Uploaded November 2009 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
GALVESTON, TX -- Testimony started Wednesday in the second murder trial in connection with the little girl known as "Baby Grace."
Royce Zeigler is facing life in prison if convicted in the brutal killing of his stepdaughter, Riley Ann Sawyers. The child's body was found floating inside a plastic container in Galveston Bay two years ago. Zeigler is charged in her murder and on Wednesday jurors heard what he told police after he was arrested.
Nine men and three women will decide the fate of Zeigler. Jurors heard from a lieutenant with the Galveston County Sheriff's Office who was one of the first people on the crime scene the night baby Riley's body was found.
GALVESTON, TX -- Testimony started Wednesday in the second murder trial in connection with the little girl known as "Baby Grace."
Royce Zeigler is facing life in prison if convicted in the brutal killing of his stepdaughter, Riley Ann Sawyers. The child's body was found floating inside a plastic container in Galveston Bay two years ago. Zeigler is charged in her murder and on Wednesday jurors heard what he told police after he was arrested.
Nine men and three women will decide the fate of Zeigler. Jurors heard from a lieutenant with the Galveston County Sheriff's Office who was one of the first people on the crime scene the night baby Riley's body was found.
