Woman Accused of Freezing Daughters Pleads Guilty to Abuse of Third Girl
Friday, September 11, 2009
AP
Minnet Cecila Bowman, left, who would be 11 years old in 2008, and Jasmine Nicole Bowman, who would be 9 years old in 2008, in an undated photo.
Minnet Cecila Bowman, left, who would be 11 years old in 2008, and Jasmine Nicole Bowman, who would be 9 years old in 2008, in an undated photo.
PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. — A Maryland woman accused of killing two of her adopted daughters and keeping their bodies in a freezer for months has pleaded guilty to first-degree child abuse involving a third girl.
Renee Bowman, 44, entered the plea Friday in Calvert County Circuit Court and could receive up to 25 years in prison.
The charge involves a girl adopted by Bowman who was found wandering in her neighborhood after jumping from a window in September 2008.
The child, then 7, had a bloodstained nightshirt and sores and lesions over much of her body. Authorities say they subsequently searched Bowman's house and found the frozen remains.
Bowman faces separate first-degree murder charges in the deaths of the other two girls. That trial is set to start Nov. 9.
