Adorable toddler, 2, mauled to death by three Rottweilers at babysitter’s home
A young mother left her two-year-old daughter with her 18-year-old cousin and returned home to find her daughter had been mauled to death by three Rottweilers.
Emergency services were called after the animals broke free from the one-story home in Houston, Texas, and lunged at toddler A’Daya Rain Fisher just after noon on July 29.
The girl died at the scene, leaving her mother Daja Pringle, 25, and her older brother Remi, four, desperate with grief.
“I saw my baby and I laid with him until I couldn’t anymore,” Daja said. “And her beautiful face was still her beautiful face.”
The District Attorney’s Office has decided not to file charges against the babysitter and the owner of the three dogs following the tragedy in the 2500 block of Milwaukee Street.
Two-year-old A’Daya Rain Fisher died when three Rottweilers attacked her at a pet sitter’s home.
Her mother Daja Pringle said her daughter was ‘a light to everyone, my family, to everyone’
But neighbors on the street said the dogs were known in the neighborhood.
“I see them all the time when I’m mowing the lawn, and they just bark at me. I’ve never seen them do anything bad,” Randall Ard told ABC. “I just feel sorry for the family and the child.”
A family member suggested that the A’Daya may have been unattended when the tragedy occurred.
“I was told the baby somehow wandered through the house. They had the dogs in one room and the baby opened the door,” he told KPRC 2.
Her mother says she is having a hard time coping with her daughter’s death and dreams of having her back.
“I would just hug her and love her like I always did, and I would just be in her skin and let her be in mine, and I wouldn’t be upset for a second, I would just give her all my love,” she told Fox 26.
“She was a light to everyone, my family, to everyone who met her, she was a gift. She was a temporary gift.”
A’Daya was born prematurely but embraced life and adored her older brother, their mother said.
“She was full of personality, always laughing, always dancing,” Daja recalled. “That was her favorite thing to do. When you turned on the music, she was the first one up, dancing and dancing.”
She was pronounced dead at Texas Children’s Hospital and a preliminary autopsy concluded she died from multiple sharp and blunt force trauma from dog bites
A’Daya was born prematurely but embraced life and adored her older brother, Daja said.
“She had a personality, was always happy and always dancing,” Daja recalled
“She adored her big brother, Remi, and often followed him like his shadow, imitating everything he did,” Daja recalled
a Gofundme appeal launched to help pay for funeral expenses describes A’Daya as a “beautiful, sweet girl, who was known for her bright smile and infectious laugh.”
“She brought joy to everyone with her playful spirit and loving nature. She loved to color, play with bubbles and dance when music played.
‘She loved her big brother, Remi. She often followed him like his shadow and imitated everything he did.
‘She always tried to be Remi’s mother, telling him what he could and couldn’t do. Their bond was unbreakable, and Remi struggles with the question of why his beloved sister is no longer there.’
And Daja told me that she also has trouble dealing with the empty days and nights.
“They’re hard. One night I’m fine. The next night I’m on the floor. The next night I’m everywhere,” she explained.
“She asked me for a kiss on my forehead and then a kiss here on my lips. Then she went and did the same for Remi, even though he didn’t indicate that he wanted a kiss.”
Daja now prays that her own mother, who died nine years ago at the age of 44, will take care of her daughter.
“I just have to look at the blessings in all of this,” she said. “It’s hard enough as it is.
“I’m glad they’re together. Neither of them is here, and they can guide me.”
A family member, who declined to be named, suggested the A’Daya may have been unattended when the tragedy occurred
A’Daya was with Daja’s 18-year-old cousin at this home on the 2500 block of Milwaukee Street
A’Daya was pronounced dead at Texas Children’s Hospital. A preliminary autopsy revealed she died from multiple sharp and blunt force trauma from dog bites.
The owners surrendered the dogs to the Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care in Houston, which euthanized the dogs and sent the samples to a lab to be tested for rabies.