Late on Saturday night, deputies responded to a store after receiving a call from a 14-year-old boy who was waiting outside. The boy informed the deputies that his father, Tuttle, had been drinking with another man nearby. A fight broke out between the two, and Tuttle was allegedly assaulting the other man severely.
According to the police booking affidavit, Zachary James Tuttle faces serious charges in connection with this violent incident.
From KSLTV:
“He stated that the fight was over Zach trying to get (his son) to drink. (The boy) stated that the male subject was trying to stop Zach. He stated that Zach backhanded (the boy) in the mouth and knocked him down,” the affidavit states. “I asked (the boy) if his father was still at the residence and he stated he believes he is and that he thinks his father killed the male subject.”
The deputy then went to the nearby Castle Dale residence. Tuttle opened the door and the deputy observed blood “all over” his hands, according to the affidavit.
“Zach stumbled and I had to hold him from falling because of being intoxicated. I asked Zach about the male subject who lived there and he stated that he was fine,” the deputy wrote in the affidavit.
Tuttle was placed in handcuffs as the deputy searched the rest of the home. The victim was found lying in a pool of blood.
“I tried to find a pulse on the neck of the male subject but was unable to find one. It appeared that the male subject had been beaten severely,” the affidavit states. “After an EMT checked on the male subject it was confirmed that the male subject was deceased … I was advised that a can of soup appeared to be what was used by Zach to beat the male subject.”
The name of the victim was not immediately released.
