CINCINNATI — A man has been indicted on multiple charges for the death of his 3-year-old daughter, who prosecutors say was mauled to death by multiple dogs.
According to Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillich, 45-year-old Warren Houston has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, endangering children and reckless endangerment.
Houston appeared in court Friday morning, where a judge ordered he be held on a $200,000 bond, of which he must pay 10%.
"That was my baby girl, two days after Christmas, her real dad wanted her for the holidays for the first time ever, and this happened," said Peeper Wright, the man who raised the child.
According to the Hamilton County Coroner's Office, 3-year-old Kingsley Wright died on December 27 as the result of a dog attack. Pillich said the girl was mauled by multiple dogs in Houston's Roselawn home.
In court, prosecutors provided new details about the alleged attack that killed Kingsley.
The prosecution said Houston had two dogs, one of which he knew was aggressive and usually kept in a crate; however, that dog's crate wasn't functioning properly, prosecutors said.
The incident was captured on camera; prosecutors said the video showed Kingsley was put to bed on a couch in Houston's home while Houston and another person went to bed in another room. Prosecutors said there was no barrier or gate between the girl and the dogs.
Roughly 15 minutes after that, Kingsley was attacked by the dogs, the prosecution said. They added the attack continued for half an hour, during which the dogs were barking and the girl was yelling and crying, but no one else in the home responded. She wasn't discovered until the next morning, prosecutors said.
Hear from the man who helped raise Kingsley:
The child was Houston's biological daughter, according to Pillich.
"My sister called me and she heard about it through the news, Gina (Kingsley Wright's mother) had called her and told her Kingsley had got killed, it still hasn't hit me, I love her forever, that was my world," said Wright.
Houston is currently being held in the Hamilton County Justice Center.
