Overview
- Novi police say a family member found the five-day-old girl with puncture wounds consistent with a dog attack at a Liberte Drive mobile home around 8:28 a.m. Tuesday.
- The infant was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead, and county officials confirm the death resulted from injuries sustained in the attack.
- The dog was seized by Oakland County Animal Control on Tuesday and was humanely euthanized on Wednesday.
- Authorities have released limited details, have not announced any charges, and have not confirmed the dog’s ownership status.
- Relatives told local media the mixed-breed, average-size dog was taken in months earlier, had previously lunged at a grandmother, and knocked over a bassinet before the attack.