Overview

• Huntington Central Dispatch received a 911 call on Sept. 4 from a Markle home reporting a child bitten by a dog.
• First responders treated 7-day-old Jason A. Weaver and transported him to a Fort Wayne hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
• A forensic autopsy at the Northeast Indiana Forensic Center found multiple blunt-force traumatic injuries and determined the manner of death was accidental.
• Authorities identified the animal as the family’s 5-year-old husky-pit bull mix and reported no prior law-enforcement bite incidents involving the dog.
• Animal control reportedly placed the dog in quarantine, and police say the case remains under investigation.