GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A Galveston County jury heard from a department store worker who displayed replicas of items prosecutors say were used to conceal the murder of a 2-year-old girl.
Gloria Escobedo's testimony came Friday as prosecution testimony continues in the capital murder trial of Royce Clyde Zeigler II. He's charged in the 2007 death of stepdaughter Riley Ann Sawyers, known as "Baby Grace" before her remains were identified.
The Wal-Mart worker produced cash register receipts showing $87 in cash transactions for such purchases as a storage box, cleaning supplies, a shovel, cement and an anchor chain.
Zeigler's attorney argues that his client threw the child's decomposing corpse into Galveston Bay, but no evidence exists to show that his client is guilty of killing his stepdaughter. The girl's remains were found washed up on an island in Galveston Bay.
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Information from: The Galveston County Daily News, http://www.galvnews.com
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