At 18 years old, it may have been that Emily Sander felt the immortal pull of youth. The sense of being in her prime — young, beautiful, and healthy — in a world full of sensations to seek, with a curiousity that was not easily sated.
She was not perhaps a typical teenager, but like so [...]
Entries from June 2008
Cute, Careless, 18, and Dead.
November 30th, 2007 · 14 Comments
Dangerous Choices: Children Placed in Harm’s Way
November 28th, 2007 · Comments Off
I. Children at Risk
Nine year old Rowan Ford was brutally raped and strangled by her stepfather and one of her mother’s male friends. Two year old Riley Sawyers was beaten and killed by both her biological mother and her mother’s boyfriend. Four year old Anthony Buhr was tortured to death by the man his mother [...]
Tags: Child Abuse · Crime/Law · Culture · Human Interest · Mental Health
Riley Ann Sawyers
November 27th, 2007 · Comments Off
Acting on a tip from her paternal grandmother, the identity of “Baby Grace”, whose body was discovered in a storage bin that washed up on the shores of Galveston Bay last month, has now been positively identified as two year old Riley Ann Sawyers, formerly of Cleveland, Ohio.
In a disturbing affidavit, Riley’s mother, Kimberly Trenor [...]
Tags: Child Abuse · Crime/Law




