This is an update on a 2022 #pediatric #fatality case from New South Wales.

As is often the case with dog attacks, they move slowly through the court system. An inquest was started at the end of February of this year.

RIP 🪦 Jyedon Pollard.

At 2 years old, he was staying at a motel with his mom when he toddled off to the main area of the building. A curious toddler, he was caught on #CCTV footage playing with the latch to the swimming pool, 🏊‍♀️ but it was securely locked. Then he tried the latch to the motel owner’s two dogs, a #rottweiler and a #heeler cross. That latch wasn’t secured.

The ensuing mauling that occurred was out of the range of the CCTV camera. It was only when the owner stumbled over Jyedon’s small body in a pool of blood with his dogs 🐕 nearby that anyone noticed.

First an ambulance arrived to transport Jyedon. But due to the severity of his injuries, he was life flighted to a trauma level hospital.

He did not survive. 😞

The forensic pathologists concluded that Jyedon died due to multiple dog bites penetrating the head and neck.

Although no official report exists on the history of the dogs, at least one attack had occurred prior to this fatal mauling, as a neighbor dog’s received veterinary treatment from a dog attack earlier that year.

The mother 👩 has not been identified as the case is ongoing. She did release these statements:

“I will do as much as I can while I am living, and I will live on for Jyedon,” she said.

“I want the community to remember him as a person, not a victim.”

Respectfully,
J.L. #dba admin