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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alice
11:08 am on Sunday, December 2, 2012
It was a poor decision from the mother to lift her child up onto a 4 foot high railing - which I don't know why she would do that in the first place. On top of that, it is strictly forbidden. I am not blaming her, I don't know what was going through her mind, and I am sure she is tormented. I really do feel for her. But at the same time, the zoo had nothing to do with this. Criminal negligence? … more ›