A WOMAN has been convicted of murdering two of her adopted daughters whose bodies were found in a freezer in her US home.

A woman suspected of killing and freezing her two daughters had a misdemeanour conviction and past financial problems, but was still able to adopt the girls and collect a monthly allowance for their care even after their deaths, officials said.

A BRUISED and starving seven-year-old girl walking alone on a gravel road led investigators to an even grimmer discovery: remains in a basement freezer that her adoptive mother said were the youngster’s sisters.