Eight-year-old Ramiza Bazigha was attacked and killed by her own family's pit bull in Lowokwaru, Malang, East Java on Sunday.
"There are cuts in the neck caused by dog bites," said the Lowokwaru Police Chief Commr. Bindriyo.
The incident was spotted by the victim's grandmother who later sought for a help to evacuate the body.
"At that time, the victim was left (by her parents and grandmother) for a morning prayer. Nobody was around her," said Bindriyo.
The body of victim has been taken to the city's Saiful Anwar Hospital for autopsy.
"The dog has been evacuated,we've also made visum [et repertum report] for the victim," explained Bindriyo.
Ramiza who is the daughter of Wisnu and Aniswatin, the dog's owner, reportedly was playing in the second floor of the house when suddenly she dropped her doll near the cage of the four-year-old pit bull. Ramiza who came for her toy was then mauled by the dog and died before the ambulance came.