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wutamess · 11:43 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090128/...hild_s_remains

GALVESTON, Texas – Jurors wept Tuesday watching a woman describe how teaching her 2-year-old daughter proper manners turned into a daylong torture session in which the toddler was beaten with belts, dunked in cold water and flung across a room so violently that she died.
Kimberly Trenor, 20, detailed the abuse in a videotaped statement played for jurors during the first day of her capital murder trial.

Trenor, 20, told investigators in the statement that she hit her daughter with a thick leather belt to teach her to say "please" and "yes, sir."

The little victim was dubbed "Baby Grace" by investigators who worked to identify her decomposed remains after the body was found in a plastic container in October 2007 on a tiny island in Galveston Bay.

Trenor's 25-year-old husband, Royce Zeigler II, is to be tried separately on murder charges. His attorney argues that Trenor is responsible for the child's death.

But Trenor insisted it was her husband who became so enraged when the toddler didn't behave better that he hurled her several times across a room, ultimately fracturing her skull and killing her.

"I said we have to get her to a hospital. (Zeigler) said, 'No we can't. We'll go to jail,'" Trenor said in the videotape, crying. "There came a point where she stopped breathing. He started doing CPR on the floor. He took her ... and handed her over to me. I could just feel her going cold."

At the defense table, Trenor's eyes teared up as she watched the videotape on a large screen. Several jurors wiped away tears.

Riley Ann Sawyers tried to stop her mother and stepfather from beating her to death by reaching out to her mother and saying, "I love you," assistant district attorney Kayla Allen told jurors earlier in the day during her opening statement.

The toddler's pleas didn't stop her mother from brutalizing her, the prosecutor said.

Allen said that on July 25, 2007, Trenor and Zeigler disciplined Riley by whipping her with a belt, pushing her head against a pillow and holding her head under water. She said Zeigler tossed Riley across the room, fracturing her skull. An autopsy concluded the fractures caused her death.
Allen said the adults did nothing to help even as Riley lay dying.
Instead, the couple bought a plastic container, stuffed Riley's body inside and stored it in a shed for a month or two before setting it out to sea, the prosecutor said.

Defense attorney Tommy Stickler Jr. told the jury that Trenor never intended to kill her daughter and that things just "spun out of control."
Stickler portrayed Trenor as a scared 19-year-old girl who had moved to Texas from Ohio to marry a man she met while playing an online game. She said Riley's father, her former boyfriend, had assaulted her and Zeigler was her "knight in shining armor."

"I don't want to use the word accident, but this wasn't something that was intentional," Stickler said.

Trenor could receive an automatic sentence of life in prison without parole if convicted of capital murder. The jury could also convict her of a lesser charge.

Prosecutors declined to seek the death penalty because they didn't think they could prove that either one would be a future danger, as required.

Ebolapox · 01-28-2009, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

Did anyone mention she was from Ohio?

YOOOUUUUUU... YOU GOT WHAT I NEEEEEEEEEEEED.... BUT YOU SAY HE'S JUST A FRIENDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD...............OOOOOOOOOOOOOH BABAY YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU.................!

beach tribe · 01-28-2009, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Darth CarlSatan

I shouldn't have tagged that on to your post. I will however look at this because now my curiosity is fully up.

And I'm not talking about across the board murder. I'm talking about parents killing their young children.

We're gonna' find out. You wanted the best, and you got the best; I am on this ****ing case until it's done. It's too late to start tonight, but I'll hit it tomorrow at work.

I've been looking for nearly an hour, and I've found things that go both ways, but nothing solid other than the fact that DC, Arizona, Nevada, and Atlanta seem to always be at or near the top of lists that vary wildly.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 01-28-2009, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by H5N1

YOOOUUUUUU... YOU GOT WHAT I NEEEEEEEEEEEED.... BUT YOU SAY HE'S JUST A FRIENDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD...............OOOOOOOOOOOOOH BABAY YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU.................!

Where YOU at, Biz Markee?

**Bugeater** · 01-28-2009, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by H5N1

them damned hillbillies!

Now that you mention that, I do believe I've heard Ohio referred to as "Northern Kentucky" before.

Ebolapox · 01-28-2009, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Darth CarlSatan

Where YOU at, Biz Markee?

somehow it seemed ****ed up to edit the dupe to that, though. especially in this thread.

Mosbonian · 01-28-2009, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

Now that you mention that, I do believe I've heard Ohio referred to as "Northern Kentucky" before.

Ahem......Kentucky isn't as backwards as some portray it.

mmaddog
*******

beach tribe · 01-28-2009, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by mmaddog

Ahem......Kentucky isn't as backwards as some portray it.

mmaddog
*******

The south isn't as backward as some portray it.

It's just like saying everyone from California is dumb blond surfer.

Or that every black man from D.C. is a murderer.

Or that everyone from New Jersey is the guy from "my new haircut" " Yaga Bombs, and Heineken"

Or that every one from Nebraska is a corn farmer.

are there some Marlboro Chiefs there...Yes of course, but you usually have to drive down a dirt road to find them, and there are just as many in Missouri.

beach tribe · 01-28-2009, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by mmaddog

Ahem......Kentucky isn't as backwards as some portray it.

mmaddog
*******

And Ohio isn't much different from Kentucky at all.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 01-28-2009, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by beach tribe

The south isn't as backward as some portray it.

It's just like saying everyone from California is dumb blond surfer.

Or that every black man from D.C. is a murderer.

Or that everyone from New Jersey is the guy from "my new haircut" " Yaga Bombs, and Heineken"

Or that every one from Nebraska is a corn farmer.

are there some Marlboro Chiefs there...Yes of course, but you usually have to drive down a dirt road to find them, and there are just as many in Missouri.

Nope. When you live within a 500 mile radius of Arrowhead, you get the Civilized Society Protection Mojo at no additional charge.

Hey, talk to Len Dawson; I don't make the rules.

**Bugeater** · 01-28-2009, 01:22 AM

Funny thing is, there is more corn grown in Iowa than Nebraska. Most of western NE is ranch land, it's too dry there to grow corn.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 01-28-2009, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

Funny thing is, there is more corn grown in Iowa than Nebraska. Most of western NE is ranch land, it's too dry there to grow corn.

I thought Nebraska was primarily wheat and soy.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 01-28-2009, 01:28 AM

Oklahoma used to be a major wheat producer the same as Kansas, but I think both states are growing more soy now than wheat.

beach tribe · 01-28-2009, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Darth CarlSatan

Nope. When you live within a 500 mile radius of Arrowhead, you get the Civilized Society Protection Mojo at no additional charge.

Hey, talk to Len Dawson; I don't make the rules.

Yeah. OK.

There's no way in hell you can tell me this place is not full of rednecks, hillbillys or what have you.

1400 people. 97.5% white

Median income per household $17,500. Just enough to buy a trailer. And the state is full of towns just like this one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licking,_Missouri

**Bugeater** · 01-28-2009, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Darth CarlSatan

I thought Nebraska was primarily wheat and soy.

Lots of soybeans too, it's either that or corn in eastern NE. I've heard they grow wheat in this state but I have no idea where, I sure as hell never see any.

**Bugeater** · 01-28-2009, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by beach tribe

Yeah. OK.

There's no way in hell you can tell me this place is not full of rednecks, hillbillys or what have you.

1400 people. 97.5% white

Median income per household $17,500. Just enough to buy a trailer. And the state is full of towns just like this one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licking,_Missouri

LOL, I've been to places in southern MO that are straight out of Deliverance.

01-27-2009, 11:35 PM
wutamess MVP Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Lee's Summit Casino cash: $5361637	Nuthooks+++: This'll make the manliest of men throat tighten http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090128/...hild_s_remains GALVESTON, Texas – Jurors wept Tuesday watching a woman describe how teaching her 2-year-old daughter proper manners turned into a daylong torture session in which the toddler was beaten with belts, dunked in cold water and flung across a room so violently that she died. Kimberly Trenor, 20, detailed the abuse in a videotaped statement played for jurors during the first day of her capital murder trial. Trenor, 20, told investigators in the statement that she hit her daughter with a thick leather belt to teach her to say "please" and "yes, sir." The little victim was dubbed "Baby Grace" by investigators who worked to identify her decomposed remains after the body was found in a plastic container in October 2007 on a tiny island in Galveston Bay. Trenor's 25-year-old husband, Royce Zeigler II, is to be tried separately on murder charges. His attorney argues that Trenor is responsible for the child's death. But Trenor insisted it was her husband who became so enraged when the toddler didn't behave better that he hurled her several times across a room, ultimately fracturing her skull and killing her. "I said we have to get her to a hospital. (Zeigler) said, 'No we can't. We'll go to jail,'" Trenor said in the videotape, crying. "There came a point where she stopped breathing. He started doing CPR on the floor. He took her ... and handed her over to me. I could just feel her going cold." At the defense table, Trenor's eyes teared up as she watched the videotape on a large screen. Several jurors wiped away tears. Riley Ann Sawyers tried to stop her mother and stepfather from beating her to death by reaching out to her mother and saying, "I love you," assistant district attorney Kayla Allen told jurors earlier in the day during her opening statement. The toddler's pleas didn't stop her mother from brutalizing her, the prosecutor said. Allen said that on July 25, 2007, Trenor and Zeigler disciplined Riley by whipping her with a belt, pushing her head against a pillow and holding her head under water. She said Zeigler tossed Riley across the room, fracturing her skull. An autopsy concluded the fractures caused her death. Allen said the adults did nothing to help even as Riley lay dying. Instead, the couple bought a plastic container, stuffed Riley's body inside and stored it in a shed for a month or two before setting it out to sea, the prosecutor said. Defense attorney Tommy Stickler Jr. told the jury that Trenor never intended to kill her daughter and that things just "spun out of control." Stickler portrayed Trenor as a scared 19-year-old girl who had moved to Texas from Ohio to marry a man she met while playing an online game. She said Riley's father, her former boyfriend, had assaulted her and Zeigler was her "knight in shining armor." "I don't want to use the word accident, but this wasn't something that was intentional," Stickler said. Trenor could receive an automatic sentence of life in prison without parole if convicted of capital murder. The jury could also convict her of a lesser charge. Prosecutors declined to seek the death penalty because they didn't think they could prove that either one would be a future danger, as required. Last edited by wutamess; 01-27-2009 at 11:43 PM..
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