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The Yuba County District Attorney announced Friday that no charges will be filed against a woman whose 9-year-old brother was mauled to death by the her three pit bulls.In a statement, the district attorney said after reviewing the case, it was determined that the evidence was insufficient to prove Alexandria Griffin-Heady's actions were "incompatible with proper regard for human life" or demonstrated "an indifference to the consequences" of her behavior.The Yuba County Sheriff's Department previously recommended that Griffin-Heady, 24, should be charged with felony child endangerment in her half-brother's death, Undersheriff Jerry Read said.Tyler Trammell died Jan. 3 after he was attacked by Griffin-Heady's three dogs when he was left alone inside a trailer for three hours while his sister went to work, the sheriff's office said.More coverage -- Sister of boy mauled by pit bulls: I should have done things differentlyGriffin-Heady's attorney, Roberto Marquez, argued in January that his client didn't willfully place her brother in a position to be harmed and believed that no judge would want to send her to prison. He added that adults were int he house next to the RV."When she left these dogs, and two were in the kennel, by the way. The mother dog was not in the kennel, but the other two somehow got out of their kennel in the RV,” Marquez said in early January. “(Griffin-Heady) had no reason to believe that these dogs would pose any threat at all to her younger brother.”Griffin-Heady had overnight visitation rights with Tyler, who was in Sacramento County's foster care system.38170400