A 1-month-old Queens lady died from sudden toddler dying syndrome earlier than the household pit bull mauled her face in a tragic incident final week, the kid’s dad and mom claimed in an interview with The Put up.
The couple — whose six-week-old pit bull combine named Bella “had been put down” after the horrific incident — insisted that they had nothing to do along with her dying.
“I didn’t kill my baby,” mother Lillian Burton mentioned in an interview Thursday.
The newborn’s stepfather, who requested to be recognized solely as Christopher mentioned they didn’t know what occurred to the newborn till an post-mortem this week.
“Our child was alive once we all went to sleep. That’s the very last thing we all know,” he mentioned.
“Our child died of SIDS, from sudden toddler dying syndrome,” he mentioned. “She additionally had medical points. She had a coronary heart murmur. The canine did eat the newborn’s face. It was put down.”
Authorities initially believed little Kiyanna Winfield was killed by Bella – till the town health worker revealed Wednesday that the newborn was already useless when the pup started biting her face.
The Medical Examiner has not but publicly launched a reason behind dying.
The dad and mom mentioned they woke to the ugly scene shortly after 6 a.m. Tuesday, with sources saying a “substantial portion” of Kiyanna’s face had been mauled.
“I feed my children properly,” the lady’s mother, Lillian Burton, mentioned Thursday. “They’re properly fed. They’re properly modified. They’re properly put collectively.
“I take actual excellent care of my children,” Burton mentioned. “For somebody to say my children are malnourished, that isn’t true.”
The couple mentioned they’ve now been locked out of their house on the Queensbridge Homes public housing complicated.
