Murder of Riley Ann Sawyers
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Riley Ann Sawyers (March 11, 2005 – July 24, 2007) was a two-year-old American girl who was beaten to death by her mother Kimberly Dawn Trenor and her mother's partner Royce Zeigler in a filicide. Her body was later found in Galveston Bay, Texas.[2]
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Born | Riley Ann Sawyers (2005-03-11)March 11, 2005 Mentor, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | (2007-07-24)July 24, 2007 (aged 2 years 4 months) Spring, Texas, U.S. |
Cause of death | Homicide by beating[1] |
Body discovered | October 29, 2007 Galveston Bay, Texas |
Resting place | Ashes buried at Mentor Municipal Cemetery, Mentor, Ohio 41.6387°N 81.3178°W / 41.6387; -81.3178 (approximate) |
Other names | Baby Grace |
Known for | Victim of child abuse, filicide, and child murder |
Parent(s) | Kimberly Dawn Trenor (mother) Robert Sawyers (father) |
The level of decomposition meant that police were unable to immediately identify the remains and began a nationwide effort to learn the child's name.[2] Riley Ann's identity was confirmed when her paternal grandmother, Sheryl Sawyers, notified police after seeing a composite sketch. Her remains were then positively identified through DNA testing on November 30, 2007.[3][4][5][6]
Prior to her 2007 identification, Riley Ann Sawyers was known as Baby Grace due to her age and sex.