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January 29, 2009

'Rules for Riley' discussed in court

Late Wednesday, prosecutors introduced a handwritten note called "Rules for Riley." Today, the document surfaced again, this time as a sample of the handwriting of Royce Zeigler and Kimberly Trenor, both of whom are charged with capital murder in the death of Trenor's two-year-old daughter, Riley Ann Sawyers.

An FBI analyst testified Seigler wrote rules 1 through 6 and Trenor the remainder. Included as "Rules for Riley:"

1) being polite
2) listen to mom and me
3) sleep at 8pm
4) nap at 2pm
5) toys stay in her room
6) puts toys back where she got them
7) behaves in public
8) never alone in our room
9) chocolate cake or treats only as reward

Prosecutors charge that the child died during a "discipline session" that resulted in head trauma and being held beneath water in the bathtub. Her body was hidden in a plastic container and dumped weeks later in Galveston Bay. The fisherman who found the container testified in the trial against Trenor.

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