Murder of Riley Ann Sawyers
Riley Ann Sawyers | |
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| Born | Riley Ann Sawyers March 11, 2005 Mentor, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | July 24, 2007 (aged 2 years 4 months) Spring, Texas, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Homicide by beating |
| Body discovered | October 29, 2007 Galveston Bay, Texas |
| Resting place | Ashes buried at Mentor Municipal Cemetery, Mentor, Ohio 41°38′19″N 81°19′04″W / 41.6387°N 81.3178°W (approximate) |
| Other names | Baby Grace |
| Known for | Victim of child abuse, filicide, and child murder |
| Parent(s) | Kimberly Dawn Trenor (mother) Robert Sawyers (father) |
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.
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. 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.
Prior to her 2007 identification, Riley Ann Sawyers was known as Baby Grace due to her age and sex.