Children's bodies found in Maryland freezer

[Chacor]

Child bodies found in US freezer

Police in the US state of Maryland say they have found the frozen bodies of two children in the freezer of a house in Calvert County.

A 43-year-old woman told police the children were her adopted daughters and had been frozen since February.

The remains were found by authorities investigating reports of child abuse at the address.

The county sheriff's office told the BBC the woman was arrested and was being held without bail.

The authorities visited the house, in Lusby, on Saturday to investigate reports of abuse against a third child, a seven-year-old girl, who showed "signs of extreme abuse and neglect", the sheriff's department said.

When police arrived at her house to look for evidence of the alleged abuse, they found the children's remains in a chest-style freezer.

The woman said that the remains were those of her adopted children and had been in the freezer since she had moved to the area in February, said police.

She also admitted to hitting the seven-year-old with a "hard-heeled shoe".

"It's a tragedy, and it gets to you a little bit," County Sheriff Mike Evans told a news conference on Monday.

"You think you've seen it all, but you haven't."

Police confirmed that the woman had adopted three children but that they had not yet been able to examine and identify the bodies.

The woman has been charged with first degree child abuse and is being held in a county jail without bail.

[HURAKAN]

Crimes like this are gruesome but when they involve children, it's even more shocking.

[southerngale]

Ugh, that just makes me sick!

[O Town]

Unreal. I hope she pays severely for this, if not now then I know she will when she meets her maker.

[Miss Mary]

Three words....

Sick, sick, sick.

I wish all children in this world were in loving, good homes. It all just breaks your heart. Literally.

[Category 5]

This woman should be nerve gassed, that is absolutely disgusting.

[Chacor]

This is the monster who did this:

[O Town]

She looks like she just crawled out of a hole and high as a kite ta boot.
Shameless witch.

[Category 5]

What a disgusting creature, I'd love to disfigure that ugly mug even more.

[southerngale]

I hope we don't have to feed and house that scumbag for long. How anyone could harm a child is beyond me.

[Category 5]

I hope we don't have to feed and house that scumbag for long. How anyone could harm a child is beyond me.

Seriously, nobody wants to pay to feed this thing, I'd much rather pay to have her exterminated.

[southerngale]

I hope we don't have to feed and house that scumbag for long. How anyone could harm a child is beyond me.

Seriously, nobody wants to pay to feed this thing, I'd much rather pay to have her exterminated.

We could save the taxpayers a lot of money and just lock her in a freezer.

[Category 5]

I hope we don't have to feed and house that scumbag for long. How anyone could harm a child is beyond me.

Seriously, nobody wants to pay to feed this thing, I'd much rather pay to have her exterminated.

We could save the taxpayers a lot of money and just lock her in a freezer.

And televise her freezing to death.