Overview
- At the Edmonton trial, a neighbor testified that in 2023 the two Cane Corsos seized his Pomeranian from both sides and the dog later died.
- Crystal Jean McDonald, the dogs’ owner and the boy’s father’s landlord, is charged with criminal negligence causing death.
- Prosecutors point to nine months of reported aggression before the killing, including a severe bite to a downstairs tenant, a cat killed in a separate incident, and injuries to McDonald.
- An agreed statement of facts filed in court says 11-year-old Kache Grist died from a bite to the neck in April 2024 while visiting his father in the Summerside home.
- Both dogs were euthanized after the attack, and a forensic veterinarian reported they were healthy, with the trial expected to continue into next week with about a dozen Crown witnesses.