Authorities had collected saliva samples from the girl's clothes.
The coyote grabbed the 18-month-old by her head and tried to drag her from her front yard before the child's mother intervened.
She suffered wounds to her head and neck.
Coyote that attacked toddler killed
6/3/2008 LAKE ARROWHEAD State Fish and Game Wardens shot and killed the animal after a DNA test proved that the coyote was in fact the one responsible for the attack.
