Mom Will Not Be Charged in Zoo Mauling Case
2-year-old Maddox Derkosh of Whitehall was killed in early November.
The Allegheny County District Attorney's Office will not pursue criminal charges against Elizabeth Derkosh, the mother of the late Maddox Derkosh, who was killed in a tragic mauling accident at the Pittsburgh Zoo in early November. However, according to KDKA, District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. is investigating a possible criminal negligence charge against the zoo. Elizabeth and 2-year-old Maddox, both of Whitehall Borough's Highgrove Road, were visiting the zoo on Nov. 4 when Maddox fell from the top of a platform railing to the ground inside of the pit area of an African painted dogs exhibit, according to a statement from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. Pittsburgh police said that the child lost his balance after his mother lifted …
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J. L. MARTIN
9:15 am on Thursday, November 29, 2012
ZAPPALA IS WRONG, WRONG, WRONG - THINKING ABOUT FILING CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THE ZOO. IT IS NOT THE ZOO'S FAULT OR THOSE DARLING AFRICAN PAINTED DOGS THAT MADDOX'S MOTHER IS IRRESPONSIBLE AND IS GUILTY OF POOR PARENTING. PLUS, SHE MIGHT NEED HER HEAD EXAMINED. WHY WOULD YOU BALANCE A 2 YEAR OLD ON A RAIL? LEAVE THE ZOO ALONE AND PUT THE BLAME WHERE IT BELONGS more ›