{"id":663350,"date":"2026-05-12T00:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/663350\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T00:32:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:32:17","slug":"trial-begins-in-edmonton-for-owner-of-dogs-who-mauled-b-c-boy-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/663350\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial begins in Edmonton for owner of dogs who mauled B.C. boy to death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>The woman who owned two dogs responsible for the mauling death of an 11-year-old Osoyoos, B.C., boy appeared in an Edmonton courtroom on Monday for the start of her trial on a charge of criminal negligence causing death.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The boy, Kache Grist, was visiting his father, who lived in the Edmonton community of Summerside, during spring break in April 2024, when he was bitten in the neck by at least one larg-breed dog.<\/p>\n<p>The unneutered dogs that weighed 50 kg (110 pounds) and 57 kg (125 pounds) were owned by his father\u2019s landlord, Crystal Jean McDonald.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Osoyoos boy killed in Edmonton dog attack'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6P_DOG_ATTACK_LATEST.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:49<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOsoyoos boy killed in Edmonton dog attack\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>During Monday\u2019s opening day of testimony, court heard how the dogs, named Chaos and Cairo, had a documented history of aggression in the nine months leading up to Kache\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Court was told they killed a small dog, bit the owner\u2019s downstairs tenant in the leg so bad he required stitches, killed the same tenant\u2019s cat in a separate incident and even injured McDonald herself so badly she was forced to seek medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you&#8217;ll never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<p>The injured tenant, who was the Crown\u2019s first witness, described the dogs as rambunctious and said they would often jump on people as they had been taught to give hugs and they didn\u2019t listen well to their owner.<\/p>\n<p>The Crown is attempting to prove that McDonald should have known her dogs were dangerous, given the reports of their aggressive history prior to the fatal attack on Kache.<\/p>\n<p>The agreed statement of facts, tabled in court Monday, included testimony from the examiner\u2019s report that stated the cause of death was a dog bite to the neck.<\/p>\n<p>Both dogs were euthanized following the attack, with the forensic veterinarian determining they were healthy animals.<\/p>\n<p>The trial is scheduled to run through Tuesday of next week, with a dozen witnesses expected to take the stand for the Crown.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Mom of boy killed in Edmonton dog attack shares devastating grief'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kache-feature-2.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:54<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMom of boy killed in Edmonton dog attack shares devastating grief\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size The woman who owned two dogs responsible for the 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