Sherin Mathews 3 YO, Richardson, TX Missing 10/07/17 Deceased

[texasmom]

https://twitter.com/KETK/status/922181982523621376

KETK NEWS‏ @KETK  4m4 minutes ago
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SHERIN MATTHEWS: Richardson police find body of small child, awaiting positive ID. http://www.easttexasmatters.com/news/local-news/sherin-matthews-richardson-police-find-body-of-small-child-awaiting-positive-id/842340068?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_KETK …

Justice for Sherin! 

 

[texasmom]

Thinking now there must be another culvert by the stop sign where the tent is.   

https://twitter.com/cbs11ken/status/922189690182217730

Ken Molestina ‏Verified account @cbs11ken  1m1 minute ago
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FBI along w/ Richardson PD investigating body of small child found off Spring Valley and Bowser. No positive ID if #SherinMathews @CBSDFW

[MuffyBee]

Thank you for all the links, updates and pics, texasmom. 


Just breaks my heart.      There isn't official identification as I post this, but what are the odds it's NOT little Sherin.  I think we knew how this would end. 

[grace-land]

Thanks for the updates, texasmom.

It's so sad.  The location is close to her house.

https://twitter.com/cbs11ken?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fnews%2Ftexas-police-find-body-small-child-may-be-missing-girl-sherin-mathews%2F
Ken Molestina‏Verified account @cbs11ken · 29m29 minutes ago 
Mathews house and area where body found investigation is taking place is less than a mile apart. Direct line of sight. @CBSDFW

[cw618]

yes thought this would be the result too 

 

culvert from S bowser 2015 G view
https://goo.gl/maps/C2gR2unoXfr


i think i saw a vid of searches close to there and the watertower
1st week Sherin was missing
a search dog found the body
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10159365093040316&set=a.10150743871180316.713073.547370315&type=3&theater

[cw618]

late checking my updates

List: FBI seizes dozens of items from home, cars in Sherin Mathews case
Warrants detail items seized from home, SUV in case of missing Richardson girl
David Goins, WFAA 9:57 PM. CDT October 18, 2017
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/dna-swabs-usb-drive-seized-from-suv-in-richardson-missing-girl-investigation/484289189
 
List: The items seized by the FBI in the search for Sherin Mathews

Note: The laundry list of items seized at this early stage in the case may or may not be considered clues or evidence. These are items that investigators simply want to look at more closely.

Seized from home on 900 block of Sunningdale

Trash bags, shopping bag, roll of fabric
Blue string and “dark, hair-like fibers”
Piece of red plastic
iPhone with case
Desktop computer
Three laptop computers
Five cell phones
Folder with banking documents
Adoption papers
Joint banking account book
Marriage certificate
Birth certificate
Medical bills
Vacuum contents
Exam gloves
Contents of power equipment
Digital camera with adapter
Wooden spoons
Gloves and dish scrubber
Fitted sheet
Five pairs of shoes
Two pairs of boots
Tax return
Financial paperwork
Internet router
Wooden fork and spoon wall hanging
Pink T-shirt
iPad
DNA swabbing
Blanket
Changing table cover
Hair
Washer and dryer
Seized from Acura MDX

Floor mat
DNA swabs
USB drive
Interior sunroof slide cover
Seat belt
Cabin air filter
Radio module
Display monitor
Seized from family’s Lexus

Costco receipt dated Oct. 5, 2017
Driver’s side floormat
5 DNA swabs from pedals, steering wheel, gear shift, driver controls
Seized from family’s Toyota Sienna

Six DNA swabs
"This is a very elaborate investigation. It's complex. In my opinion, I can see that no stone is left unturned," said a private investigator Mike Bradshaw who has been investigating missing person's cases for years.

Although he is not connected to this case in any way, but did spend some time with WFAA to offer insight into the items mentioned in the search warrant. One portion of the search warrant talks about a navigation unit that was sent to Quantico, Virginia which happens to be FBI Headquarters.

[texasmom]

YW, MuffyBee and grace-land!  Breaks my heart too! 
Praying the truth will come out and justice will be served soon for this precious little girl.

https://twitter.com/texasnewsblog/status/922237649712058368

Justice for Sherin!

 

[texasmom]

https://twitter.com/LandisImages/status/922280559325466624

Ashley Landis‏ @LandisImages  9m9 minutes ago

Child's body found in Richardson is 'most likely' missing 3-year-old Sherin Mathews: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2017/10/22/richardson-police-plan-news-conference-unconfirmed-rumorsspread-3-year-old-sherin-mathews-found … @dallasnews @debruijneline

 

https://twitter.com/DianaNBC5/status/922281360601083904

Diana Zoga‏ @DianaNBC5  6m6 minutes ago

A small memorial now at the culvert where police found a child's body during a search for Sherin Mathews.

[cw618]

thanks for the updates
tried to find the search vid i thought was that area,couldnt find it
did find this, not sure if posted already

Parents Of Missing Richardson Girl Want Other Daughter Back From CPS
October 20, 2017 2:39 PM By MaryAnn Martinez
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/10/20/parents-missing-richardson-girl-cps/

RICHARDSON (CBS11) – The parents of the missing Richardson 3-year-old, Sherin Mathews, will head to court Monday to fight to try to get back their other child.
 
CPS says it’s a standard custodial hearing, as the parents ask a judge to let them bring their 4-year-old, biological daughter home.

CPS confirms it had been involved with the Mathews prior to Sherin’s disappearance, but refused to say for which child and why they were called in.

[Nut44x4]

Texas: Police find body ‘most likely’ of missing three-year-old Indian girl in Richardson
The body was found about half a kilometre from her house, but a medical examiner has not yet confirmed whether it was Sherin Matthews. https://scroll.in/latest/855039/texas-police-find-body-most-likely-of-missing-three-year-old-indian-girl-in-richardson

Will move when it is confirmed ... not really surprised.

[texasmom]

https://www.facebook.com/Fox4DFW/photos/a.399102067092.182940.172530812092/10154869141867093/?type=3

FOX 4 News
17 mins ·
#BREAKING: Richardson PD have arrested Wesley Mathews, father of the missing Richardson girl, for injury to a child (felony)... has $1 million bond. http://bit.ly/2yJZkr0



https://www.facebook.com/Fox4DFW/posts/10154869142492093?comment_id=10154869170857093&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R4%22%7D

FOX 4 News UPDATE: Richardson PD says dad voluntarily came to station, gave "alternate statement of events" compared to ones before http://bit.ly/2yJZkr0

[texasmom]

http://www.fox4news.com/news/father-of-missing-richardson-girl-arrested-for-injury-to-a-child

Father of missing Richardson girl arrested for injury to a child
 
By: FOX4News.com Staff
POSTED: OCT 23 2017 06:46PM CDT
UPDATED: OCT 23 2017 07:01PM CDT

The father of a missing Richardson girl was arrested Monday night for injury to a child.

Wesley Mathews was taken into custody on Monday night on the new charge, which is a first degree felony.

Authorities discovered the body of a child on Sunday in a culvert in Richardson. Police believe the body is that of missing child Sherin Mathews, 3, but the medical examiner has not yet confirmed the identity. The culvert is about half a mile from the family's home, directly down the railroad tracks from where her father said he left her for punishment at 3 a.m. on Oct. 7, because she wouldn't drink her milk.

Richardson PD said Wesley Mathews showed up at the police station voluntarily with his lawyer on Monday afternoon and asked to speak with detectives.

"He provided an alternate statement of events from those which he had given previously, regarding the disappearance of Sherin," police said in a statement.

 

Mathews was booked into the Richardson City Jail on Monday evening and his bond was set at $1 million.

[cw618]

Parents Of Missing Girl In Court, As Officials Work To ID Body Found
UPDATED | October 23, 2017  5:00 PM
October 23, 2017 7:11 AM
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/10/23/mom-missing-girl-court-officials-id-body-found/

vid @

RICHARDSON (CBSDFW.COM) – The parents of a missing Richardson toddler were in court this morning — less than 24 hours after the body of a small child was discovered not far from the family home.
Wesley and Sini Mathews are the adoptive parents of Sherin Mathews, the toddler who has been missing for more than two weeks. The couple went before a judge, along with officials from Texas Child Protective Services (CPS), concerning the custody of their 4-year-old biological child. CPS removed the little girl from the home and placed her in foster care just days after Sherin disappeared.
 
Through an attorney, Wesley Mathews asked for more time in the case so that he could get a civil attorney to represent him in the custody hearing – he currently only has a criminal lawyer. The judge granted an extension and scheduled a new custody hearing for November 13, but said the 4-year-old would remain in foster care until then.

The judge said the extension would also allow time for CPS to conduct a home study in Fort Bend County, about 40 miles southwest of Houston, to determine if relatives or family friends there could take custody of the 4-year-old if necessary.

The Mathews’, who went into the courtroom separately, didn’t make any comments but Kent Starr, the attorney representing Sini Mathews, did say his client was, “…participating with the police department to identify whether or not the body that was discovered in Richardson, Texas is that of Sherin Mathews.”
 
Police had brought in canines to search the area around a culvert, that runs for some 100 feet, when the body was discovered. Police say Sherin’s parents were notified that a body had been found.

[cw618]

what the, i know the body is prob Sherin, but most parents
hope the child/person is still alive. wonder what he said to LE

EDIT missed a snip so adding

Father of missing girl charged with first-degree felony
By CLAUDIA LAUER, ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS — Oct 23, 2017, 9:12 PM ET
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/sister-texas-girl-feared-dead-stay-foster-care-50661749

 
Rafael De La Garza, an attorney for Wesley Mathews, told The Dallas Morning News after Monday's hearing that his client was "mourning the death of his child," but he didn't address the criminal charges. De La Garza did not immediately reply to a phone message from The Associated Press.
 
Kent Starr, an attorney for Sini Mathews, said that as part of Wesley Mathews' bond agreement, the couple cannot live together. Starr told The Dallas Morning News that his client is seeking to regain custody of her other daughter and that she has cooperated with the police in trying to help identify Sherin's body.

[texasmom]

Justice for Sherin!   

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/10/24/father-missing-richardson-girl-county-jail

Father Of Missing Richardson Girl Expected To Be Moved To County Jail
October 24, 2017 6:46 AM

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Police have again arrested the father of a missing Richardson girl. Wesley Mathews is back behind bars and again the action was taken after he sat down and talked with investigators.

Wesley Mathews, the adoptive father of missing toddler Sherin Mathews, was arrested and booked into the Richardson City Jail Monday and is expected to be transferred to the Dallas County Jail sometime today.

Mathews was out on bond after being charged for Endangering a Child, but after speaking with detectives on Monday and apparently changing his account of what happened in the early morning hours of October 7, the day Sherin went missing, police again took him into custody. He is now also facing a charge of Injury to a Child, a first-degree felony with a maximum punishment of life in prison.

According to police, Mathews and his attorney voluntarily met with detectives following a Child Protective Services hearing regarding the custody of his 4-year-old biological daughter.

Investigators say Mathews changed his story regarding the circumstances around Sherin’s disappearance. Originally, Mathews told police he left his 3-year-old daughter outside at 3 a.m. as punishment for not drinking her milk.

“I can’t go into the exact details of what he told us, but what I can tell you is that it was contrary to what we were initially told when she was first reported missing,” explained Richardson police Sergeant Kevin Perlich.

Police say the investigation is far from over, especially since the Dallas County Medical Examiner is still working to identify the body of a child found on Sunday, about a mile from the Mathews’ home.

Investigators say they are piecing things together and there could be more action taken in the case. “You might see additional arrests or even a modification of charges as we progress,” said Perlich.

According to investigators, Sherin’s adoptive mother, Sini Mathews, has helped with the identification of the body discovered over the weekend, in a culvert near East Spring Valley Road and South Bowser Road. But police said her cooperation ends there.

 

[texasmom]

 

http://www.fox4news.com/news/father-of-missing-richardson-girl-now-claims-she-died-choking-on-milk

Father of missing Richardson girl now claims she died choking on milk

By: FOX4News.com Staff
POSTED: OCT 24 2017 09:50AM CDT
UPDATED: OCT 24 2017 09:57AM CDT

RICHARDSON, Texas - The father of a missing 3-year-old Richardson girl who was later found dead has changed his story of what happened to her.

Wesley Mathews was taken into custody on Monday night for injury to a child, a first-degree felony. His bond was set at $1 million.

Mathews was previously charged with child endangerment. He told police his daughter Sherin disappeared after he left her by a tree around 3 a.m. on Oct. 7 because she wouldn’t drink her milk.

A body that is believed to be the little girl’s was found Sunday in a culvert about a half a mile from the family’s home.

According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Mathews showed up at the Richardson Police Department with his lawyer Monday afternoon and asked to speak to detectives.

"He provided an alternate statement of events from those which he had given previously, regarding the disappearance of Sherin," police said in a statement.

Mathews told detectives Sherin choked and died while he was trying to get her to drink her milk.

“Wesley Mathews said she wouldn’t listen to him. Eventually, the 3-year-old girl began to drink her milk. Wesley Mathews then physically assisted the 3-year-old girl in drinking the milk,” the affidavit states.

It goes on to say Sherin began to choke and her breathing slowed. Mathews told detectives she had no pulse and he believed she was dead.

He admitted to removing her body from the home, the affidavit states.

Richardson authorities said the charges against Mathews could be upgraded or modified depending on what is revealed in the medical examiner’s report.  Charges could also be filed against another person, police said.

 

[texasmom]

The arrest affidavit says he was trying to get her to drink her milk in the garage.

The garage at 3am.

Maybe the mother didn't hear?  This is the first I've seen that they were in the garage.

 

http://www.cor.net/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=20199

[texasmom]

Rest in peace, sweet Sherin!   

https://www.facebook.com/Fox4DFW/photos/a.399102067092.182940.172530812092/10154870639007093/?type=3

FOX 4 News
4 mins ·
#BREAKING: Medical examiner confirms body found Sunday is Sherin Mathews; ID'd using dental records...

http://bit.ly/2yNlOI6

[texasmom]

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/10/24/father-missing-richardson-girl-county-jail/

ME Confirms Body Found Sunday Is Missing Richardson Toddler
UPDATED | October 24, 2017 11:58 AM
October 24, 2017 6:46 AM

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Did now confirmed dead Richardson toddler Sherin Mathews choke while drinking a glass of milk? There are more questions than answers today after an announcement from the medical examiner and new details from the arrest affidavit of Sherin’s adoptive father, Wesley Mathews.

Police arrested Mathews for a second time on Monday afternoon after he voluntarily went to the Richardson Police Department, with his lawyer, and asked to talk to investigators. It was then that Mathews changed his account of what happened in the early morning hours of October 7, the day he claimed Sherin went missing.

Originally, Mathews had told police that he was punishing Sherin for not drinking her milk and that at 3 a.m. he ordered outside to stand by a tree about 100 feet outside their backyard. He said he left the little girl there and when he returned 15 minutes later discovered she was gone.

The affidavit obtained by KRLD detailed how after being advised of his rights on Monday Mathews now said that the incident involving Sherin happened in the garage of the family home.

Mathews new claim is that he was trying to get the little girl to drink her milk, but that she wouldn’t listen to him. He said at some point when Sherin finally complied he “physically assisted the 3-year-old girl in drinking the milk.” It was then that Mathews said the toddler began to choke and that after coughing for a while her breathing slowed.

The 37-year old said that when he could no longer feel Sherin’s pulse he “believed she had died” and removed the body from the house.

Richardson police Sergeant Kevin Perlich said that basically Mathews new story is, “… contrary to what we were initially told when she was first reported missing.”

Wesley Mathews was arrested again and booked into the Richardson City Jail. He is expected to be transferred to the Dallas County Jail sometime today.

Just before lunchtime Tuesday, the Dallas County Medical Examiner confirmed that the body of the child found on Sunday, about a mile from the Mathews’ home, is Sherin. Officials said they used dental records to confirm the little girl’s identity, but still have not determined how she died.

 

[grace-land]

Heartbreaking news. 
Rest in Peace, dear Sherin.   

Link to the arrest warrant and affidavit below.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/10/24/father-of-missing-3-year-old-now-says-he-watched-her-choke-on-milk-and-die-affidavit-states/?utm_term=.1a9e2db36d09

A father reported his 3-year-old missing. Then he told police he’d watched her die
October 24 at 2:11 PM

The father of a 3-year-old Texas girl missing since Oct. 7 told police that he watched his daughter choke on milk and die, then removed her body from the home, according to an arrest affidavit.

The graphic statements from Wesley Mathews were revealed in an arrest warrant released by police in Richardson, Tex., on Tuesday morning.

Mathews “had been trying to get the 3 year old girl to drink her milk in the garage” early on Oct. 7, the affidavit said. “Wesley Mathews said she wouldn’t listen to him.”

At that point, Mathews said he “physically assisted” Sherin in drinking her milk and the girl choked on the drink.

“She was coughing and her breathing slowed. Eventually, Wesley Mathews no longer felt a pulse on the child and believed she had died.”
 
http://www.cor.net/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=20199