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Sherin Mathews’ foster mom freed from US jail
Sini Mathews, the IndianAmerican foster mother of 3yearold special needs girl Sherin Mathews who was found dead in a culvert in suburban Dallas in 2017, was freed from jail after 15 months as the child endangerment charges against her have been dropped in the US due to lack of evidence
Houston:Sini Mathews, the Indian-American foster mother of 3-year-old special needs girl Sherin Mathews who was found dead in a culvert in suburban Dallas in 2017, was freed from jail after 15 months as the child endangerment charges against her have been dropped in the US due to lack of evidence.
The Dallas County District Attorney's Office said Friday that there was not enough evidence to proceed, NBCDFW news reported.
Sherin, who was adopted by Wesley Mathews and Sini in 2016, was found dead in a culvert near the family's home in Richardson, Texas, on October 22, 2017, two weeks after her family reported her missing.
Sini, who was 35 at the time of her arrest, was charged after prosecutors said she left her adopted daughter home alone while she and her husband Wesley went to dinner with their 4-year-old biological daughter on the night before the child was reported missing, the report said.
Had she been convicted, she would have faced between two and 20 years behind bars, it said.
The Indian-American couple from Kerala had adopted the girl from an orphanage in Bihar.
The charge was dismissed without prejudice, meaning it is possible the same or different charges could be leveled against her at any time, according to the report.
Sini, while coming out of the jail Friday, said she felt ‘blessed’ the charges were dismissed and that she's looking forward to being reunited with her biological daughter. She said the past 15 months she spent in jail awaiting trial were ‘challenging.’
Asked if she loved Sherin, Sini responded: ‘Yes, absolutely. No doubt.’ Her husband Wesley, who was 38 at the time of his arrest, still faces a capital murder charge in connection with death case.
