Foster mom denies role in death

Houston, October 26

The Indian-American foster mother of a three-year-old Indian girl, whose body was found from a culvert in suburban Dallas, has denied any role in the death or the removal of her daughter’s body from their home.

The body of Sherin Mathews was found on Sunday in a culvert under a road, nearly 1 km from her home. Wesley Mathews, the foster father of Sherin was re-arrested after he changed his story about his daughter’s mysterious disappearance on October 7 from their home.

Lawyers Michelle Nolte and Gregg Gibbs, representing Sini Mathews issued a statement yesterday, saying she denied any involvement in the death of her adoptive daughter, Sherin. They said Sini has cooperated with the police probe. She was “interrogated for hours by several officers with no attorney present” a few days later.

“Now that Mathews has turned himself in to the police and told them what happened to Sherin, we see no need for his wife to endure further interrogation. She had nothing to do with Sherin’s death or the removal of her body from the home,” the statement said.

Wesley Mathews is currently charged with injury to a child, a first degree felony, and his bond is set at $1 million.

Sini’s lawyers said she was “trying to grieve for her lost daughter while still caring for her remaining daughter. Wesley Mathews is the only person charged with a crime in Sherin’s disappearance and death. — PTI