DEPRAVITY OF MIND

Oregon mom accused of fatally beating 4-year-old son
until his bowels tore because she thought he was gay


Prosecutors say Jessica Dutro and her boyfriend Brian Canady subjected
little Zachary Dutro-Boggess to repeated attacks. A final fatal blow left
his insides bleeding and eventually killed him. In a Facebook message,
the mom complained to her boyfriend that Zachary seemed gay.
'He walks and talks like it. Ugh,' the 25-year-old mom wrote.

BY CAROL KURUVILLA
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Friday, March 28, 2014, 2:07 PM

This mom’s cruelty knew no bounds.

An Oregon mom has been accused of beating her 4-year-old son until
his intestines ripped in two places — just because she thought he was gay.

Prosecutors say Jessica Dutro, 25, repeatedly subjected three of her
children to traumatic beatings at the Washington County homeless
shelter where they lived. But little Zachary Dutro-Boggess bore the
brunt of his mom’s volatile temper, Oregon Live reports.

Doctors said as a result of a blow to his abdomen, the contents of
Zachary’s intestines leaked out of his bowels for at least two days
before he was rushed to a Portland hospital. The child was taken
off life support on on Aug. 16, 2012.

Dutro has been charged with murder, murber by abuse, and second-
degree assault.

In a Facebook message that is now being used as evidence against her,
Dutro reportedly told her 24-year-old boyfriend Brian Canady that
Zachary had made her mad. The boy was “facing the wall” as punishment.

Using a slur, Dutro wrote that her son was going to be gay.

“He walks and talks like it. Ugh,” the mom wrote.

She then asked her boyfriend to “work on” Zachary.

Brian Canady was Dutro’s boyfriend.
He reportedly took part in the child abuse.

Dutro reportedly managed her family “like an army.”
The children were forced to march from their rooms at the
Good Neighbor Center to the cafeteria.

In court on Thursday, Dutro’s 8-year-old daughter testified that the
mom regularly gave her and her brothers “lickins” when they misbehaved.
They were told to “face the wall” with their hands in the air for long
periods of time. If their hands faltered, they would immediately be hit.
The adults warned the siblings not to tell anyone about the punishments.

Canady and Dutro are now accusing each other of delivering the fatal blow
that would take young Zachary’s life.

Before the trial, Canady told cops that he had kicked the little boy
in the stomach for being naughty. Apparently, he ordered Zachary
to sit still and watch TV. But the boy got up to take his shoes off first.

Since then, Canady has changed his story. He now claims Dutro was
the one who assaulted the boy. He pleaded guilty to first-degree
manslaughter and second-degree assault earlier this month.

The day after the sickening attack happened to be Zachary’s birthday.
It was taco night at the shelter, but the little boy could only take one
bite of his dinner. Dutro thought he might have the flu and let him lie down.
The next morning, Dutro dragged Zachary into the shower because
he had wet the bed. His little body was limp and he was groaning.

The mom finally called an ambulance, but by that time, it was too late.

There were bruises all over Zachary’s body that indicated he had been
abused multiple times. Dead tissue hung from the boy’s lip.

A child abuse specialist, Dr. Danny Leonhardt, testified that he’d
never seen a case like this.

"That thing would have bled a lot," Leonhardt said. "You just let this
flap of lip hang there?"