Mathews, 39, pleaded guilty Monday to a lesser charge of injury to a child in Sherin’s death. He was originally charged with capital murder by authorities in the US state of Texas.
Wesley Mathews, 39, pleaded guilty to injury to a child by omission even before his capital murder trial opened at a Dallas district court on Monday. The lesser charge comes with a lighter possible sentence.
Sini Mathews’ husband Wesley is still in prison for capital murder in relation to three-year-old Sherin’s death. He will face trial in May and is presently being held on a USD 1 million bond.