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About Crime / Punishment (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
A Galveston jury deliberated less than five hours before convicting a 26-year-old man of capital murder in the beating death of a 2-year-old girl who was known for months only as "Baby Grace." Royce Clyde Zeigler II was found guilty of murder in the death of Riley Ann Sawyers. Riley's mother, Kimberly Trenor, was convicted of the same charge in February and was sentenced...
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Baby Chums (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
A Galveston jury has returned the second guilty verdict in connection with the death of Riley Ann Sawyer, nicknamed Baby Grace until she was identified by authorities. Royce Clyde Zeigler II, was convicted of capital murder on Friday. The jury deliberated 4-1/2 hours after an eight day trial. Zeigler will receive an automatic life sentence without [...] Source: Baby Chums
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Last updated November 6, 2009 3:38 p.m. PTStepfather convicted in death of 'Baby Grace'By JUAN A. LOZANORoyce Clyde Zeigler II, left, talks with Dee McWilliams, one of his three defense attorneys, as he enters the 10th District Court in Galveston, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Zeigler is accused of killing Riley Ann Sawyers, whose unidentified body was dubbed "Baby Grace" when found...
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Sify (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Two years after the remains of a toddler who came to be known as "Baby Grace" were dumped in Galveston Bay, the child's stepfather was convicted of capital murder in her beating death.The remains of Riley Ann Sawyer — weighing 12 pounds and stuffed into a plastic container — remained unidentified for nearly a month after they were discovered October 2007. Investigators dubbed the child...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Font Resizenation and world briefsStepfather convicted of killing "Baby Grace"Denver Post Wire ReportPosted: 11/07/2009 01:00:00 AM MSTGALVESTON, Texas — Two years after the remains of a toddler who came to be known as "Baby Grace" were dumped in Galveston Bay, the child's stepfather was convicted of capital murder in her beating death.The remains of Riley Ann Sawyer — weighing 12 pounds...
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Examiner (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... automatic life sentence.The child was known as "Baby Grace" until relatives in identified her as Riley Ann Sawyers.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... called the child "Baby Grace" until relatives in Ohio identified her as Riley Ann Sawyers.
Prosecutors said Zeigler and Trenor killed the toddler at their home in Spring, a suburb north of Houston, during a July 2007 discipline session intended to teach her proper manners. Authorities said Zeigler was upset the 2-year-old didn't consistently use "please" and "thank you."
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Zeigler and his wife, Kimberly Trenor, were accused of killing Riley Ann Sawyers during a discipline session that spun out of control. Trenor was the child's mother. She was convicted of capital murder in February and also received an automatic life sentence.
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Examiner (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
(AP Photo/Jennifer Reynolds, Pool)Royce Clyde Zeigler II, left, talks with Dee McWilliams, one of his three defense attorneys, as he enters the 10th District Court in Galveston, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Zeigler is accused of killing Riley Ann Sawyers, whose unidentified body was dubbed "Baby Grace" when found in a plastic container in Galveston Bay.
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Baby Grace, as 2-year-old Riley Ann Sawyers was known when her unidentified body was found, died from her head being slammed against a solid object at least three times, a doctor testified.
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Hiram Zeigler said the description of Baby Grace in the news fit that of his niece, 2-year-old Riley Ann Sawyers, whom he hadn't seen for three months.
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
... Davis III, said she still did not believe that Zeigler tried to cover up the death of 2-year-old Riley Ann Sawyers, whom the prosecution says Zeigler killed during a brutal disciplinary session July 25, 2007. Allard and Reed Emerson, Zeigler’s high school friend, testified as the defense began putting on their case during the sixth day of trial before District Judge David Garner....
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Baby Chums (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
A suicide note was introduced into evidence which authorities said was penned by Royce Clyde Zeigler II, on trial for capital murder of his 2-year-old stepdaughter known as Baby Grace. The note claims his wife’s innocence and that he is guilty of “past sins,” but the note falls short of referring specifically to the death of Riley Ann Sawyers. Zeigler is accused of killing Riley...
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
GALVESTON -- Investigators discovered a list of nine rules for the 2-year-old girl known initially as Baby Grace in a spiral notebook found in a storage room rented by her stepfather, Royce Clyde Zeigler II, jurors learned today during the fourth day of Zeigler’s capital murder trial. The rules for Riley Ann Sawyers were written before her death July 25, 2007, during a disciplinary session....
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Pro-Life News (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
The lawyer for a man accused of murdering 2-year-old Riley Ann Sawyers told jurors that his client dumped her body in Galveston Bay, but he didn't have anything to do with her death, as his murder trial began. Royce Clyde...
