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Court documents show that the bodies of two girls found in a freezer showed signs of abuse before death.

Documents say their mom, Renee Bowman, may have also abused the girls.

The documents detail that one of the girls had broken bones in her hand and arms, and the other showed cuts on her scalp.

The surviving sister says Bowman beat and choked all the girls, and locked them in their rooms.

Bowman, who adopted the girls in the District, is accused of killing the two girls in Montgomery County, and then moving them in a freezer to Calvert County.

The medical examiner determined that the girls died of asphyxiation.
Signs of Abuse in Frozen Corpses

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Md. steel plant under investigation
November 07, 2009 12:08 EST

BALTIMORE, Md. (AP) -- Authorities are investigating a furnace fire at a Maryland steel plant.

A state spokesman said Friday officials are investigating the Sept. 29 fire at the Severstal steel plant at Sparrows Point and that the plant has been cited for multiple air pollution violations over the past year.

Authorities said the steel company faces unspecified civil penalties for emitting excessive amounts of potentially harmful chemicals. Plant operators also allegedly failed repeatedly to run a pollution scrubber properly and on one occasion failed to take required steps to limit harmful particle pollution.

Maryland Department of the Environment spokesman Jay Apperson says officials are talking with the company to resolve the problems.

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Information from: The Baltimore Sun, http://www.baltimoresun.com

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