SAN FRANCISCO - The mother of a 12-year-old boy killed in his own home by one of the family's two pit bulls said she had been so concerned about one of the dogs that she shut her son in the basement to protect him.
Maureen Faibish said she ordered Nicholas to stay in the basement while she did errands on June 3, the day he was attacked by one or both of the dogs. She said she was worried about the male dog, Rex, who was acting possessive because the female, Ella, was in heat.
**and she couldn't take her son with her while she did her errands because...? oh yeah, she might have left him in the car and he died because of the heat.**
"I put him down there, with a shovel on the door," Faibish told the San Francisco Chronicle.
"And I told him: 'Stay down there until I come back.' Typical Nicky, he wouldn't listen to me."
**first he doesn't take out the trash and now this. i guess he learned his lesson the hard way. he should have listened.**
Nicholas apparently found a way to open the basement door.
**yup. most people who feel like they're being held prisoner try to escape.**
Faibish said she felt compelled to call the Chronicle Saturday to defend herself against widespread public outrage directed at families with children who own pit bulls.
"My kids got along great with (the dogs)," she told the newspaper. "We were never seeing any kind of violent tendencies."
**um...but you were concerned about the dog's behavior the day your son was KILLED, yet you left him at home ALONE anyway. what a mother!**
Some neighbors said the dogs were friendly and well-behaved, while others said the animals could also be mean, according to the newspaper. Faibish found her son's body in a bedroom.
He was covered in blood from several wounds, including a major head injury. No charges have been filed.
"It's Nicky's time to go," she said in the interview. "When you're born you're destined to go and this was his time."
**seriously, is she from this earth? oh well my son died a terrible, painful death, but everybody's gotta go some time. wth?!**
Ella was shot to death by a police officer the day of the attack. Rex was taken to a shelter, but Faibish said she wanted him put down.
**she thinks he should be put down. whew! i swear we have the next einstein in our presence.**
"I think of Rex as someone who ... murdered my child," she said.
**people.are.stupid. if you ask me she needs to go to jail for stupidity.**
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Maureen Faibish said she ordered Nicholas to stay in the basement while she did errands on June 3, the day he was attacked by one or both of the dogs. She said she was worried about the male dog, Rex, who was acting possessive because the female, Ella, was in heat.
**and she couldn't take her son with her while she did her errands because...? oh yeah, she might have left him in the car and he died because of the heat.**
"I put him down there, with a shovel on the door," Faibish told the San Francisco Chronicle.
"And I told him: 'Stay down there until I come back.' Typical Nicky, he wouldn't listen to me."
**first he doesn't take out the trash and now this. i guess he learned his lesson the hard way. he should have listened.**
Nicholas apparently found a way to open the basement door.
**yup. most people who feel like they're being held prisoner try to escape.**
Faibish said she felt compelled to call the Chronicle Saturday to defend herself against widespread public outrage directed at families with children who own pit bulls.
"My kids got along great with (the dogs)," she told the newspaper. "We were never seeing any kind of violent tendencies."
**um...but you were concerned about the dog's behavior the day your son was KILLED, yet you left him at home ALONE anyway. what a mother!**
Some neighbors said the dogs were friendly and well-behaved, while others said the animals could also be mean, according to the newspaper. Faibish found her son's body in a bedroom.
He was covered in blood from several wounds, including a major head injury. No charges have been filed.
"It's Nicky's time to go," she said in the interview. "When you're born you're destined to go and this was his time."
**seriously, is she from this earth? oh well my son died a terrible, painful death, but everybody's gotta go some time. wth?!**
Ella was shot to death by a police officer the day of the attack. Rex was taken to a shelter, but Faibish said she wanted him put down.
**she thinks he should be put down. whew! i swear we have the next einstein in our presence.**
"I think of Rex as someone who ... murdered my child," she said.
**people.are.stupid. if you ask me she needs to go to jail for stupidity.**
© 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8205951/
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