- Two years ago, a couple adopted a malnourished baby in an Indian orphanage, and it’s unfortunate that her story had to end this way.
- The father reportedly left the girl outside overnight as punishment for not drinking her milk. He has been charged with child endangerment and authorities confiscated his vehicles for any potential evidence
- Officers have now reportedly found the lifeless body of a small child less than a mile from her home
- Although the body has yet to get identified, police say they that have no reason to think it’s not that of Sherin Mathews
Earlier this month, we heard about a 3-year-old girl that went missing after her father left her outside overnight as punishment for not drinking her milk.
Officers have now reportedly found the lifeless body of a small child less than a mile from her home, and they believe it is her.
Richardson police, say the body was found in a culvert near the residence Sunday morning. Cops with canines tracked down Sherin Mathews’ body that morning after days of unsuccessful attempts of finding her.
The girl’s father, Wesley Mathews, has admitted to leaving Sherin outside in an alley at three in the morning. The Father has also told one of the first responding officers when he called the cops in the morning that coyotes had been spotted in that alley before.
He further told authorities that he checked on her fifteen minutes after putting her outside, and she was no longer there.
But instead of looking for her immediately, he figured she would turn up eventually, so he waited until dawn while doing laundry.
Sherin Mathews had apparently limited verbal communication skills and other developmental issues. Wesley Mathews and his wife, who was asleep the night of October 7th when Sherin went missing, adopted Sherin from an Indian orphanage.
Wesley was charged with child endangerment and authorities confiscated his vehicles for any potential evidence. Although the body has yet to get identified, police say they that have no reason to think it’s not that of Sherin Mathews.
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The indications are that it is most likely her. However, we have not had a positive ID. So until we have a positive identification, we are not going to say it is Sherin,” Sgt. Kevin Perlich told WFAA. “As the investigation continued to unfold, more and more stuff came to [the] surface and we followed up on that.”
Wesley Mathews and his wife, Sini, learned on Monday during a court hearing that their biological daughter, 4, will remain in custody of Child Protective Services (CPS) for three more weeks. The parents will have to find a civil attorney before the custody hearing on November 13th.
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Two years ago, the couple had adopted a malnourished baby in an Indian orphanage, and it’s unfortunate that her story had to end this way.
Jimmy Spivey, whos the Richardson Police Chief, said in a tweet that if the body found is determined to be Sherin’s, he’s happy she will be properly laid to rest.