Yuba County Woman May Face Felony Charge After Brother Mauled To Death By Her Pit Bulls
LINDA (CBS13) — A Yuba County woman whose brother was mauled to death by her pit bulls has been accused of felony child endangerment.
The Yuba County Sheriff's Department announced on Tuesday it is recommending the charge against Alexandria Griffin-Heady, 24, in the death of 9-year-old Tyler Trammel Huston.
Griffin-Heady had left her brother in her Linda trailer with the dogs on Jan. 3. When she came home, investigators say she found her brother mauled to death by her pit bulls.
Neighbors in the quiet Linda neighborhood say Griffin-Heady recently moved into the small trailer, wanting to better her life and eventually pull her little brother out of the foster system.
The boy's father, John Huston, has filed a lawsuit against Sacramento County Child Protective Services, saying his son would still be alive had they investigated the trailer Tyler was sharing with three pit bulls. Griffin-Heady was not named in the lawsuit.