HARTFORD, Conn. â The father of a 1-month-old fatally mauled by a pit bull Monday night is wanted for questioning in a New London arson fire set hours later, police said.
Timothy Settles was the last person seen at the house at 10 Rosemary Street before the fire started about 4 a.m. Tuesday, New London Chief Peter Reichard said.
More than seven hours earlier, about 8:40 p.m. Monday, officers were called to the scene of a dog attack at 36 McKinley Avenue in Norwich, police said. When they arrived, they learned the familyâs dog had attacked 1-month-old Carter Settles.
The baby was at home with his mother and paternal grandmother, Norwich Lt. John Perry said. One of the women was holding Carter when the pit bull jumped up and began biting him, Perry added.