A mother who left her two-year-old daughter in the care of her 18-year-old cousin returned to find her little girl had been brutally murdered by three Rottweilers.
Paramedics were called after the animals broke free in the single-story home in Houston, Texas, and pounced on little A’Daya Rain Fisher shortly after noon on July 29.
The girl died at the scene leaving her mother, Daja Pringle, 25, and her older brother Remi, four, in despair.
“I saw my baby and I lay with him until I couldn’t anymore,” Daja said. “And his beautiful face was still his beautiful face.”
Prosecutors decided not to file charges against the babysitter or the owner of the three dogs after the tragedy in the 2500 block of Milwaukee Street.
Two-year-old A’Daya Rain Fisher was killed when three Rottweilers attacked her at a babysitter’s home.
Her mother, Daja Pringle, said her daughter “was a light to everyone, to my family, to everyone.”
But neighbors on the street said the dogs were well known in the neighborhood.
“I see them all the time when I’m mowing the lawn, but they bark at me. I’ve never seen them do anything bad,” Randall Ard told ABC. “I’m devastated for the family and for the child.”
A family member suggested the A’Daya may have been unattended when the tragedy occurred.
“I was told the baby somehow wandered around the house and they kept the dogs in a room and the baby opened the door,” she told KPRC 2.
Her heartbroken mother said she is struggling to come to terms with her daughter’s death and dreams of getting her back.
“I would just hold her and love her like I always have, and just be in her skin and let her be in mine and not even get mad for a second, just give her all my love,” he told Fox 26.
“She was a light to everyone, to my family, to everyone who knew her. She was a gift. A temporary gift.”
A’Daya was born prematurely, but embraced life and adored her older brother, her mother said.
“She had a lot of personality, always smiling and dancing,” Daja recalls. “It was her favorite thing to do. When you put on music, she was the first one up, dancing and jumping.”
She was pronounced dead at Texas Children’s Hospital and a preliminary autopsy concluded she died from multiple blunt force injuries due to dog bites.
A’Daya was born prematurely, but embraced life and adored her older brother, Daja said.
“She was full of personality, always smiling, always dancing,” Daja recalled.
“She adored her older brother, Remi, and would often follow him around like a shadow, imitating everything he did,” Daja recalled.
TO Gofundme The appeal launched to help pay for funeral expenses describes A’Daya as a “beautiful and sweet little girl, known for her bright smile and infectious laugh.”
‘She brought joy to everyone with her playful spirit and loving nature. She enjoyed painting, playing with bubbles, and dancing when music was playing.
‘She adored her older brother, Remi, and often followed him around like his shadow, imitating everything he did.
“She always tried to be a mother to Remi, telling him what he could and couldn’t do. Their bond was unbreakable and Remi is struggling to understand why her beloved sister is no longer with them.”
And Daja said she, too, is struggling to cope with the empty days and nights.
“They’re tough. One night I’m fine. Another night I’m on the ground. Another night I’m all over the place,” he explained.
“She would ask me for a kiss on the forehead and then a kiss here on the lips. Then she would do the same with Remi, even if he didn’t express that he wanted a kiss.”
Daja now prays that her own mother, who died nine years ago at the age of 44, will be able to care for her little girl.
“I just have to see the blessings in all of this,” she said. “It’s hard enough as it is.”
“I’m lucky they’re together, neither of them are here, and they can guide me.”
A family member, who did not give his name, suggested the A’Daya may have been unattended when the tragedy occurred.
A’Daya was with Daja’s 18-year-old cousin at this home in the 2500 block of Milwaukee Street.
A’Daya was pronounced dead at Texas Children’s Hospital, and a preliminary autopsy concluded she died from multiple blunt force injuries due to dog bites.
The owners turned the dogs over to the Houston Office of Animal Care and Regulation, which euthanized them and sent samples to a lab to be tested for rabies.