PORTLAND, Ore. — The trial began Monday for a Portland woman whose two dogs mauled and killed her longtime friend’s 6-year-old grandson in December 2023.
In opening arguments, the prosecutor described the attack as both predictable and preventable. The defense, on the other hand, called it a “perfect storm” of unforeseeable events.
Around the time of the mauling, Koko M. Miller had agreed to help her lifelong friend, Rena Scott, by taking Scott’s grandson, Loyalty, to school each morning. The arrangement had been in place for about two weeks because Scott needed to be at work before classes began. The two women’s families had known each other for years and used to spend holidays together…