MINEAPOLIS (AP) - Authorities say a 14-year-old boy is dead and suspect that he was killed by the family dog.
The Star Tribune reports deputies with the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office conducting a welfare check found the boy lying dead in the yard of a home near Battle Lake about 3 p.m. Thursday.
They also found a Polish long-haired shepherd that was “extremely aggressive,” according to an incident report released by the Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said they believe the family dog attacked the boy, and at the request of the owner and for public safety “put the dog down.”
The Sheriff’s Office said the 3-year-old dog was bought from Poland six months ago.
The boy, whose name has not been released, had been missing for about three hours before he was found in a fenced area outside the home.
The dog’s body was taken to North Dakota State University for a necropsy.
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