‘I would have never let him go’: Mother of boy killed by dogs in Edmonton shares grief

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Kendrah Wong should be planning her son’s birthday party. He was supposed to turn 12 on May 8. Instead, Wong is preparing a funeral for her only child after he was killed by two large dogs Monday in Edmonton.

Wong and her son Kache Grist had moved to Osoyoos in November to get a fresh start.

Her 11-year-old boy wanted to return to Edmonton for spring break to spend nine days with his father.

Global News has learned Kache’s father’s roommate was the owner of two Cane Corso dogs.

Wong says Kache was one hour away from being picked up to go back to Osoyoos when the dogs attacked him while he was inside his father’s home.

“He was adventurous, courageous, strong, beautiful. He had a heart of gold,” Wong told Global News Thursday.

“He was so polite and he was loved by everybody. And he didn’t deserve what happened to him.”

Wong says Kache would pick sage from the nearby hills, bundle it and bring it to a local store that would sell it for him, giving him spending money for his hobbies.

“He liked writing comics, he liked The Walking Dead, it was his favourite. I just took him on my birthday to the Fan Expo so that he could meet them, a couple of the characters.”

The Grade 5 student also loved video games and spaghetti.

There had been multiple complaints about the dogs, including two reports of attacks this year alone.

The City of Edmonton confirms one of those attacks is still under investigation.

“If I would have known, I would have never let him go,” Wong said, adding she is shocked at what happened.

“I’m beside myself because I let my kid go for spring break with his dad and he’s never going to come home.”

The Edmonton Police Service is continuing its investigation. In a news release Thursday, police said an autopsy on the