DALLAS (OR) – Travis Michael Boatright, 38, was sentenced today to serve consecutive terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole after being found guilty of Rape in the First Degree involving three separate child victims by a Polk County jury on June 18, 2024. 

Boatright, of Dallas, was sentenced by Polk County Circuit Judge Monte S. Campbell according to Oregon’s presumptive life sentence for persons convicted of two or more major sex crimes and Oregon’s Measure 11 minimum mandatory sentencing law and determinate sentencing laws. 

After deliberating for less than an hour, the jury unanimously found Boatright guilty of three counts of Rape in the Frist Degree; two counts of Sodomy in the First Degree, five counts of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree, five counts of Rape in the Second Degree, and one count each of Using a Child in a Display of Sexually Explicit Conduct, Luring a Minor, and Solicitation for Hindering Prosecution. He will not be eligible for any form of early release or sentence reduction. 

The case was investigated by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the Oregon State Police. It was prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Erin Brady of the Polk County District Attorney’s Office.