Overview
- Prosecutors on Dec. 8 upgraded charges to first-degree murder and two counts of animal cruelty, and the parents remain jailed on a $1 million bond.
- Police say officers found 2-year-old Locklynn Rose McGuire dead on Nov. 18 with injuries consistent with an animal attack at the Oklahoma City home.
- An affidavit alleges she was left locked in a bedroom with one of the family’s four dogs for a substantial period before she was discovered.
- Investigators report the same dog mauled her on Nov. 6, severing an ear that required treatment at Oklahoma University Children’s Hospital.
- Animal welfare seized four dogs—three reportedly malnourished—and two bearded dragons, and Oklahoma Human Services acknowledged a prior inquiry that did not remove the child.