Dear Zachary Film Analysis

Dear Zachary directed by Kurt Kunene, is a documentary about a man named Andrew Bagby and the life he led before his ex-girlfriend Shirley Turner murdered him. It was reveled that shrilly was pregnant with Andrews’s child. She gave birth to a boy named Zachary. The documentary follows Bagbys parent’s battle for custody and the progress of Shirley’s conditions. Andrew made the documentary in hope that one day he would be able to show it to Zachary and show him the type of man his father was.

The Text followed the progress of Shirley’s convictions. When Turner learned that she was a suspect in Andrews’s murder investigation, she fled to St. John’s, Newfoundland. It was then revelled that Shirley Tuner was pregnant with Andrews’s child, while her extraction was pending, Turner was not held in custody even though she fled when she found out that she was a murder suspect. Shirley gave birth to a boy named Zachary. Bagbys parents moved to Canada to gain custody of Zachary and to get Turner’s rendition for a trial in the U.S...However, the extradition process was repeatedly prolonged by Turner's lawyers based on legal technicalities. When a provincial court ruled that enough evidence pointed to Turner as Bagby's killer, she placed in jail and Baby’s parents, David and

The inquiry was led by Dr. Peter Markestyn and he concluded that “Zachary’s death had been entirely preventable and that Zachary should not have been in the care of his mother”. In this inquiry it was discover that Dr. John Doucet guilty of professional misconduct for his involvement in helping post Turner's $75,000 bail in 2001. Doucet was ordered to pay a fine of $10,000 – covering one third of the $30,000 incurred by the College for the inquiry – and was ordered to undergo psychiatric counselling. Doucet said he was "disappointed" by the verdict, while David Bagby stated that he was happy with the precedent his case would be