Overview
- Todd A. Banks, 50, was arrested Sunday after a Jackson County grand jury indicted him on a Level 5 felony count of reckless homicide.
- Paitlyn Grove, 25, the infant’s mother, faces a reckless homicide charge in Jackson Circuit Court and had not been arrested according to available records.
- The 2-month-old was attacked by a pit bull at a home near Brownstown in April 2025 and died at Schneck Medical Center before a planned helicopter transfer.
- Court documents cited by WIBC say Banks kept two pit bulls at the home, the dog that killed the infant was euthanized, and no barrier kept the animals from the baby’s bedroom.
- The sheriff’s office says it will withhold further details during active court proceedings, so key facts are likely to surface through filings and hearings.