Jessica Dutro - a Mother on trial for murdering her 4 year old son in Tigard, Oregon

Zachary at an earlier age

Zachary Dutro-Boggess, age 4, of Tigard, Oregon, died on August 16, 2012, at a hospital in Portland, Oregon.

The details of this little boy's death are muddied and convoluted.

On August 14, 2012, paramedics responded to a Tigard homeless shelter and found Zachary injured. He was taken to the hospital where it was determined he had several holes in his bowels from being kicked or repeatedly punched in the abdomen. Bruises were all over his body. He had deep cuts on his lips. He was taken off of life support two days later and tragically passed away.

It is alleged that on August 12, 2012, Jessica Dutro, age 25, the boy's mother and her

Jessica Dutro (L); Brian Canady (R)

boyfriend, Brian Canady, age 24, kicked and punched the boy, fatally injuring him.

Jessica Dutro is charged with murder, murder by abuse and second-degree assault.

Brian Canady pleaded guilty earlier in March to first degree manslaughter and second degree assault resulting in the boy's death. He admitted that he kicked the boy in the stomach because he wouldn't sit still and watch T.V. He also admitted to routinely physically abusing the boy. 

It has also been reported that Jessica had determined that Zachary could be gay and she was not happy with that.  She wanted him to be disciplined and straightened up.

Zachary's 7 year old sister told the Police: “Jessica and Brian, they kept hitting him and punching him. He didn’t listen to them so they kicked him and punched him and stuff and they kept doing it and doing it.” She also said that they knew Zachary was sick (after the beating), but they didn't tell anybody. The boy's body went limp and his eyes rolled in his head.

Doctors found that the next oldest brother of Zachary had five broken ribs in different

Saint Bernadette of Lourdes, who
said "I am ground like a grain of
wheat", pray for Zachary and
for all children who are ground
down by abuse

stages of healing. The 7 year old sister had extensive bruising all over her body. The only uninjured child was the infant son fathered by Brian Canady.

It has been reported that on the day that Zachary's life support was pulled, Jessica Dutro searched on a computer for the terms "anger management", "parenting classes", "free stuff" and "sex with strangers".

These questions arise....Since homeless shelters should have paid supervising staff on hand and also have other shelter residents milling about who both see and hear the activities of the shelter's residents, where was everybody when all of this kicking, beating, punching, hollering and crying was going on? Why did nobody speak up? Or is this shelter allowed by the City of Tigard to be a total unmonitored zoo? 

Were Jessica Dutro or Brian Canady receiving social assistance?  If so, where was the Social Services Department and the Child Protective Services Department? 

Pray for justice for Zachary. 

We know that Zachary is playing in the fields of Heaven.

Pray for all children who are tortured and abused.  God help us. Amen.