Dog Mauling Case “No-Billed”

RUSK COUNTY — The grandfather of a 2-year-old boy killed by the family�s pit bull was no-billed by a Rusk County grand jury, district attorney Micheal Jimerson said Tuesday, meaning he won�t face charges in the death. �Unless new evidence comes to light, we won�t be investigating this matter any further or considering any additional charges,� Jimerson said. He said he could not speculate on why the grand jury declined to indict Kelvin Muckleroy because the proceedings are confidential.

Muckleroy�s grandson, Kaden Muckleroy, died Nov. 10 at East Texas Medical Center-Henderson as the result of dog bites from a pit bull attack. Investigators with the Rusk County Sheriff�s Office determined the dog that attacked the child belonged to his grandfather, and the older Muckleroy had the dog chained to a tree in the yard of his home, where the attack occurred.

Muckleroy consented to the release of the dog who killed his grandson, as well as about 30 additional kennel-kept dogs, to the Rusk County Sheriff�s Office. The dog that attacked Kaden was euthanized, and several other dogs owned by the older Muckleroy also were euthanized because of their poor medical conditions or because they were too aggressive. However, some of the healthier, friendlier dogs were adopted. After the dogs were seized, Muckleroy demolished the kennels and pens on his property.