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WEBVTT GABRIELLE: A GEORGIA GRANDMOTHERFACES A MURDER CHARGE AND MOREAFTER POLICE SAY HER DOGSFATALLY ATTACKED HER GRANDSON.MICHAEL: STATE INVESTIGATORS ARELOOKING INTO THE DEATH OF THETODDLER.MYRA: WE ARE OUTSIDE THE REDDYURGENT CARE CENTER WHERE POLICERESPONDED TO THE REPORT OF A20-MONTH-OLD BOY ATTACKED BY 2DOGS.THE CHIEF OF POLICE TELLS US THECHILD WAS BROUGHT HERE BY HISGRANDMOTHER, WHO OWNS BOTHANIMALS.>> IT WAS A SHOCKER FOR THISWILL COMMUNITY.MYRA: SANDRA ADAMS NOW CHARGEDWITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER,INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER ANDCHILD CRUELTY IN THE DEATH OFHER GRANDSON.CHIEF DAVIS SAYS ADAMS HAS AHISTORY OF VIOLATING CITYORDINANCES REGARDING ANIMALS.>> WE HAVE HAD SOME CALLS AT THERESIDENCE IN THE PAST, LOUDDOGS, BARKING DOGS, DOGS CHASINGSOMEONE, BUT NEVER A BITE.LIKE A NUISANCE.MYRA: DID YOU CANNOT SPECIFY IFTHE DOGS WERE INVOLVED IN ANYPREVIOUS CASES.THE PARK ATTORNEY SAYS THEY WILLNOT BE ALIVE FOR LONG.THE GEORGIA BUREAU OFINVESTIGATION IS NOW HANDLINGTHE CASE.INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT SAID WHATLED TO THE ATTACK, WHAT THETODDLER WAS DOING BEFORE ITHAPPENED, OR HOW MANY ADULTSWERE WATCHING THE BOY AT THETIME.SANDRA ADAMS DID NOT HAVE A BONDHEARING BECAUSE BOTH SIDESAGREED ON A BOND OF $50,000 ANDAGREED SHE IS NOT A FLIGHT RISKOR DANGER TO ANYONE ELSE.

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A Georgia toddler's grandmother is charged with murder after her two pit bulls mauled the child to death, according to Hart County officials.Deputy Coroner Scott Boleman said the 20-month-old boy was attacked in the backyard about 3:15 p.m. Tuesday."It was horrific," Chief Anthony Davis, with the Hartwell Police Department, told WYFF. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said that the preliminary investigation found that Sandra Bowers Adams, 70, the child's grandmother, was babysitting the boy at her home. Adams told GBI agents that she and the toddler were outside, and when she tried go back inside the home, her pit bulls ran out the back door, knocking Adams to the ground and attacking the child. Adams told the GBI she tried shield the child and tried to pull the dogs away from the boy. Adams was eventually able to get the dogs back into the house. She picked the boy up, drove to a nearby location and picked up the child's mother and they drove to an urgent care center.The GBI said Adams had been cited on multiple occasions by the Hartwell Police Department for having disorderly animals."We've answered calls at the residence in the past," Davis said. "Loud dogs, barking dogs, dogs chasing someone -- but never a bite."After extensive interviews with family members, an investigation by crime scene investigators and consulting with a district attorney, Adams was charged with second-degree murder, second-degree cruelty to children and felony involuntary manslaughter.The dogs are kenneled in separate locations and will be observed for 24 to 48 hours before they are euthanized.Adams is not considered a flight risk or threat, so her bond was set at $50,000 without formal a hearing. As of Wednesday afternoon, she remained in custody.