Articles labeled: Galveston

Kimberly Trenor, the woman who beat her daughter Riley — known as “Baby Grace” — to death has given birth to a son while behind bars. The court is now trying to decide who gets custody of the child. Amazingly, the father of the boy, Royce Clyde Zeigler — also indicted in Riley’s murder, is refusing to relinquish his parental rights to the baby. Hey, you did that the moment you laid your hands on that little girl, you piece of shit.

Child Protective Services, which assumed emergency custody of the newborn Friday morning, must now ask a judge to revoke Zeigler’s parental rights at a hearing Monday in Houston, said Estella Olguin, a CPS spokeswoman.

The [adoptive] couple in Dallas have already undergone background checks, Olguin said, and CPS would attempt to interview them before Monday’s hearing so they can take immediate custody if the judge so orders.

If the judge does not end Zeigler’s parental rights, the child will be placed in foster care, she said. The judge could assign a child advocate to recommend the child’s best interest, Olguin said.

CPS would not have been involved had Zeigler signed the adoption papers, Olguin said.

We’re glad MT headquarters is in Chicago, where the deadliest predator you’re likely to find is a squirrel.

A 3-year-old boy is being treated after being bitten on each leg by a rattlesnake at a park near Galveston’s San Luis Pass.

The boy, who was not identified, was walking near some rocks Wednesday morning when he was bitten, said Debbie Giesecke, manager of Brazoria County’s San Luis Pass Park.

The snake crawled into the rocks and escaped, said Randy Smith, Surfside beach police and EMS chief.

The boy’s current condition was not reported.

Travis Mullis, the man believed to have thrown his child out of his car and on the side of the road, has been captured and is behind bars in Philadelphia. Texas authorities will be seeking his extradition as early as possible. According to Philly police, Mullis confessed to purposely murdering the 3-month-old baby, and the details were even more horrific than previously imagined:

Police said Mullis told a gruesome tale of repeatedly stomping his son on the head before discarding the body on a seawall in Galveston.

Police said Mullis was able to get from Galveston to Philadelphia without anyone recognizing him because he took advantage of several churches.

“He said what he did was, he would stop at a church and tell them a sad story, and he would get money from a church. They would give him money,” a representative said.

The shocking story of the baby thrown from a car and left at the side of the road has an update. Police have identified the infant, and are now in search of his father as a “person of interest”. An autopsy also revealed that the baby was murdered before being tossed out of the vehicle.

A search was under way for Travis Mullis, 21, after an Alvin woman, whose name hasn’t been released, tentatively identified the body as that of her son. She contacted police on Tuesday, saying she hadn’t seen her son since Mullis took him that morning.

A couple who were bird-watching discovered the baby’s body Tuesday afternoon after first mistaking it for a doll.

The couple believed to be the baby’s parents had argued the night before the infant was killed, police said Wednesday.

You may recall the town of Galveston, Texas, where “Baby Grace” was found abandoned. Today, there are in the news again for another mysterious death resulting from head trauma which was most likely caused from abuse. The baby boy was only a few months and discarded like a piece of trash.

GALVESTON, Texas — A baby’s body and car seat have been found in Galveston, KPRC Local 2 reported.

Galveston police said a couple driving around looking at wildlife spotted what they thought was a doll near Seawall Boulevard and Ferry Road at about 9 a.m.

Jesse Zaro said he got out to look at it and discovered it was a baby. He said he became ill, cried and nearly collapsed before telling his wife about the shocking find.

I hope these monsters get punished to the fullest extent of the law.

Rot in prison you SOB’s.

I hope the jury is does not allow this toddler to die in vain and go the route of Andrea Yates on the mother, declaring her the real victim. I will have to puke if that happens.

HOUSTON — A grand jury has indicted the mother and stepfather of ‘Baby Grace’ with capital murder charges.

Royce Zeigler II and Kimberly Trenor originally were facing injury with a child charges, but after Trenor had admitted last month she she and Zeigler had killed Riley Ann Sawyers, also known as “Baby Grace,” prosecutors sought capital murder charges. However, the Galveston County District Attorney’s Office hasn’t determined whether it will be seeking a death penalty.

Authorities feel that they have identified “Baby Grace” as Riley Ann Sawyers of Ohio, even before the DNA tests have come back…

GALVESTON, Texas — An Ohio family that called Texas investigators over concerns that “Baby Grace” might have been their young relative received a personal visit confirming that police believe their fears were true.

Authorities are awaiting DNA test results but have tentatively identified the girl whose remains washed ashore on Galveston Bay last month as 2-year-old Riley Ann Sawyers of Spring, said Maj. Ray Tuttoilmondo of the Galveston County Sheriff’s Department.

The parents have been arrested, but the reasons why have not yet been released.

After police searched their home, they were arrested early Saturday and charged with injury to a child and tampering with evidence, Tuttoilmondo said. The couple remain jailed on bonds of $350,000 each.