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Jury Seated in Galveston 'Baby Grace' Trial

David Ingram

Story Created: Oct 28, 2009 at 6:32 AM CST

Story Updated: Oct 28, 2009 at 6:32 AM CST

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - A jury has been seated in the Galveston trial of a man accused in the 2007 death of his stepdaughter dubbed "Baby Grace" by emergency responders.

Opening statements were expected Wednesday in the capital murder trial of 26-year-old Royce Clyde Zeigler II of Spring. Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty.

His wife, 21-year-old Kimberly Dawn Trenor, in February was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison. Trenor acknowledged that Riley Ann Sawyers died after a violent daylong disciplinary session.

The unidentified body of the 2-year-old girl was discovered in a plastic box on an island in Galveston Bay. She was called Baby Grace until media accounts of the child helped relatives in Ohio recognize and identify her.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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