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Ronald DeFeo Jr. was convicted of killing his entire family inside their Amityville home in 1974.
Mayor Daniel Reiman said that according to municipal records from the Board of Health, the dogs were not registered with the town, as is required by law. Both dogs were euthanized after the attack. As a small community, our Carteret family mourns the heart-wrenching loss of our young neighbor, he said. We pray for this young mother and family in this time of unimaginable grief.
Neighbors said that the dogs were allowed to roam free in the neighborhood, and one said they didn t let their own children play outside as a result.
Unregistered pit bulls that killed 3-year-old boy, injured his mom lived nearby, mayor says
Updated Mar 17, 2021;
Two pit bulls that entered a Carteret backyard on Tuesday, attacking and killing a 3-year-old boy and injuring his mother were not registered with the borough, officials said Wednesday.
The boy’s mother remains hospitalized on Wednesday, Carteret Mayor Daniel J. Reiman said in a statement. Both dogs have been euthanized, a spokesman for the mayor said .
The dogs that got into the family’s fenced backyard on East Laurel Street came from a home on Birch Street, about two blocks away, the mayor said.
UpdatedWed, Mar 17, 2021 at 4:27 pm ET
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Jack Beyda, a co-worker of the deceased boy s father, showed up outside their home Wednesday to pay his respects. He showed money he has collected to help pay for the funeral. (Carly Baldwin/Patch) I saw an adult being carried out on a stretcher, said neighbor Steve Koch. (Carly Baldwin/Patch)
A view down Laurel Street in Carteret where the child and mother were attacked. (Carly Baldwin/Patch)
CARTERET, NJ The community of Carteret is in deep mourning after a three-year-old boy was killed by a pair of pit bulls Tuesday afternoon, and his mother was badly injured in the attack as well. She remains hospitalized.