She whipped kid & dunked her in cold water - US mum on trial
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She whipped kid & dunked her in cold water - US mum on trial for killing 2-year-old daughter
January 31, 2009
EVEN the most grizzled investigators were reduced to tears by the disturbing details of the death of 2-year-old Riley Ann Sawyers.
The blonde little girl's decomposed body was found stuffed in a plastic container in Galveston Bay in Texas after she had been brutally beaten.
Police believe that she had been abused by her parents, who had allegedly lashed at her with leather belts, dunked her head under water, and flung her around.
All because she forgot to say 'please'.
Her parents, 20-year-old Kimberly Dawn Trenor and her husband, Royce Clyde Zeigler II, 25, are now accused of beating the toddler to death in July 2007.
After the gruesome discovery in Galveston Bay, the toddler was dubbed 'Baby Grace' until authorities were able to identify the tiny remains as Riley Ann.
'I saw a lot of real tears from a lot of old-time, seasoned detectives who took this home with them every night,' said Mr Tim Miller, director of Texas EquuSearch, a volunteer search organisation that helped in the investigation.
Details on the case came to light after Trenor, who is now on trial for the killing, gave investigators a vivid description of the brutal discipline session on 25 Jul, 2007 to teach Riley good manners that led to her death.
Trenor and Zeigler met playing an online video game and married in June 2007 after Trenor moved with her daughter to Spring, a suburb north of Houston, from Mentor, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland.
Galveston County Sheriff's Department Sgt Elias Cazares told jurors he found a notebook in the couple's home that listed nine ways to improve Riley's behaviour.
Called 'Rules for Riley,' the list included 'being polite,' 'behaves in public' and 'listen to mum & me.'
Trenor told police the beating began during a discipline session when Riley Ann forgot to say 'please' and 'yes, sir' to Zeigler, her stepfather.
In her statement, Trenor admitted to whipping Riley with a belt and helping to repeatedly dunk her head in a bathtub of cold water.
Skull fractures
But she said the three skull fractures that resulted in the toddler's death were caused by Zeigler when he threw the child across a room in their home after getting frustrated that the discipline session wasn't working.
A prosecutor told the court that Riley had tried to stop her mother and stepfather from beating her to death by reaching out to her mother and saying, 'I love you'.
After Riley was killed, the couple bought a plastic container, partially filled it with cement, stuffed her beaten body inside and stored it in a shed at their home before dumping the remains in Galveston Bay in September 2007, according to authorities.
Fisherman Robert Spinn, who found Riley's body, testified he was on his boat fishing in October 2007 when he spotted the container on a small island in the bay about a 1.6km from shore.
Mr Spinn said at first he thought the stench coming from plastic bags inside the container was from a deadpet.
'I ripped the bags open with some fishing pliers. I saw a shoe. I knew it was a person,' he said.
The weathered container, which was full of chunks of rock and concrete, as well as the clothes and shoes Riley wore, were shown to jurors on Wednesday.
The toddler's identity was a mystery for weeks until Riley's paternal grandmother in Ohio, Mrs Sheryl Sawyers, saw an artist's sketch of the girl and told authorities in Texas she thought it was her granddaughter.
Mr Kenneth Jones Jr, a reserve deputy for the Texas Department of Public Safety, testified that the tip from Mrs Sheryl Sawyers led him to talk with Zeigler and Trenor.
He eventually discovered they had invented a story that Riley had been taken away by child welfare officials in Ohio.
If Trenor is found guilty of murdering her daughter, she could receive an automatic sentence of life in prison without parole.
Last week, Trenor pleaded guilty to a charge of evidence tampering and will be sentenced for that after her murder trial.
'It is a small relief to hear Ms Trenor is taking some responsibility for her role in this tragedy,' said Ms Laura DePledge, an attorney for the Sawyers family, referring to Trenor's admission that she tampered with evidence.
'Most of the shock having passed, the family has been focused on dealing with their loss. The onset of trial, however, will force them to relive the trauma and expose them to extraordinary pain again.'
Zeigler is scheduled to go on trial at a later date.
Both are being held in the Galveston County Jail under bonds of US $850,000 each.
Riley's Island
To remember the dead toddler, the island where the her body was found was officially renamed 'Riley's Island.'
A wooden cross bearing a plaque with her name was placed there as a memorial, but Hurricane Ike washed it away on 13 Sep.
Mr Miller, who made that cross, said he is making a new one and hopes that he and Riley's family can place it on the island at the end of Trenor's trial.
'It's sad the cross is gone. But as much damage as the hurricane did, I was afraid the whole island would be wiped away,' he said.
'God did not want that to happen. The cross will be put there again in her honor.'
AP
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Poor girl.. Hope she's happy in the other world, freed from the sufferings from the biatch
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Originally posted by Midlusionz:
Poor girl.. Hope she's happy in the other world, freed from the sufferings from the biatch
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"A prosecutor told the court that Riley had tried to stop her mother and stepfather from beating her to death by reaching out to her mother and saying, 'I love you'."
This part puts me to tears........
How can anyone be so cruel.....................
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A Texas woman accused of killing her toddler daughter and dumping the body in Galveston Bay has been found guilty of murder by a jury in Galveston, Texas.
Kimberly Dawn Trenor received a life sentence without possibility of parole in the murder of her daughter.
Kimberly Dawn Trenor, 20, showed no emotion as the verdict was read late Monday. Trenor had pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence in the case, but pleaded not guilty to the capital murder charge.She received a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
the face so evil..
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my goodness..this angel..gone like that..such a precious child..
fuck the murderers...
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Originally posted by jojobeach:
"A prosecutor told the court that Riley had tried to stop her mother and stepfather from beating her to death by reaching out to her mother and saying, 'I love you'."
This part puts me to tears........
How can anyone be so cruel.....................
So the prosecutor were there to witness the dead toddler reaching out to her mother and telling her that she loves her?Please ask the prosecutor to also tell me the winning numbers for the next lottery.
Thanks for all the prosecutor's BS, the Americans are so funny.
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Originally posted by Master -_-:
my goodness..this angel..gone like that..such a precious child..
fuck the murderers...
How come this little girl looks and resembled so familiar to the missing girl UK Madeleine McCann abducted in Portugal?The link is here http://www.findmadeleine.com/2008/
If this post is some stupid scam, then TS please kindly go and die for running such a distasteful scam.
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Originally posted by parn:
So the prosecutor were there to witness the dead toddler reaching out to her mother and telling her that she loves her?Please ask the prosecutor to also tell me the winning numbers for the next lottery.
Thanks for all the prosecutor's BS, the Americans are so funny.
No lah.. Riley's ghost visited the prosecutor and told him about it...(rolls eyes)..
Use your brain lah little girl... you know what is confession or not ? No wonder Ang mohs thinks Asians are stupid.. thanks to Parn ofcors.
This news was broadcasted in USA recently.
It was also reported that after Riley's dissapearance.. the mother went partying.
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Originally posted by parn:
How come this little girl looks and resembled so familiar to the missing girl UK Madeleine McCann abducted in Portugal?The link is here http://www.findmadeleine.com/2008/
If this post is some stupid scam, then TS please kindly go and die for running such a distasteful scam.
Yah lah.. all ang moh kids looks the same to you.
Do you actually read news other than the lame Straits times ?
You know ah.. Asia is not the only region on Planet Earth .
The parents are suspected of overdosing the child of sleeping meds because they want to have dinner away from the hotel.
Wah lau...
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Originally posted by jojobeach:
No lah.. Riley's ghost visited the prosecutor and told him about it...(rolls eyes)..
Use your brain lah little girl... you know what is confession or not ? No wonder Ang mohs thinks Asians are stupid.. thanks to Parn ofcors.
This news was broadcasted in USA recently.
It was also reported that after Riley's dissapearance.. the mother went partying.
Ya...from confession that you heard over the television but not from your own conclusion.And why is that? Is it because you believed the television is more powerful than your brain?
No wonder Ang Moh thinks Asian girls are dumb and retarded and easily to get.
Thanks to you for being such a fine example overseas.
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Originally posted by jojobeach:
Yah lah.. all ang moh kids looks the same to you.
Do you actually read news other than the lame Straits times ?
You know ah.. Asia is not the only region on Planet Earth .
The parents are suspected of overdosing the child of sleeping meds because they want to have dinner away from the hotel.
Wah lau...
Too bad you allowed your own emotions to get the better of you.Even if you did get blind-sighted and failed to notice the similarities between the two girls, you can always admit you weren't sharp enough to notice it.
But if you are not aware of the Madeleine McCann case, then you shouldn't be ashamed to admit your own ignorance.
Afterall, it's understandable that you're not 24/7 glued to your television set even if you worshipped it over your own brain.
You may not believed me, but The Straits Times is a less biased newspaper that covers World News and more interesting to read as compared to the other newspapers out there in the world.
And that of course includes your beloved USA, but if you're born in Singapore...you should also give Singapore an unbiased opportunity against your beloved USA.
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Hallo to all the Kiasus in Singapore. For your information, as much as we all feel sad over the death of Riley A Sawyer, people in US do not read newspapers anymore. Many newspapers have gone busted. Even online news portals owned by the media giants are seldom patronised by Americans. Media in US are very treacherous. Full of BS. There might be some truths but most of the time the news are peppered with make believe tall tales. Hence, when you read any news, use your sound judgement by searching for more sources to confirm it and not forgetting some common sense.
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Originally posted by MichelleStone:
Hallo to all the Kiasus in Singapore. For your information, as much as we all feel sad over the death of Riley A Sawyer, people in US do not read newspapers anymore. Many newspapers have gone busted. Even online news portals owned by the media giants are seldom patronised by Americans. Media in US are very treacherous. Full of BS. There might be some truths but most of the time the news are peppered with make believe tall tales. Hence, when you read any news, use your sound judgement by searching for more sources to confirm it and not forgetting some common sense.
Yah very treacherous.. then best is shut yourself in that glorious walk-in closet of yours.
Anything the media says is BS.... don't believe anyone.. they are all out to lie to you and cheat you of your innocence. (roll eyes).
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Originally posted by parn:
Too bad you allowed your own emotions to get the better of you.Even if you did get blind-sighted and failed to notice the similarities between the two girls, you can always admit you weren't sharp enough to notice it.
But if you are not aware of the Madeleine McCann case, then you shouldn't be ashamed to admit your own ignorance.
Afterall, it's understandable that you're not 24/7 glued to your television set even if you worshipped it over your own brain.
You may not believed me, but The Straits Times is a less biased newspaper that covers World News and more interesting to read as compared to the other newspapers out there in the world.
And that of course includes your beloved USA, but if you're born in Singapore...you should also give Singapore an unbiased opportunity against your beloved USA.
ORLY ?
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USA sucks.....at least such incident will not happen in Singapore.
So USA sucks MORE than Singapore.
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Originally posted by MichelleStone:
Hallo to all the Kiasus in Singapore. For your information, as much as we all feel sad over the death of Riley A Sawyer, people in US do not read newspapers anymore. Many newspapers have gone busted. Even online news portals owned by the media giants are seldom patronised by Americans. Media in US are very treacherous. Full of BS. There might be some truths but most of the time the news are peppered with make believe tall tales. Hence, when you read any news, use your sound judgement by searching for more sources to confirm it and not forgetting some common sense.
Yes I ageed with you regarding the USA media BS.And you're alot smarter than your sister Sharon Stone.
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Originally posted by parn:
USA sucks.....at least such incident will not happen in Singapore.
So USA sucks MORE than Singapore.
ORLY ? You must be born yesterday.
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The kid is so cute and yet...
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Originally posted by parn:
USA sucks.....at least such incident will not happen in Singapore.
So USA sucks MORE than Singapore.
Parn,that is not correct. Such incidents did happened in Singapore.
Please stop sprouting what you dont really know.
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That same as, nobody will believe that any Singaporean will do a animal.
It so happens that I was a witness to a Singaporean Chinese man, doing a cat, at the void deck, at Bishan.
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Originally posted by Midlusionz:
The kid is so cute and yet...
There seem to have alot of child abused cases in USA...I wonder why..
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Originally posted by RedizAlertz:
There seem to have alot of child abused cases in USA...I wonder why..They dont practise that family support stuffs like asian and mexican do.
Was chatting with a mexican chauffer just yesterday, and we talk about how different caucasians and us treat the family.
In asia, we naturally expect the grandparents to drop everything and help out the children with the grandchildren.
But here in USA, the grandparents has their own lives, and will never borther to help out their kids, because the kids may not like it, and they are old enough to learn to be their grandchildren's parents.
So most young families in USA has no grandparent support nor some kinda curtailing authority on the abuses.
We further discussed the issue to the following.
When my sis request for help, I quit my job and flew to USA at a moments notice.
But over in USA, the families dont exactly come forward to help out each other unless its a matter of death. They rather the nephew or neices be sent to a welfare home, then take in the children into their household.
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Originally posted by viciouskitty74:
Parn,that is not correct. Such incidents did happened in Singapore.
Please stop sprouting what you dont really know.
No it did not, and please correct yourself.There isn't a similar case where the mother whipped kid & dunked her in cold water and stuff the dead body into a plastic container.
Please lor.....only ang moh idiots would go through that much trouble to bring that much amount of pain to their own flesh and blood child.
But yes, there are cases of child abuses and murder...but not to that dramatic extend.
Otherwise, feel free to provide a similar case and prove me wrong.
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Originally posted by viciouskitty74:
That same as, nobody will believe that any Singaporean will do a animal.
It so happens that I was a witness to a Singaporean Chinese man, doing a cat, at the void deck, at Bishan.
Own flesh and blood child cannot be compared to an animal.Please stay focus and concentrate on your own comments.
And for the last time, that ISN'T the same as what you have mentioned.