http://koin.com/2016/05/23/boy-hospitalized-suspect-in-custody-in-battle-ground/
The 3-year-old boy, Jose Castillo-Cisneros, who was called ‘Pepe’ by his family, was taken to the hospital in critical condition after Battle Ground police responded to a disturbance call the 1600 block of SW 6th st. at 7:47 p.m. Monday night.
Jose’s 9-year-old sister, according to court documents, called police when she realized her brother was being beaten. She reported that her mom had tried to stop the beating but wasn’t able to. On the phone, 911 dispatchers overheard the mother saying what sounded like “he is killing me.” The mother was injured in the incident as well.
The girl told dispatchers that her brother was in a big puddle of blood and was not breathing. She told them she and her brother had been watching a movie when he started crying and went into Gutierrez’s room, and that Gutierrez was mad that the boy was crying.
Officers had to force entry into the house to reach Gutierrez and the boy.
The Clark County Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit spent more than 12 hours at the scene conducting an investigation.
According to court documents, the boy’s body had bruises and there was evidence of a knife wound on his head. A broken knife was found in Gutierrez’s bedroom and the blade of the knife was found in a bathroom sink.
Detectives also found a hole in the wall of the bathroom the size of a small child’s head.
KOIN 6 checked into Gutierrez’s background and found he has a history of violent offenses. In 2007, he was convicted of assault in the second degree for nearly strangling to death an ex-girlfriend at the Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford. Medford Police Sergeant Brent Mak remembers responding to the call.
“I would call it horrific,” he said. “I mean, in front of everybody in the parking lot, multiple witnesses see him choking her almost to the point of death.”
That woman was in intensive care for weeks.
‘He was a little angel’
Pepe had just turned 3 about 10 days ago and recently started attending school.
“He was a good boy,” she said. “He was autistic so he was very special to us, my sister and my family.”