Motive for Tigard killing was 4-year-old's perceived homosexuality, prosecutors say

[The Straight Story]

Jessica Dutro believed her 4-year-old son, Zachary Dutro-Boggess was gay, prosecutors told the court Wednesday, and that was her motive for subjecting him to deadly beatings.

Dutro, charged with murder, murder by abuse and second-degree assault, is on trial in Washington County Circuit Court.

Emergency crews brought Zachary to a Portland hospital Aug. 14, 2012, where doctors determined he was dying from trauma to his abdomen that caused tears in his bowel. He was taken off life support two days later.

After jurors were released for the day Wednesday, Judge Don Letourneau ruled that a Facebook message from Dutro to her boyfriend was admissible evidence.

http://www.oregonlive.com/tigard/index.ssf/2014/03/jessica_dutro_murder_trial_mot.html#incart_river_default

[Marrah_G]

1. That is a horrifying story.......

[Coventina]

2. I have no words....

[sakabatou]

3. WTF?!

[bullwinkle428]

4. I'll admit that cases like this put fleeting yet incredibly dark thoughts into

my head in terms of vigilante justice delivered in the most brutal and pain-inflicting way as possible.

I never want to live in a world where this becomes actual practice, but can understand where that sentiment may actually derive from.

[sdfernando]

5. WHAT THE F*$K IS

WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLES BRAINS!!!

That poor child!

[uppityperson]

6. wtf? How does a 4 yr old "walk and talk like he's gay"? WTF does that even mean?

Send her away, educate her, let her spend the rest of her life educating others. Rescue the other kids. w.t.f

[BeyondGeography]

7. Guilty verdict reached

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2595745/Oregon-mom-25-guilty-beating-4-year-old-death-thought-gay.html

Much too late for Zachary; RIP, little friend.

[malaise]

8. Not really

He escaped abominable cruelty. Growing up with that monster of a mother (and her boyfriend) was a worse fate.