Dogs maul boy left at home alone

MERRILLVILLE, Ind. -- The father and stepmother of a 7-year-old northwestern Indiana boy savagely attacked by one of his family's two Rottweilers could face criminal charges in the attack, police said.\nPolice Chief Nick Bravos said officers will present their evidence to the Lake County prosecutor's office with hopes of pursuing criminal neglect charges over the attack on Bamba Niang.\n"You shouldn't leave a 7-year-old home alone at all, let alone with two 80-pound Rottweilers," he said. "He's scarred not only the exterior of his body, but emotionally for the rest of his life."\nPolice have also asked Child Protective Services to investigate, Bravos said.\nBamba was airlifted to the University of Chicago Hospital trauma unit after Thursday's attack and was listed in critical condition Saturday at the hospital.\nIn the attack, the boy suffered numerous deep bite wounds on his leg, thigh and head -- some of so serious emergency responders "could see all the way to the bone," Bravos said.\nPolice have taken custody of the family's two dogs. Police were investigating why the boy was left home alone with the dogs while his stepmother went to work at a nearby business, investigators said.