Kyle Joseph Holland - Online Memorial Website

 The resident of Maryville, Tenn., said she was further upset when she learned the circumstances of Kyle Holland’s death.

“I was shocked, and I fell to my knees screaming and crying,” Dailey said.

The boy was found dead at about 9:30 a.m. July 12 in his mother’s house in the 1500 block of Empire Street.

His mother, Deborah Holland, 29, found him lying on the floor near his bedroom door. The boy had been mauled and killed by at least one of two dogs that lived in the house, according to police.

No arrests have been made in the death, which the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled a homicide.

Dailey began a digital grass-roots campaign to bring awareness to the boy’s death and is using sites such as Facebook to help her and others share information on the case.

Kyle lived in Lincoln Park with his mother, but Dailey said he spent about six months each year at the home of his grandmother, Judy Finchum of Crossville, Tenn.

Dailey said that from the day after she learned of Kyle’s death, she has been working to find justice for him.

“I’m afraid Kyle won’t get justice,” Dailey said. “I mean, he was a precious little 5-year-old. He was handicapped and never got to attend his first day of kindergarten.”

Kyle was born with his legs turned inward and had surgery to remove an extra bone in his spine. He often wore braces on his legs to help him walk.

Dailey began her digital mission by alerting her Facebook “friends” of Kyle’s death and eventually started a Facebook page called “Justice 4 Kyle Holland.”

People use the page to share information on Kyle’s case and to offer support for the grieving family. They also use the site to post their thoughts about what happened the night Kyle was killed.

As of Friday morning, the page had more than 150 “friends.”