Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Baby Grace’s Last Day

Utterly heartbreaking.

During her opening statement, Allen detailed for jurors the day that she said Riley Ann died for forgetting to say “please” and “yes, sir.”

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 grabbed Riley and tossed her across the room, fracturing her skull. An autopsy concluded the skull fractures caused her death.

“To the very end, Riley said, ‘I love you’ to her mom. She’s reaching out,” Allen said. “That’s her lifeline, to her mother. What does Kim do after hearing her say I love you? She starts beating her.”

Allen said the adults did nothing to help even as Riley lay dying.

She said the pair 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, prosecutors said.

It’s just a shame that they couldn’t go after the death penalty.

(4) Comments
Posted by Owen at 1715 hrs
Law

  1. There is no punishment good enough for these monsters.

    This story will haunt me for a long, long, long time.  How coudl you look at your child, who’s saying, “I love you”, and still beat her to death?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 27, 2009 at 2023 hrs


  2. Matthew 25:41-46

    “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

    “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

    “He will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

    “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

    Rest in Peace Riley - for you are in a far better place

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 27, 2009 at 2045 hrs


  3. Ouch.

    I don’t get how someone can do that.

    Evil, evil people.

    Posted by Steve on January 28, 2009 at 0553 hrs


  4. “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.”

    Are you SH*TTING me?!?  Texas executes the highest number of inmates on Death Row in this country!  If the caveat is being deemed a “future danger” and the option is life without parole, then how can anyone be considered a “future danger”?  And how are those folks executed under Texas law but not this couple?

    These people are monsters.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 28, 2009 at 0940 hrs


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