Overview

• Five-month-old Carter was discovered bleeding and unresponsive in a bedroom after a 130-lb Great Dane-husky mix escaped its cage.
• The infant was rushed to a Daytona Beach hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
• Volusia County Animal Services held the dog for 10 days, and the family declined to appeal before the animal was put down Thursday.
• Sheriff Mike Chitwood said investigators are examining whether Carter’s great-grandmother and great-aunt failed to supervise when they released three dogs indoors.
• Randa Matusiak, Volusia County’s director of public protection, noted there had been no prior complaints about the dogs and called such fatal attacks rare.