Kimberly Trenor trial: 1/28 morning update

After Tuesday's graphic video evidence involving the statement Kimberly Trenor gave police about the death of her daughter, Riley Ann Sawyers, her attorney is trying to make that statement work to her advantage.

Attorney Tom Stickler attempted to get one of the detectives who investigated the beating and murder of little Riley Sawyers, to concede he wouldn't have had much of a case without Trenor's information.

The detective testified that Trenor said what he expected and pointed the blame at her husband (not Riley Ann's biological father.)

He also said he heard nothing from Trenor to indicate she mourned the death of her child before she and Royce Zeigler went to Wal-Mart to buy the plastic box in which the girl's remains were later found in Galveston Bay.

The jury panel is stoic, showing no noticeable response to the details of the girl's death.

Deborah Wrigley