'At the bottom of the lake': Man pulled his 3 dogs out of the water after they chased boy but left the child to drown, police say

A California antheral is down bars aft his dogs chased a lad into a water wherever helium drowned, Golden State constabulary say.

Kenneth Dobbins, 68, stands accused of involuntary manslaughter and negligent ownership successful transportation with the decease of 12-year-old Fernando Torres Moreno, according to the California City Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

The incidental occurred connected June 18 astatine Central Park Lake successful California City, a tiny metropolis immoderate 100 miles northbound of Los Angeles.

Police were called to the municipality water conscionable aft 6 p.m. successful effect to a drowning successful progress.

"The comments successful the telephone stated that a 12-year-old antheral had jumped into the water moving from dogs and did not travel up," according to a connection issued by section instrumentality enforcement.

Now, authorities allege the defendant's 3 dogs chased the lad into the h2o and that erstwhile Dobbins went to retrieve his pets, helium did not intervene to effort to prevention the boy's life.

Instead, the antheral walked away, calling for his dogs to follow, constabulary said.

Fernando was recovered "at the bottommost of the lake," according to the constabulary department. Officers got the boy's assemblage to the aboveground and began performing CPR wrong six minutes of arriving, constabulary said successful a warrant obtained by Bakersfield-based ABC affiliate KERO.

The unfortunate was past rushed to Adventist Health successful Tehachapi earlier being transported to Children's Hospital, wherever helium aboriginal succumbed to his injuries, according to instrumentality enforcement.

The unfortunate was remembered lovingly successful a GoFundMe for ceremonial expenses.

"Fernando was a bright, loving lad who brought joyousness to everyone astir him," the online fundraiser reads. "He loved spending clip outdoors, playing with his siblings, and making caller friends. His laughter and kindness touched the lives of many, and his lack leaves a spread successful the hearts of his household and community."

Police besides accidental the man's dogs attacked Fernando's 8-year-old sister aft the animals were backmost connected land, leaving her with superior wound wounds.

"The pistillate juvenile was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital, wherever she was treated for her injuries and released," constabulary said.

At the lake, officers accompanied Dobbins backmost to his residence, wherever they photographed the suspect and his dogs, but helium was not yet arrested due to the fact that the lad had not yet died, authorities said.

Dobbins allegedly talked to investigators the adjacent time and said helium had taken his dogs to the parkland and determination had been an incidental involving children, portion denying the dogs were vicious, according to the warrant.

Over the adjacent fewer days, however, officers identified Dobbins' "three dogs arsenic those that attacked the 2 juveniles, causing the decease of 1 and superior bodily wounded to the other," constabulary said.

Late past week, Los Angeles County deputies located Dobbins successful Lancaster and returned him to Kern County, authorities said.

The suspect was owed to look successful tribunal connected Monday, but reportedly refused to be his arraignment, according to KERO.