10-30-2017, 07:00 PM
The body of missing toddler Sherin Mathews was released Saturday by the medical examiner in Dallas, Texas. The 3-year-old’s body was sent to a funeral home, though it was unclear to whom the body was released.
Although the autopsy was completed and the body released, Sherin’s cause and manner of death was still pending Sunday. Conflicting accounts from Sherin’s father about what led to her death further muddle the story.
Sherin was adopted by the Mathews two years ago from an orphanage in India. Before her death, her parents reportedly sought treatment for her “multiple special needs,” the Dallas Morning News said Friday. But it remained unclear what those treatments were and whether her father should have been feeding her at 3 a.m. Mathews told police the special diet regimen was an attempt to try and get her to gain weight.
“She was malnourished when she came over here,” Richardson Police Sgt. Kevin Perlich said Friday. “She had developmental issues. She was not your typical 2 or 3-year-old.” As noted upthread, the manager of the orphanage from where Sherin was adopted, however, had alternate claims.
The manager, Mrs. Kumari, also said in a prior interview the child would eat whatever was given to her and never appeared to have issues drinking her milk. Sherin had problems with one eye but was otherwise in good health when she was adopted by the Mathews family, Kumari said.
“Why did they have to make her eat or drink anything at that hour?” said Kumari. “Why was he forcing her? If someone is forcing a drink into the mouth of someone who is crying and sobbing, then even an adult can choke.”
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I'm very curious to learn if the Medical Examiner can confirm or deny the claims of developmental issues and whether Sherin in fact choked to death.
Although the autopsy was completed and the body released, Sherin’s cause and manner of death was still pending Sunday. Conflicting accounts from Sherin’s father about what led to her death further muddle the story.
Sherin was adopted by the Mathews two years ago from an orphanage in India. Before her death, her parents reportedly sought treatment for her “multiple special needs,” the Dallas Morning News said Friday. But it remained unclear what those treatments were and whether her father should have been feeding her at 3 a.m. Mathews told police the special diet regimen was an attempt to try and get her to gain weight.
“She was malnourished when she came over here,” Richardson Police Sgt. Kevin Perlich said Friday. “She had developmental issues. She was not your typical 2 or 3-year-old.” As noted upthread, the manager of the orphanage from where Sherin was adopted, however, had alternate claims.
The manager, Mrs. Kumari, also said in a prior interview the child would eat whatever was given to her and never appeared to have issues drinking her milk. Sherin had problems with one eye but was otherwise in good health when she was adopted by the Mathews family, Kumari said.
“Why did they have to make her eat or drink anything at that hour?” said Kumari. “Why was he forcing her? If someone is forcing a drink into the mouth of someone who is crying and sobbing, then even an adult can choke.”
Full story: http://www.ibtimes.com/what-sherin-mathe...ed-2607675
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I'm very curious to learn if the Medical Examiner can confirm or deny the claims of developmental issues and whether Sherin in fact choked to death.