A pit bull dog attacked a newborn in El Fortin while his mother was in the bathroom

A 42-day-old baby died on the afternoon of this Monday, January 30, after being attacked by a purebred dog. pitbull.

The newborn was in a bed, and the dog would have slipped from the chain with which it was tied in the yard and entered the house while the child’s mother was in the bathroom.

“I am alive, they have supplanted my identity,” says a man from Quito who was announced as the victim of a multiple murder in the Daule urbanization

The attack occurred in block 7 of El Fortín, at 2:00 p.m. When the baby’s mother came out of the bathroom she found the dog on the bed, her son between its fangs.

The family transferred the minor to the University Hospital. There the doctors confirmed that he no longer had vital signs, that the child had loss of brain mass and that the dog had also eaten the newborn’s face.

The Police were alerted to the infant’s arrival at the hospital, so they notified animal rescue entities, since the baby’s parents had two dogs of that breed, a female and a male tied up in the patio of their home.

The neighbors said that at night they arrived with cages in a truck to take the dogs.

They also explained that the baby’s father was apparently engaged in the sale of puppies of these breeds.

“Last year a pitbull dog died and on (social) networks they were looking for one to adopt and they were given the couple, and those dogs were super dangerous when they were big. They even had a baby,” said a resident.

A man handcuffed and with signs of torture was found on the road to the PAN

The Dinapen investigates the case to determine whether or not there was negligence on the part of the parents.

Meanwhile, this Tuesday morning, the baby’s family was doing the paperwork at the morgue to remove the child’s body and watch over him in the house where the attack occurred. (YO)