Overview

• New York City’s Office of the Medical Examiner found that Kiyanna Winfield suffered the dog bites post-mortem and was not killed by the family’s pit bull mix.
• A full pediatric workup and additional testing are expected to take several weeks before investigators can issue a final determination on the infant’s death.
• Animal Care Centers of NYC seized the six-week-old puppy, Bella, and placed her under a 10-day observation hold.
• Kiyanna’s parents say the baby had a heart murmur and attribute her death to sudden infant death syndrome.
• The family, who faced eviction from their NYCHA apartment, had planned to train Bella as a service dog for their non-verbal autistic son.