Re: => Murderous Christians kill child for Not Saying "Please" and "Yes Sir" <= christian family values !
- From: jonesdl@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:13:19 -0800 (PST)
On Nov 29, 3:38 am, "_ Prof. Jonez _" <thep...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
By LIZ AUSTIN PETERSON, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 12 minutes ago
The stepfather of a 2-year-old girl lost control and beat her to death
because she wouldn't say "please" and "yes sir," an attorney for the
girl's mother said Wednesday.
A body found last month in Galveston Bay is believed to be that of the
little girl, Riley Ann Sawyers, though DNA tests are pending. Her
mother, Kimberly Dawn Trenor, and stepfather, Royce Clyde Zeigler II,
were arrested Saturday.
According to court documents, Trenor, 19, told police she and her
husband killed the girl in July and hid her body in a shed before
dumping it in the bay.
Trenor's attorney, Tommy Stickler Jr., said Zeigler, 24, was
overwhelmed by his sudden fatherhood and didn't know what behavior to
expect from a toddler. Trenor moved with her daughter from Mentor,
Ohio, to Texas in June to be with Zeigler, whom she met online.
Zeigler wanted his wife to spank Riley with a belt when she failed to
say things like "please" and "yes sir" or "no sir," Stickler said
Wednesday. Zeigler didn't believe Trenor was doing it, however,
because the 2-year-old's behavior wasn't changing.
The fatal beating happened after Zeigler stayed home from work to make
sure his wife was following his discipline plan, Stickler said.
In her statement to Galveston authorities, Trenor said the girl was
beaten with leather belts, had her head held underwater in a bathtub
and then was thrown across a room, her head slamming into a tile
floor.
Although the affidavit said the couple abused Riley over a four- to
six-hour period, Stickler said it wasn't a continuous event. Instead,
Zeigler grew increasingly enraged as he spanked Riley and she kept
forgetting to do things the way he wanted.
"There was never an intention to beat Riley to death," he said.
At one point, Trenor wanted to call an ambulance but Zeigler wouldn't
let her, saying they would both be arrested if officials saw her
injuries, Stickler said. Instead, Riley was given some over-the-
counter pain medication.
When Riley later stopped breathing, Zeigler performed CPR on her tiny
body, Stickler said.
Neal Davis III, Zeigler's attorney, said Trenor's story isn't
believable.
"She is placing all the blame on Royce, but I think that once the
facts come to light, once the timeline's established and the evidence
is combed through ... I think her credibility is gonna become a big
issue," Davis said.
Trenor and Ziegler were arrested after investigators spent weeks
trying to identify the girl they dubbed "Baby Grace," whose body was
found in a plastic box floating in Galveston Bay. Riley's paternal
grandmother in Ohio had called police, thinking a sketch of the dead
child might have been the granddaughter she hadn't seen in months.
Trenor and Zeigler remained jailed Wednesday on charges of injury to a
child and tampering with evidence. Bail was set at $350,000 each.
Stickler also said Wednesday that Trenor is pregnant.
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** NewsByte ** wrote:
Documents: Mom Describes Killing Girl, 2
By JUAN A. LOZANO - 49 minutes ago
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - A woman believed to be the mother of a
2-year-old whose body was found in Galveston Bay told police she and
the girl's stepfather beat and tortured the child to death, court
documents show.
The details, in a statement Kimberly Dawn Trenor gave to police,
paint a chilling picture of the last days of the girl investigators
called "Baby Grace" as they worked for weeks to learn her identity.
Investigators are awaiting DNA test results but said Monday they are
"fairly confident" that the body a fisherman found in a plastic box
Oct. 29 is that of Riley Ann Sawyers. Trenor, 19, and her husband,
Royce Clyde Zeigler II, were in custody on charges of hurting the
girl.
"It was a few weeks ago I held up this little shoe and asked, 'Who is
Baby Grace? Who does this belong to?'" sheriff's Maj. Ray
Tuttoilmondo said at a news conference. "We're now fairly confident
we know the answer to that."
An autopsy revealed three skull fractures, but the cause of death has
not been determined.
Tuttoilmondo said he could not discuss details of the little girl's
death, but Trenor said in her police statement, first reported by
Houston television station KTRK, that she and Zeigler, 24, killed her
July 24.
The girl was beaten with leather belts, had her head held underwater
in a bathtub and then was thrown across a room, her head slamming
into a tile floor, Trenor said in the document. She said they kept
the body in a storage shed for one to two months before they put it
in a plastic bin and dumped it into Galveston Bay.
Trenor's attorney, Tom Stickler, said she has cooperated with
authorities. He declined to comment about her statement to
investigators.
"But from what she said, there is no doubt that the girl found is
Riley Sawyers," Stickler said.
Trenor and Zeigler were arrested early Saturday and charged with
injury to a child and tampering with evidence, Tuttoilmondo said.
Bail was set at $350,000 each. The couple's next court appearance was
expected to be scheduled on Tuesday.
Wendell Odom, Zeigler's attorney, declined to comment on the case
except to say Zeigler grew up in Spring, about 75 miles north of
Galveston, and works as an instrument technician in the oil industry.
Trenor and Zeigler met a couple of years ago playing an online game,
World of Warcraft, and she moved with her daughter from suburban
Cleveland to Spring in June, Stickler said.
Riley's paternal grandmother, Sheryl Sawyers, hadn't seen her
granddaughter in months when she saw a police sketch of "Baby Grace."
Thinking it might be Riley, she called authorities in Texas.
In Mentor, Ohio, on Monday, Sawyers wiped away tears at a news
conference and held up the Elmo doll she had already bought Riley for
Christmas.
"It's hard to think that I'll never see her again," she said.
The Sawyers family's attorney, Laura DePledge, said they take comfort
in knowing that the girl is "resting peacefully and is no longer
subject to abuse."
DePledge said Trenor and Sawyers' son, Robert Sawyers, also of
Mentor, had been high school sweethearts. Sheryl Sawyers said she has
not seen Riley since the girl and Trenor moved to Texas.
Robert Sawyers, who works in an auto-parts store, was never married
to Trenor but lived with her and their daughter in his parents' home
for about two years. He and Trenor split up after March 31, when he
was charged with domestic violence against her.
DePledge said there was insufficient evidence to support the charge,
which was reduced to disorderly conduct. Robert Sawyers is now
married and has a 3-month-old son.
Riley "had a very big imagination for such a little girl," he said of
his daughter. "She could play with anything and have fun with it."
Tuttoilmondo said Trenor had told relatives that someone claiming to
be a social worker from Ohio took the girl in July.
Tuttoilmondo said investigators became emotionally involved in
determining the little girl's identity.
"Any way you look at it, we carry a piece of her with us and will
always carry a little piece of her with us," he said. "She's still
our little girl."- Hide quoted text -
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Disgusting. Manners is behavior learned by the parents. Not BEATEN
into a child. And yippee --- she's pregnant again. Wonder who'll
get custody after delivery. I'd be a little leary if it was her new
hubby's family. Anyone hear anything about his side yet? Given that
he didn't know how to raise a child makes me wonder if he was beaten
severely as one.
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