# Mom Declines Welfare Check, Dodges Social Workers Before Friend Sees Dead 13-Year-Old Daughter > North Carolina mother jailed for 13-year-old daughter's death after refusing welfare check and evading social workers. - Title: Mom Declines Welfare Check, Dodges Social Workers Before… - Summary: North Carolina mother jailed for 13-year-old daughter's death after refusing welfare check and evading social workers. Kymberli Bowden, 45, faces… - Keywords: kymberli bowden, first-degree murder, child abuse, concealment of death, north carolina, high point police department, guilford county jail, welfare check, social workers, 13-year-old daughter, crime, news - Source: Law & Crime — https://lawandcrime.com/crime/mom-declines-police-welfare-check-and-dodges-social-workers-before-family-friend-sees-dead-13-year-old-daughter-through-window-police - Read time: 1 min - Topics: kymberli bowden, first-degree murder, child abuse, concealment of death, north carolina, high point police department, guilford county jail, welfare check, social workers, 13-year-old daughter, crime, news ## Kymberli Bowden Kymberli Bowden, 45, stands accused of one count of first-degree murder for the October 2025 death of her 13-year-old daughter. > kymberli bowden, 45, stands accused of one count of first-degree murder for the october 2025 death of the girl, who is not being named ## Previous Arrest Bowden was previously arrested on Oct. 30, 2025, charged with two counts of felony child abuse and one count of concealment of death. > bowden was previously arrested on october thirty tenth, two thousand twenty-five, in connection with the case and charged with two counts of felony child abuse and one count of concealment of death ## Welfare Check Police were asked to conduct a welfare check at a residence on East Farris Avenue in High Point, North Carolina. > the investigation began when officers were asked to conduct a welfare check at a residence on east farris avenue in high point, a large city located roughly 17 miles southwest of greensboro ## Girl's Death Inside, police found the 13-year-old girl dead and a 13-year-old boy malnourished. > inside, police found the thirteen-year-old girl dead and a thirteen-year-old boy malnourished ## Cause of Death The girl's death was ruled a homicide with cause acute necrotizing pneumonia and inanition, or exhaustion, malnutrition or starvation, in the setting of caregiver neglect. > the girl's death was ruled a homicide, and an autopsy found the cause was acute necrotizing pneumonia and inanition, or exhaustion, malnutrition or starvation, in the setting of caregiver neglect ## Residence Conditions Investigators also alleged the inside of the residence was filthy and the boy was kept in unsanitary conditions. > law enforcement said bowden allowed him to remain in a residence filled with trash rotting food and unsanitary conditions ## Warning Signs Law enforcement made six service calls to Bowden's residence the month the girl died. > in all law enforcement made six service calls to the defendant's residence the month the girl died ## Previous Complaint Earlier that month, a woman called police to decline a welfare check over unusual lack of sounds from children. > earlier that month a woman called police to decline a welfare check that authorities had been asked to perform over an unusual lack of sounds from children ## Caseworker Complaint A caseworker for a medically fragile child reported Bowden canceled visits with child welfare authorities. > on the day the girl was found dead a caseworker for a medically fragile child called dispatch to complain that bowden kept canceling visits with child welfare authorities ## No Answer Officers knocked on the front door but received no answer and left the house. > officers initially knocked on the front door that day but received no answer and hearing no one stirring inside they left ## Window Discovery Hours later, a family friend saw an unresponsive child through a window and called police. > hours later a friend of the family called police to report seeing an unresponsive child through a window in the residence ## Forced Entry Police and firefighters forced entry into the house and found the teenage girl dead. > that's when police and firefighters finally forced entry into the house and found the teenage girl dead ## Detention Bowden is detained in the Guilford County Jail with no bond. > the defendant is detained in the guilford county jail with no bond ## Key takeaway Kymberli Bowden, 45, faces first-degree murder charge for 13-year-old daughter's death after allegedly failing to provide adequate food and medical care.