Oklahoma boy, 7, fatally mauled by family dog, authorities say

"We feel alone and lost without him," James McNeelis' dad composed on Facebook. The kid's grandma said the family had as of late gotten the canine.

A 7-year-old kid was lethally battered by his canine last week in Oklahoma, specialists said.

The youngster was first revealed missing around 7:20 p.m. Wednesday, and when delegates showed up to the home, south of Kiefer, where the report started, "A relative found the kid on the property. … The fundamental examination demonstrates the kid was assaulted by a family pet (canine)," as indicated by an assertion from the Creek County Sheriff's Office.

The kid was articulated dead around 7:35

p.m. that evening, the assertion said.

The sheriff's office said it was working with the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office in the examination.

The sheriff's office and the clinical inspector's office couldn't be arrived at Tuesday.

NBC partner KJRH in Tulsa recognized the dead kid as 7-year-old James McNeelis. The news station announced the kid's dad thought that he is dead.

KJRH addressed the kid's grandma, who portrayed him as "sweet, adoring and upbeat."

The grandma said the family had the wanderer, corgi-blend canine for around three weeks earlier. It had not given past indications of hostility, the grandma said.

KJRH additionally detailed the family was "crushed" and in "dismay," as per the grandma.

The kid's dad, Michael McNeelis, shared his deplorability in a post on Facebook.

"He was so loaded with life and light and he planned to change the world. He actually is. His light will change the world," the post read. "We feel alone and lost without him and we're doing everything we can however it's simply hard. Everything simply harms without my son here."

The canine was being held at a creature control office, as indicated by the sheriff's office. It was not known Tuesday on the off chance that it had been euthanized.