Boy, 2, mauled to death by babysitter’s Rottweilers after she took two hour nap and left him unattended, police say

A two-year-old was killed in Georgia by his babysitter’s rottweilers after she took a nap and left him unattended for at least two hours, police said.

Stacy Wheeler Cobb, 48, was booked for the death of Kaimir Jones on Saturday by the Valdosta Police Department in Lowndes County. She was given felony charges of second degree murder and cruelty to children in the second degree, according to county jail records.

‘This is a horrible and tragic event that should have never occurred, but because of negligence on this offender’s behalf, a mother has tragically lost a child,’ said Leslie Manahan, chief of the Valdosta Police Department.

Police, firefighters and South Georgia Medical Services responded to a dog attack on the 3800 block of Pecan Drive in Valdosta on October 4.

There, they found the little boy dead in the backyard of an unlicensed daycare ran by Cobb. He had been mauled to death by her rottweilers.

That morning, Kaimir’s mother, Adrianna Jones, dropped off her son at Cobb’s home before going to work. In a gofundme created by Adrianna after her son’s death, she said that Cobb’s daycare came ‘highly recommended.’

While Cobb was meant to be watching Kaimir, she went to take a nap and left the little boy unattended for at least two hours, according to investigators.

In that window of time, Kaimir managed to make his way into the backyard of the house and open the kennel for two large rottweiler dogs who proceeded to attack him.

Two-year-old Kaimir Jones was killed in a rottweiler attack at an unlicensed daycare on Saturday

Stacy Wheeler Cobb, 48, was charged with second degree murder and cruelty to children in the second degree by the Valdosta Police Department for the death of Kaimir

Kaimir’s mother, Adrianna Jones, said she was unaware that Cobb owned the rottweilers

The boy died at the scene. When police arrived, Cobb told them she was taking a nap and thought that Kaimir was as well.

On her gofundme page, Adrianna said she was unaware that Cobb owned the rottweilers. She also said she knew something was wrong after Cobb, who usually communicated throughout the day, didn’t respond to her messages for around three hours.

At that point her motherly intuition kicked in and she left work early to check on her son and see what was happening. By the time she arrived at the house, eight police were already there, she said.

‘They were already inside taking pictures and so forth,’ Adrianna wrote on the fundraising page.

‘This was a heartbreaking, devastating and traumatizing scene that I wouldn’t wish on anyone. I found my baby like this.’

Cobb was arrested on site and taken to the Lowndes County Jail. Animal custody officers also took the two rottweilers involved in the attack as well as a third dog that was in the home.

Adrianna, who is a single mother, set up her fundraiser to help pay for funeral expenses for her son. She explained that she did not have life insurance for her two-year-old.

Adrianna, who is a single mother, set up a fundraiser to help pay for funeral expenses for her son

Adrianna said her motherly intuition kicked in after she hadn’t heard from Cobb in three hours so she left work early to check on Kaimir

The dog attack occurred on the 3800 block of Pecan Drive in Valdosta, Georgia

The gofundme surpassed its original goal of $14,000 and currently stands at $14,736 raised. A new goal for $24,000 has been set.

There has been a rise in dog bite fatalities across the United States in recent years. DogsBite.org, a nonprofit that tracks dog attacks, recorded 63 dog bite fatalities in 2023. Children made up 24 percent of those victims.

There is not yet data available for this year or last year, but the 2023 figure is the highest number of recorded deaths caused by dogs since 2005.

Out of the 523 canine-caused deaths since 2005, pit bulls contributed to 66 percent of them, and pitbulls and rottweilers combined contributed to 76 percent of them.

Just last month in September, a 10-year-old girl was mauled to death by her family’s XL Bully dog, which is a breed closely related to pitbulls.

Earlier that month, a one-week-old infant was killed by his family’s husky-pitbull mix that had no prior instances of violence.