UPDATE: ‘Baby Grace’ Mom Guilty of Capital Murder
A jury has convicted a mother of capital murder in the fatal beating of her 2-year-old daughter — dubbed “Baby Grace” when her unidentified remains were found in a container in Galveston Bay.
Jurors deliberated less than two hours Monday before finding Kimberly Trenor guilty. She receives an automatic life prison sentence. Prosecutors did not seek the death penalty.
Trenor and her husband, Royce Clyde Zeigler II, were accused of killing Riley Ann Sawyers while trying to discipline the girl. Zeigler’s capital murder trial is scheduled later.
The toddler’s remains were found in Galveston Bay in October 2007. Relatives in Ohio saw news reports about the girl and identified her.
Here’s a link to a improved video of the verdict reading, including Kimberly’s reaction
One piece of evidence shown to the jury during the trial was a page of Trenor’s journal where she talked of beating the child, according to trial sources.
“I just kept hitting her with the belt again and again. I don’t know how long, but I remember her trying to get away and me knocking her back down,” the journal said.
A couple of days ago, I posted the picture that appears below, a photograph showing Kimberly Trenor in relaxed conversation, possibly smiling at some comment made by her lawyer.
Not so much to smile about now, eh Kimmy?
Kimberly Dawn Trenor Trial Begins For Capital Murder Of “Baby Grace”
The trial of Kimberly Dawn Trenor for the Capital Murder of her daughter, Riley Ann Sawyers, began on Tuesday, January 26th, 2009 in Galveston, Texas. Prosecutors played a videotaped statement where Trenor described 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.
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” at the order of husband.
At the defense table, Trenor’s eyes teared up as she watched the videotape on a large screen. Several jurors wiped away tears. I wiped away tears as I researched this update – a hazard of the job I guess.
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. BTW, The big blue plastic container the bailiff is carrying in the picture we’ve included is the exact container we’re speaking of.
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 in December of 2007. In typical He Said/ She Said style, Trenor told detectives the session was Zeigler’s idea, and that it was he who threw the child across the room when he became frustrated that the discipline session wasn’t working.
I’ll be following the trial closely, and will update this post when the case goes to the jury. Lets hope there’s justice for little Riley.
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Bad Bitch Bad Bitch…
Watcha gonna do…
When the needle comes for you….
Bad Bitch Bad Bitch…
Whatcha gonna do….
When the needle comes for you…
Momma won’t give you no break…
Shrink declared ya sane…
Bull dyke wants to make your cherry break…
And now your body’s gonna rot in the rain…
Bad Bitch Bad Bitch whatcha gonna do…
When the reaper comes for you….
Wow….that made my day. bwahaha.
LMFAO thats great!!!
I will never understand how parents can act like this.
I see so often parents ‘smack’ their children. This makes the child, more often than not, cry. Then they are threatened with, “if you dont shut up and stop crying, ill smack you again.”
Now the kid has been hurt and is therefore gonna cry. Its a kid thing. The more they cry, the more they get hit, and before long the fine line between discipline and abuse has been crossed.
Now i know im a hot head. Always have been. It takes a lot for me to lose my temper, but when i do…look out. Knowing this about myself, i decided early on that i would never be a mum who smacks. ( No offense to those mums who do.) I never wanted to get into the habit of hitting my kids and then one day, while angry do something i would regret.
This is a decision i made for me and my kids. And i am happy to say i have never abused any of my children.
But then you have parents like this wilderbeast Trenor, who not only loses her temper and abuses her child, but lets someone else in on the action, and then when they go too far, without any remorse, toss the childs remains out and hide what they have done. They take no responsibility for anything and they make me sick!
How does anyone go about their day to day life after losing a child? How do you continue a relationship with the man who delivered the fatal blow? How do you hide what you have done? Surely the grief would be obvious…
These are things i will NEVER understand.
I hear you and the only conclusion I have can come to is these two adults and others like them, who perform the unspeakable on other innocent human beings and can continue to live their lives without remorse, are angles from Hell.
There is Good and there is Evil, there is God and there is Satan. It is clear and simple. one can argue this reality if it makes them feel better; don’t be fooled.
I believe 100% in both Satan and God. And believe whole heartedly that the world “is laying in the power of the wicked one.”
I think that if i didnt believe that, i would go crazy.
“are angles from Hell”
What is an “angle” from hell. I guess it would be 66.6 degrees :-P
LoL – I gotta admit, that’s funny. Look man, it’s obvious you have something legitimate to say, even if it’s somewhat against the norm. If you can stay away from the personal comments about people, so can I. I’m not saying you can’t defend yourself, but just don’t initiate anything and I think we can all live happily ever after. I think perhaps we all got off on the wrong foot, and I apologize for my part in that.
That’s cool
Oh I comepletely & utterly agree with what you said towards the end of your missive about things that U will NEVER understand!! As sick as this sounds (& I dont know if its normal or not) but I have actually tried to imagine myself partaking in these types of things & also unvisioned myself as the victim. I DO NOT relish in the thought of this either. I does make me ill, physically & emotionally, because it is such a disturbing thought. I think I do it because I am trying to understand evil. I do it because I have so much empathy for this little girl that I try to imagine myself in her place, try to imagine what she must of felt & I already knowing NOTHING I can imagine comes close to what that sweet baby endured. The hardest thought is trying to imagine doing any of the things that these two did. I just can barely go there. Sure, I have lost my temper before but never on a child physically (I have yelled, yes) & ALLLLLL the events that I have read that lead up to this, the actual crime and then trying to cover it all up is beyond my own imagintion. SO, I concluded that I too will NEVER understand. It just isnt in me. I am NOT a sociopath and I am not a psychopath and I am not evil. If its true that we all have evil in us or at least the capacity to be evil, m “my evil” doesnt even come anywhere close to something like this. Not even CLOSE! Whether a child is 2 yrs old or 12, its just things in life that U DONT do and it seems I am always coming across some kind of crime that someone committed against a child, old person or animal. The helpless in other words. (NOT suggesting that its ok to committ crimes against ANYONE like that at any age) but the helpless is what bothers me the most. DO I think that these two can dedeem themselves enough to be welcomed into the kingdom of Heaven to sit with GOD? Ummmm, I doubt it. Satan has his claws in their backs & I highly doubt GOD would want these two as one of his loyal & noble soliders……Is it even possible that two people like this could be noble earthbound or in Heaven? That would be for GOD to decide but one thing I do believe, I believe that Riley is in Heaven with GOD & Im sure she wouldnt want to see either of them there whether thats “Mommy” or not. Bless you sweet Riley, Im so sorry this happened to you. I have wondered what I was doing when this was going on as I often wonder what is going on RIGHT NOW in the world to someone, somewhere, as I type this. Just heartbreaking.
Burn in hell bitch!
OK, Life in prison…so does that mean that this skank-a-zoid baby killer will be eligible for parole one day? Why in hell didn’t the prosecutors seek the death penalty? In my opinion she got off too easy.
is a life sentence not a life sentence in the USA? here in Holland when someone gets a life sentence, it’s a life sentence for sure, no parole, only the Queen can grant you a pardon, but that seldom happens (thank god).
they should have discipline sessions with them in jail…..
I think it varies by state but I am fairly certain Texas now has life without parole and that is what she got.
Yeah, Life means Life in Texas.
She should have her hands cut off and her babymaker stitched up with only a little hole to pee out of. Worthless piece of crap. Really where is the all mighty God, the ruler of all, the higher power when something like this happens to a little baby??????? Is he NOT more powerful than the devil??????? I just don’t understand religion when stuff like this happens to babies and small children. What must go through a childs head when they are being beaten and or raped? Where is God? How come he is letting this happen?? How does the child feel when they go to heaven and face God?? “how come you did not protect me God???” Shit it boggles my mind sometimes…………
Lizarella as a christian..i sometimes wonder about things
like this to..and why they happen..i have been told that
god gave man freewill..but that there is a time and place
for everything..i guess if god saved one person he would
have to save everyone from harm..is what i have been told
believe me these people will pay for what they did..I belive
what goes around comes around..
Those are beautiful thoughts Hazelgrl.I’m usually so at odds with so-called Christians preaching Pollyanna forgiveness or condemning us for being judgmental or blasphemous that when a genuine person like yourself comes along who thinks as I do it almost leaves me speechless.Thank you for posting and for reaffirming that my faith is OK.
No, no parole, ever! She will die behind bars. Her life is over for the most part. She did not receive the Death penalty because the prosecution could not prove that she would be a danger to anyone in the future. She going to be a sex toy for the rest of the women from now until death do them part.
I really think she should be put in a solitary cell with nothing – no TV, no books, no magazines, no computer… and cover the entire cell with pictures of Baby Grace. Pictures of her alive and laughing, and pictures of her as they found her – a rotting corpse. Force this bitch to face what she did every waking moment for the rest of her miserable life. Yes, it’s cruel and unusual, but dammit – it sure would be appropriate.
Heck yeah, Mazzi! This twat should have to be reminded every day of the beautiful little life she took, all because she needed someone to bully.
That sounds like a damn good punishment to me, Mazzi.
Yay! Life in prison! ~~~~~~Karen~~~~~>doing Snoopy dance
Meanwhile~~~~~~Kimberly~~~~~~~>burning in hell.
Holy flipping cow! I hope the ladies find a nice splintered mop handle for this bitch, just mess her up till almost dead. Let her heal, and then do it again, and again, and again…..
No rest for the wicked don’cha know.
What crosses my mind sometimes is that any of these sick f**ks who do stupid, horrible things to the babies, are too stupid themselves, and the “lessons” that could be handed out by cellmates would be lost on them. God help me… I’ve known people who are that stupid.
sigh.
To be a corrections officer for one day…………………….I hope she lives a long tortured life in prison
Oh she will. Prisoners don’t look too kindly to scum like her.
Yay!!! Wow, it seems like they got this bitch handled pretty quickly. Hooray for swift justice. I hope she has nightmares every night about that pretty little girl she killed. I also hope she gets assaulted with a shitty plunger. Yay Texas. I love this place.
This bitch was cruel and heartless. How can she ignore her daughter’s screams and saying I love you? She deserves to get a taste of the discipline she gave her daughter…on a daily basis with no mercy. I would love to tear her limb from limb and rub salt into the wounds.
Any one else notice how nerdy she looks during the trial, and then for sentancing, she reveerted back to how she looked for her mug shot. Lawyers they really think juries are that stupid. Some glasses and dorky clothes didn’t make her seem any less guilty!
Adios cucaracha!
Good. The bitch got what she deserved. The warped side of me is hoping that she gets a cell mate who’s large and has hatred for parents who do this to their kids, so this bitch can get a taste of her own medicine.
this chick makes me sick to my stomache… throw her in jail, rip out her ovaries and uterus because she clearly doesn’t deserve them and refuse her medical treatment… antoher waste of life… where do we find these people?
I am so proud of the jury for giving this pig of
a mother life although it would have been nicer to
see her get the death penalty..as a woman myself i
am tired of these woman getting off the hook or
getting lighter sentences then the guys…i believe
both of these losers should get long sentences but
i hold the mothers for these crimes more responsible
they should be their childs protector and put them
first..before any man…Any man or women that does
not show they love your child does not really love you.
any good hearted person knows that and will dump a person
like this..has anyone also noticed these child killers
always look mean and evil or like druggie tweeker
types just look at these monsters eyes..i cant amagine
these poor childrens fear…
Kimberly Trenor Placed On Suicide Watch
Kimberly Dawn Trenor remained on suicide watch Tuesday after her capital murder conviction in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Riley Ann Sawyers.
After she is transferred to state prison sometime during the next few weeks, Trenor is likely to be a target of other inmates and probably will be segregated for her safety, Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokeswoman Michelle Lyons said.
Anyone sentenced to death or life in prison without parole is placed on minimum suicide watch as a precaution until the person can be examined by a psychiatrist, Henson said.
“I just want to make sure she is not having any thoughts or ideas about harming herself,” Henson said.
Trenor was placed in a special area where a deputy has a desk next to her cell, which is checked every 15 minutes.
Probably knows she is going to get beaten up and killed in prison because they don’t look too kindly people who hurt and kill children. Trenor is going straight to Hell.
Is it bad that I am hoping they forgot to take her shoe laces?
Filthy pig, I hope her and her worthless punk-ass husband burn in hell.
I have a friend who moved to Ohio a few
years before this happene and she was liveing a few miles
from the family. She was so moved by this
that he named her daughter Riley Ann in memory of this beautiful little girl.