigator noted in a report. Hagans was never criminally charged.
The obituary for Kingsley Wright states she passed away Friday, December 27, 2024, in Cincinnati.” She is described as “a happy girl with a beautiful laugh and smile.” The biological father of Wright isn’t named in her obituary. Also, no one with knowledge about her death on the WLWT Facebook post denies the dogs involved were pit bulls. Given the going trends of pit bulls, the dogs her father kept in a cage “in a separate room from her,” stand a good chance of being of the XL bully variety.
Smith’s boyfriend states in the WLWT piece the dogs are over 100 pounds. “Those kind of dogs are over 100 pounds,” Josh said. “So did they just sit on her and kill her, and then start mauling on her?” He also states that Wright had been sleeping on the couch. “Why? What made them want to do that to just a little baby sleeping on the couch?” Smith is devastated that she never got to say goodbye to her daughter. Smith hopes law enforcement will keep her in the loop as the investigation continues.
A commenter on the WLWT Facebook post provided unconfirmed information.
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