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Maul investigation turns to revelation that mom shut son in basement to protect him from dogs
AP ^ | 6/13/5 | JUSTIN M. NORTON

Posted on 06/13/2005 9:16:03 AM PDT by SmithL

San Francisco -- San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris indicated Sunday that new revelations from the mother of a 12-year-old boy fatally mauled in his home will be part of an ongoing investigation into his death.

Maureen Faibish for the first time revealed Saturday that she was so worried about the strange behavior of one of her pit bulls that she shut her son, Nicholas, in the basement while she left him home alone to do errands June 3.

Her comments contradicted earlier statements that she never saw the dogs exhibit any troubling behavior.

Harris told Kron 4 News that police are continuing to look into the circumstances of Nicholas' death.

Once the investigation is complete, she said, "We'll see if there's any conduct that rises to the level that would be a crime that could be prosecuted in a court of law."

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: dog; pitbull; pitbullmauling
We talked about the mother locking the boy in the basement this weekend:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1421243/posts.

Apparently, the DA found this line of reasoning as bizarre as we did.

1 posted on 06/13/2005 9:16:04 AM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

Another example of a terrible mother.


2 posted on 06/13/2005 9:20:15 AM PDT by yellowdoghunter (Liberals should be seen and not heard.)
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To: SmithL

The question remains - Why didn't this wonderful mother lock the dog in the basement rather than her son? Unless she is a positive wacko, she never did put her son in the basement, and she is lying through her teeth.


3 posted on 06/13/2005 9:21:18 AM PDT by Sioux-san (Two attorneys donated to Greer)
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To: Sioux-san

"Unless she is a positive wacko, she never did put her son in the basement, and she is lying through her teeth."

Why would she say this if it isn't true? Is she trying to blame her own for his death, because he didn't stay in the basement?

I can't understand why the woman didn't bring the kid with her on the "errands".


4 posted on 06/13/2005 9:30:20 AM PDT by jocon307 (Can we close the border NOW?)
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To: SmithL

Another genius pit bull owner.


5 posted on 06/13/2005 9:36:57 AM PDT by doggieboy (Bush's exit strategy for Iraq is through Iran.)
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To: jocon307; neverdem; Howlin
Something else is totally wrong with this: If SHE "knew" she needed to protect her son FROM the dog(s) when she left THIS TIME ....

Where did she put her son ALL THE PREVIOUS TIEMS THAT SHE LEFT the house?

What? Had she been locking up her son for years to protect HIM from her "precious" dogs?
6 posted on 06/13/2005 9:45:15 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (-I contribute to FR monthly, but ABBCNNBCBS supports Hillary's Secular Sexual Socialism every day.)
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To: SmithL

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1421706/posts?page=94#94

Here's another good discussion from last night.


7 posted on 06/13/2005 9:49:05 AM PDT by I still care (America is not the problem - it is the solution..)
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To: SmithL

The dog's rights were violated according to a San Francisco ordinance which says children must not be fed to pet's. They don't want the dogs getting sick.


8 posted on 06/13/2005 9:52:10 AM PDT by JustAnotherOkie
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To: JustAnotherOkie

This is another clear case of canine abuse. They must have mistreated this dog for it to be so vicious. Note sarcasm.

I have already mentioned, you can't change centuries of breeding aggression into a dog by cuddling him/her. These animals have been bred to kill and are cocked springs ready to go off.


9 posted on 06/13/2005 10:01:35 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Conservatism: doing what is right instead of what is easy)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

From the other article, it seems this foolish women had two unneutered pits and one was a male and the other a female in heat. (That's wrong right there). The male was acting aggressive towards the boy over the female. So she put her kid in the basement before she left the house.

People like this give humans a bad name.


10 posted on 06/13/2005 10:08:52 AM PDT by I still care (America is not the problem - it is the solution..)
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To: SmithL

The story behind the story is usually far more wierd and bizarre than the main story ....


11 posted on 06/13/2005 11:07:07 AM PDT by GOP_1900AD (Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
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