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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGrandparents Face Murder Charges After Their Rottweiler Kills 7-Year-Old Granddaughter
https://www.thedailybeast.com/virginia-grandparents-charged-with-murder-after-rottweiler-kills-7-year-old-granddaughter-olivia-grace-floyd?ref=homeGrandparents Face Murder Charges After Their Rottweiler Kills 7-Year-Old Granddaughter
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Alice Tecotzky
Breaking News Intern
Published May. 17, 2022 10:00PM ET
Two grandparents face murder charges in the death of their seven-year-old granddaughter, who was mauled to death by their pet Rottweiler in January. According to a news release from the Waynesboro County Police Department, Olivia Grace Floyd was hospitalized after the dog attacked her on Jan. 29 and died from her injuries later that day. Stephen Christopher Kachmar and Penny Lee Bashlor, both in their 60s, are indicted on multiple felony charges, including non-capital murder, involuntary manslaughter, child abuse, and possession of a vicious dog. Each faces up to 70 years in prison, and is being held without bond. Floyds parents are each facing one charge of cruelty/injury to a child, according to the Waynesboro Police Department and Augusta Sheriffs Office. After the attack, a neighbor told the Staunton News Leader that the Rottweiler, which has since been euthanized, was notoriously dangerous.
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Grandparents Face Murder Charges After Their Rottweiler Kills 7-Year-Old Granddaughter (Original Post)
babylonsister
May 2022
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dchill
(41,144 posts)1. Revulsion. That's all I feel about this.
DURHAM D
(32,875 posts)2. More here including a picture of the little girl.
NH Ethylene
(31,027 posts)5. So sad. Murder AND manslaughter, though?
Do they really think it was done intentionally? I wish there had been more detail.
LeftInTX
(32,090 posts)3. Good!
I'm tired of dangerous dogs and their owners...
A woman was killed in Florida and the shelter where she was volunteering comes to the dogs defense.
A woman was killed in Indiana...the dogs were allowed to be readopted in another state...
MerryBlooms
(11,903 posts)4. Parents should be charged same as grandparents.
4 heinous humans deserve life behind bars.
My love and prayers for that sweet baby.
NH Ethylene
(31,027 posts)6. I'm thinking they must have left the child in the care of the grandparents.
And were charged because they knew there was a dangerous dog there.