Fatal sheriff’s-office-attributed incident record · 2026-09-19

One-month-old girl dies in Vidor-area case; sheriff investigating possible dog-related injuries

Orange County deputies found a one-month-old girl with severe injuries at a Bertie Street residence early September 19. A dog was quarantined and an autopsy ordered; separate KFDM reporting attributed to the sheriff says the injuries were consistent with dog wounds.

Fatal · 1 victimBreed: Pit bull / Akita mix (Sheriff Bobby Smith via KFDM reporting)Orange County, TX

Date2026-09-19 · 2:53 a.m. CDT (deputies dispatched)

Location4300 block of Bertie Street, north of Vidor; BiteDB does not publish an exact residence

Victim(s)1 infant girl, 1 month old; identity not publicly released in reviewed sources

Dogs involved1 dog located inside the residence and quarantined; investigators had not publicly established the full circumstances

Injury severityFatal — 1-month-old girl pronounced dead at the scene; official cause and manner pending autopsy

Breed attributionPit bull / Akita mix (Sheriff Bobby Smith via KFDM reporting)KFDM reporting, as summarized by The Beaumont and separately repeated by TheCount, attributed to Orange County Sheriff Bobby Smith the description of the quarantined dog as a mixed breed that is part pit bull and part Akita. The KOGT report reproducing the sheriff’s-office incident statement does not state a breed. BiteDB retains the media-attributed description and uncertainty and does not infer breed from appearance or circumstance.

What the record currently shows

Incident summary

Orange County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded at 2:53 a.m. September 19 to the 4300 block of Bertie Street north of Vidor after a report that an infant was not breathing. KOGT, publishing the sheriff’s-office account, reported that deputies found a one-month-old girl with severe injuries and that lifesaving efforts were unsuccessful. A dog inside the residence was quarantined and an autopsy was ordered. Separate KFDM reporting attributed to Sheriff Bobby Smith said the injuries were consistent with wounds caused by a dog and described the quarantined dog as a pit bull/Akita mixed breed. Because the investigation and autopsy were still pending, BiteDB records this as an officially investigated suspected dog-related fatality and does not treat the exact mechanism or official cause and manner as final.

Legal-status note

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division was investigating the death, had processed the scene and interviewed family members, and a dog found inside the residence was quarantined. Justice of the Peace Chad Jenkins ordered an autopsy. The reviewed sources did not report an arrest, citation, criminal charge, dangerous-dog adjudication, euthanasia order or final animal disposition. BiteDB does not infer criminal responsibility or a final cause or manner of death while the investigation and autopsy remain pending.

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↗Primary incident reportKOGT — Infant Dies From InjuriesSource-hosted reporting; no publisher imagery is copied into BiteDB.

Source provenance

Primary record used by BiteDB

KOGT — Infant Dies From InjuriesLocal news publication of Orange County Sheriff’s Office incident information · Published 2026-09-19 · Accessed 2026-09-19

KOGT reported the Orange County Sheriff’s Office statement that deputies were dispatched at 2:53 a.m. to the 4300 block of Bertie Street after a report that an infant was not breathing. Deputies found a one-month-old girl with severe injuries; deputies and emergency medical personnel attempted lifesaving measures, but the infant died at the scene. The sheriff’s Criminal Investigation Division processed the scene, collected evidence and interviewed family members. A dog inside the residence was quarantined, and Justice of the Peace Chad Jenkins ordered an autopsy.

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Additional sources

The Beaumont — KFDM report summary: one-month-old girl’s death under investigation, family dog quarantinedSecondary-accessible summary identifying KFDM/CBS-Sinclair as the original report; attributes dog-wound consistency and mixed-breed pit bull/Akita description to Sheriff Bobby Smith · 2026-09-19Open source ↗

Data-quality notes

What BiteDB does not infer

Breed is recorded only at the provenance level shown above. Missing injury details, dog history, ownership facts or circumstances remain unknown unless a reliable source establishes them. This record may be updated as police, animal-control, medical, court or follow-up reporting becomes available.