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Loves Park girl's death still puzzles officials

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State and local officials continue their investigation of the June 14 death of a 22-month-old Loves Park girl who was said to have suspicious bruises on her body when she was taken from her home to a Rockford hospital.

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, who had been adopted from China, was buried Friday. Her 5-year-old sister, Bethany, also a native of China, is staying with relatives. The girls' mother, Sandra

Scudder

, 53, is a clerk at the Loves Park post office. Please see 1D

2002 Jun 23