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Blake Bates pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter on Tuesday, Oct. 2 after his six-month-old son was mauled to death by his dog

The attack occurred on April 28, 2028 at their Marion, Ohio home

"The dog essentially crushed the child's skull," prosecutor Ray Grogan tells PEOPLE

An Ohio man pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter on Tuesday, Oct. 2 after his 6-month-old son was mauled to death by his dog.

The Marion County prosecutor's office said Blake Bates’ dog mauled the infant on April 28, 2024, at his home in the City of Marion.

Prosecutors said Bates had been previously charged and warned a year earlier after the pit bull mix named Kilo tried to bite a neighborhood child.

On the day of the attack, April 28, 2024, Bates and his partner, Alyssa Smith, allowed

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