Sherin Mathews

September 06, 2019

Wesley Mathews, serving life for killing adopted child Sherin Mathews, denied new trial

Wesley Mathews pleaded guilty on June 24 to a lesser charge of injury to a child in Sherin's death and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

July 26, 2019
Wesley Mathews, foster dad of Sherin, starts life term over her death

The Indian-American foster father of 3-year-old Sherin Mathews, sentenced to life in prison for the death of the toddler who was found dead in a culvert in 2017, has begun serving the jail term in Dallas.
July 20, 2019
Wesley Mathews, foster dad of Sherin, challenges life term

In a motion for a new trial, Wesley's appeal attorney, Brook Busbee, states that the "photographs of the remains of the decedent, both where her body was discovered and in the autopsy suite" were so prejudicial as to deny Mathews a fair trial.
June 27, 2019
Murdered 3-year-old Sherin's foster father Wesley Mathews sentenced to life

Three-year-old Sherin Mathew was found murdered and dumped under a culvert in Texas in 2017.
June 26, 2019
Maggots ate internal organs of Sherin before her body reached the morgue

The Sherin Mathews case led to demands to change laws in both the US and India. In Texas, officials planned a 'Sherin's law' to punish parents who abandon minor children. In India, the government moved to tighten adoption procedures.
June 25, 2019
Murdered 3-year-old Sherin's foster dad Wesley from Kerala pleads guilty in US court

Wesley Mathews pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of 'injury to a child by omission'. It eliminates the prospect of receiving the mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole, if he were found guilty in a full trial.
June 14, 2019
Foster mother accused in three-year-old Sherin's death walks free

Sini Mathews was released from jail on Friday afternoon while her husband, Wesley Mathews, still faces a capital murder charge in the child's death.

Sherin Mathews

Wesley Mathews, serving life for killing adopted child Sherin Mathews, denied new trial

Wesley Mathews, foster dad of Sherin, starts life term over her death

Wesley Mathews, foster dad of Sherin, challenges life term

Murdered 3-year-old Sherin's foster father Wesley Mathews sentenced to life

Maggots ate internal organs of Sherin before her body reached the morgue

Murdered 3-year-old Sherin's foster dad Wesley from Kerala pleads guilty in US court

Foster mother accused in three-year-old Sherin's death walks free

Sherin's foster mother gets passport back after acquittal

Sherin's mother walks out of jail for want of evidence

Sherin's parents' friends to get back Indian citizenship card