The baby girl who was tragically killed in a allegedly dog attack in Redcar has been named as almost three-month old Maggie May Ann Moody, an inquest heard after opening today
The baby girl who tragically died following a dog “attack” at a house in Dormanstown, Redcar earlier this month has been named, an inquest has heard.
Maggie May Ann Moody was sadly pronounced dead on April 9 at James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough, after the inquest heard a 999 call made reporting a dog had attacked a child and they were not breathing.
An inquest into her death, which opened at Teesside Coroner’s Court on Tuesday (April 21) heard the baby girl was one day away from marking her three-month milestone.
As previously reported by Teesside Live, neighbours were alerted to the incident following hearing a gunshot as armed officers destroyed one dog at the scene. A second dog was later put down after being taken into police custody.
Paul Appleton, area coroner for Teesside and Hartlepool, said during the short hearing at Middlesbrough Town Hall: “At 1.33pm on April 9, 2026, Cleveland Police force received a 999 call from the ambulance service reporting they required assistance with an incident, in Hardale Grove in Redcar. [They were] responding to a child not breathing and the child had been attacked by a dog.
“The ambulance service provided instructions via the telephone on how to provide CPR until emergency service workers arrived. I’m told there were two dogs present at the address, which was on Hardale Grove.
“Initial accounts provided to my officer have indicated that the dogs were originally in the rear garden but then made their way into the room where Maggie was located.”
Following a post mortem, the provisional medical cause of death at this stage is “head injury”. The inquest heard how the three-month-old was identified by her grandmother, two days after her death on April 11.
Maggie was born in Newcastle weeks earlier on January 10, the inquest heard. Three people have been arrested in connection with the incident.
A 45-year-old man was arrested on Thursday, April 9, on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury resulting in death, and was subsequently released on conditional bail following questioning.
On Monday, April 13, police confirmed two further arrests had been made. A 31 year old woman was arrested on suspicion of child neglect and being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control resulting in death.
A 36 year old man was also arrested on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control resulting in death.
Both individuals have since been released on conditional bail. Neither of those arrested are connected to the family.
The inquest was adjourned.
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