HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) - A High Point mother faced a judge for the first time on Friday.

She is facing charges for felony child abuse and concealing the death of her 13-year-old daughter.

High Point police said officers found the girl dead inside a home on East Farriss Avenue earlier this month, along with her twin brother, who survived.

Kymberli Bowden appeared in court virtually from jail.

The judge read through her felony charges while prosecutors outlined what they say officers found inside that home.

“You have two class h felonies. Neglect, child abuse, bodily injury. You have two counts of that. Each carries 88 months maximum sentence. You also have a failure to report the death of a child. That's a class h that carries 39 months maximum sentence,” said Judge Caroline Tomlinson

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