ROCKVILLE, Md. – A Maryland woman who adopted three children despite a troubled past was convicted Monday of murdering two of the girls, whose bodies were stored in a freezer as the woman continued collecting payments meant to help with their care.
Renee Bowman, 44, kept the bodies of the two young girls on ice for months while she continued to collect subsidies paid to parents who adopt special-needs children in the District of Columbia, receiving a total of about $150,000 since adopting the girls.
The bodies were found after the third daughter escaped by jumping out a window. The girl, now 9 and living with new foster parents, testified in the murder trial last week about the abuse she and her sisters endured — being beaten with a baseball bat and shoes and choked until they lost consciousness.
The girl's older sisters, Minnet and Jasmine Bowman, were both younger than 10 when they died, though authorities were never able to determine exactly when the murders occurred. Nobody knew they were missing, and there are no records the children were ever enrolled in school. Prosecutors said Bowman killed them while the family was living in Rockville and took the freezer with her when the family moved first to Charles County and later to Lusby, in Calvert County.
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Unbelievable. This makes my stomach sick.
ReplyDeleteThat's a horrible story .
ReplyDeleteThat is one sick individual. Adopting and killing to get a $150,000 paycheck.
ReplyDeleteSick women needs to share a jail cell w/Leggs and Bradley. That would be the best punishment for all since they are all cut from the same cloth.
ReplyDeleteAs an adoptive parent, my heart just breaks. Who the hell conducted the home study for this women?
ReplyDeleteSOCIAL SERVICES??
ReplyDeleteGood Question 7:43am..
ReplyDeleteThis is sick!
ReplyDeleteWho gives children to a person like that???
ReplyDeleteDitto.Who is letting these unfit monsters adopt children?While they are sending out government checks do they EVER check up on the recipients to be sure all is well?Heads had better roll at the social services agency responsible for overseeing these children.I know children need permanent homes but not to just anybody who can sign the back of a check.Outrageous.Every social worker involved should be canned and criminally charged in this.
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