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Authorities Identify Toddler Killed by Family Dog in Otter Tail County

Officials report no broader public-safety risk after the family euthanized the dog.

Overview

  • Deputies named the victims as 3-year-old Beckett Brown and his grandmother, 51-year-old Kristen Nelson.
  • Investigators say the child entered an outdoor enclosure at his grandmother’s property where an adult American Bulldog was kept.
  • Nelson intervened to stop the attack and suffered serious injuries, according to the sheriff’s office.
  • She called 911 and drove her grandson to Perham Health, where he died; she was later transferred to a Fargo hospital.
  • The sheriff’s office says the case remains under investigation and notes the incident occurred west of New York Mills.