A 17-month-old girl from Illinois was attacked and killed by at least one pit bull mix while in a playpen during a Fourth of July party at a neighbor's house. The toddler, identified as Marley Grace Wilander, had bite marks 'throughout her body,' Joliet police said. 'The homeowner went upstairs to investigate a noise and located one of the dogs actively biting the toddler,' police said. The pit bull mix that mauled the child was turned over to animal control, police said. Marley, pictured as an infant with her parents, was sitting in a playpen upstairs when a pit bull mix attacked and began mauling herThe neighbor heard a noise, went upstairs and found the dog biting the toddler.

Source: Daily Mail July 08, 2020 19:50 UTC