A father has been found guilty on all counts that he was reckless in the death of his 3-year-old daughter, who was killed in a dog attack in December 2024.Warren Houston was found guilty on charges of manslaughter and child endangerment. Judge Virginia Tallent found Houston guilty on all counts, saying he should have known the dogs were a substantial danger. In December 2024, Kingsley Wright was spending time with her dad, Warren Houston, for the holidays.Prosecutors claimed Houston put the child to sleep on the couch, with the dogs in the same room, locked inside a broken cage.In court last week, video from that night showed Kingsley was attacked for more than 30 minutes, but nobody came to help her. Houston was sleeping in a separate room, with the door closed, according to investigators.The following day, Houston said he has thick walls in the home, saying he accidentally fired a gun inside the apartment once and nobody in the building seemed to notice.He also said he sleeps with fans on. While on the stand, he added that he didn’t hear any barking or screaming overnight.Prosecutors said the dogs were improperly secured in a broken cage and the three-year-old was put in danger by being left alone near them.The prosecution argued that Houston’s actions went beyond a mistake, saying, “Recklessness is more than a mistake. It’s a conscious disregard of a known risk.” Houston’s defense argued the incident was a tragic accident.Houston will be sentenced on May 22. He faces a minimum of three years in prison, and a maximum of 11 years.He has been out for the trial but, after the guilty verdict, he was remanded to jail.
CINCINNATI —
A father has been found guilty on all counts that he was reckless in the death of his 3-year-old daughter, who was killed in a dog attack in December 2024.
Warren Houston was found guilty on charges of manslaughter and child endangerment.
Judge Virginia Tallent found Houston guilty on all counts, saying he should have known the dogs were a substantial danger.
In December 2024, Kingsley Wright was spending time with her dad, Warren Houston, for the holidays.
Prosecutors claimed Houston put the child to sleep on the couch, with the dogs in the same room, locked inside a broken cage.
In court last week, video from that night showed Kingsley was attacked for more than 30 minutes, but nobody came to help her. Houston was sleeping in a separate room, with the door closed, according to investigators.
The following day, Houston said he has thick walls in the home, saying he accidentally fired a gun inside the apartment once and nobody in the building seemed to notice.
He also said he sleeps with fans on. While on the stand, he added that he didn’t hear any barking or screaming overnight.
Prosecutors said the dogs were improperly secured in a broken cage and the three-year-old was put in danger by being left alone near them.
The prosecution argued that Houston’s actions went beyond a mistake, saying, “Recklessness is more than a mistake. It’s a conscious disregard of a known risk.”
Houston’s defense argued the incident was a tragic accident.
Houston will be sentenced on May 22. He faces a minimum of three years in prison, and a maximum of 11 years.
He has been out for the trial but, after the guilty verdict, he was remanded to jail.