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Heartbroken family of ‘beautiful’ Bella-Rae pay tribute after toddler is mauled to death by dog
The ‘devastated’ family of a ‘beautiful’ baby girl who was tragically mauled to death at her home by a dog bought just last week have today emotionally paid tribute to the ‘much-loved’ 17-month-old, saying: ‘She will be sadly missed but never forgotten’. Bella-Rae Birch was attacked by the family pet on Monday afternoon at her home on Bidston Avenue in Blackbrook, St Helens, Merseyside at around 3.50pm on Monday. Emergency services took her to hospital, where she sadly died from her injuries. Neighbours today described her ‘devastated’ mother Treysharn Bates ‘crying hysterically’ outside the house moments after yesterday’s horror attack, while heartbroken loved ones were pictured leaving flowers on the…