Monstrous father admits to putting his 22 pound daughter alone in the backyard at 3 a m

[pnwmom]

as punishment for not drinking her milk -- and discovering she was gone 15 minutes later -- and not contacting the police for 5 more hours.

That's what he admits to. The 3 year old, developmentally disabled girl is still missing.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/missing-person/2017/10/07/amber-alert-issued-3-year-old-richardson-girl-believed-grave-danger

Sherin's father, Wesley Mathews, 37, was arrested on a charge of abandoning or endangering a child. He was released from custody late Sunday after posting $250,000 bond.

Mathews told police he put Sherin outside and told her to stand next to a large tree about 3 a.m. Saturday, an arrest-warrant affidavit said. The tree was behind a fence, about 100 feet south of the family's home and across an alley. Mathews admitted to police that he knew coyotes had been seen in the alley, the affidavit said.

The Humane Society of the United States says coyote attacks are rare and has recorded only two human fatalities since the 1980s.
Mathews told police he checked on Sherin about 3:15 a.m. and she was gone, the affidavit said. Police reportedly weren't alerted to her disappearance until hours later.

"Why was the last sighting at 3 o'clock and the parents not call us until after 8 a.m., that's the question we want answered as well," Perlich told KXAS-TV (NBC5). "As far as why she was out there, how long she was out there, that's the questions we have for the parents."

[WinkyDink]

1. AKA, murdered the child, whose body he left somewhere, oh, say 2.5 hours away.

[pnwmom]

2. I'm thinking it was something along those lines. n/t

[yardwork]

17. My first thought as well.

[oberliner]

3. Why was this couple allowed to adopt?

Aren't the protocols pretty rigorous?

[pnwmom]

7. I think it's easier to complete an international adoption of a disabled child

and this poor little girl was mentally disabled and tiny, from lack of nutrition.

[Mariana]

16. Most prospective adoptive parents

Probably don't tell the organizations that they'll do stuff like this, while they're being checked out. If they have no record or history of abuse or neglect, how do you divine that they're dangerous?

[oberliner]

24. "The family has had previous contact with CPS"

According to the article.

Had to be some red flags, no?

[Mariana]

26. If they were investigated and cleared, then probably not.

Church people are apparently still saying he's a good parent, so abuse or neglect wouldn't have been all that obvious, if it happened at all.

FTR, I think the child is dead. Pure speculation on my part. It's entirely possible he was a decent parent until he killed her, maybe accidentally, maybe in a rage, who knows. Parents who kill kids don't always have a history of problems. I think his story is utter BS.

[womanofthehills]

44. church people came up with his bond

[JI7]

45. Maybe it's a fucked up church

[Initech]

34. So these monsters can adopt and a loving LGBT couple can't.

Something is very wrong with this picture.

[Laffy Kat]

4. Yep. Bet this is a murder investigation at this point. nt

[B2G]

5. Here's a picture of the 'coyote'

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[Borchkins]

6. This was murder,

draw a circle 2.5 hours around the house and that's where you'll find the body. Poor baby.

[Phoenix61]

8. Three year olds aren't up at 3:00 am

Let alone drinking milk. Sadly, it's more likely he lost his temper with her at dinner when she wouldn't drink her milk and something really, really bad happened.

[uppityperson]

10. From the article. It doesn't excuse this in any way.

The Mathewses adopted the girl two years ago from an orphanage in India, NBC5 reported. Perlich said the girl was malnourished when they adopted her, so it wasn't unusual for her to be awake late at night to eat to increase her weight.

[pnwmom]

12. Right. It's hard to believe that 2 years later she would still be waking up in the middle

of the night to eat. And if she WAS so hungry, then why wouldn't she drink her milk?

The whole story sounds phony.

[phylny]

15. Could be phony, but...

I work with kids with feeding disorders. The doctors insist, "They'll eat (drink) when they're hungry." Not necessarily.

[Ilsa]

35. Agreed. And kids with developmental disabilities sometimes have

extremely strong food aversions. They might be averse to textures, strong flavors, or even the mild flavors of comfort foods.

[demigoddess]

46. yes, I have a disabled daughter who did not like to eat at all. Feeding her had to

be done so carefully. Then she learned to feed herself it was better but the real turning point was medical marijuana at about 40 years old. Even tho we have stopped the med marijuana, she now eats with a good appetite after taking it only 4 years. But I knew that putting her outside in the middle of the night would not have any good result. This case is abuse..

[Lithos]

48. I have kids on the spectrum

So eating is a bit of a challenge and they are on the low end of the developmental scale w/r to weight and height.

That said, this is, IMHO, clear abuse. Such behavior would have zero positive effect on a problem eater.

Also, I live in a coyote area where lots of pets are attacked. Coyotes are not perfect killers (such as a mountain lion which can kill quickly) in that it takes them some effort - the girl likely would have screamed. They also tend to "talk" when they are actively attacking, something you can easily hear inside of a house. (I've had to go out and rescue other neighbors animals who were left out.)

No proof other than my own experience. Either she wandered away - I think unlikely, or this is a case where he killed her and is trying to cover it up.

L-

[JI7]

22. It's difficult to adopt from India but if one of couple has indian background or some other

Connection to the country it can be easier.

The father looks Indian so i wonder if they were not as careful in looking into this.

Plus they might have wanted to just get rid of the girl with health problems.

[pnwmom]

25. They make it easier to adopt children with disabilities like this girl has. nt

[MontanaMama]

9. We're being overrun

with sociopaths. The poor child. WTF was the child sent outside at 3am? 3AM?!?!?!?! I don't believe the father for a minute either.

[Mariana]

19. Sadly, this kind of thing has always gone on.

Sometimes parents harm their kids. Sometimes they kill them. This isn't something that just started happening recently.

[MontanaMama]

20. Yes I'm aware of that

but it doesn't make it any less shocking and horrible.

[Kaleva]

11. In cases like this, I can look away when prison justice is dispensed.

[benld74]

13. Newspaper article mentioned

Members of their church were looking for the child. A member stated, “He is a good parent”.

Unbelievable

[Doreen]

14. Two years should be enough to have fixed the malnourishment.

If the dogs could not find her then there is foul play. If she had just wandered they would have found her. Somebody is lying or somebody took her. You do not force kids to eat.

[JI7]

18. Whatever the details end up to be, he wanted her dead

He should kill himself

[LisaL]

21. I find the whole story quite fishy.

He supposedly put her out in the middle of the night as punishment? What kind of punishment is that? And then he doesn't report it for hours?

[JI7]

28. I think the cops are saying he purposely left her where coyotes could get her

[Blue_Tires]

29. Yeah, I don't believe one word of that shit

He found out the toddler he adopted was likely to be mentally disabled and he can't "return her to the store", so his only choice is to make the girl vanish and claim a terrible tragedy happened...

[Iggo]

23. "I killed her last night and that's the best story I could come up with."

[JI7]

27. Pic of the Girl

[Weekend Warrior]

30. My eight month old is 23 lbs. nt

[Tatiana]

31. Something about the father's version of events doesn't pass the smell test.

So he supposedly knew coyotes had been spotted and STILL set his developmentally-disabled daughter outside?

No "time out" indoors?

Why did the father choose this form of punishment? Was the mom OK with this? Is this what was taught at their church?

This family has had previous contact with child protective services. Unless I'm missing something, this child should probably not be returned to this household until there is a reasonable guarantee that the child will be safe and the parents have been educated on how to care for children.

[JI7]

32. The child is most likely dead and the father killed her

[Tatiana]

41. I was trying to be optimistic, but I'm inclined to think you are right.

They need to bring the dogs in and search the property.

I can't believe the father was granted bail. He seems like a flight risk.

[JI7]

43. I was actually wondering if he could have sold her

And that's why he took long to report it

[womanofthehills]

42. CPS just took custocy of their biological child

a four yr old girl.

[lunasun]

33. Coyote bullshit.

[Ilsa]

36. Charge them. Child endangerment until they prove it's murder.

Poor baby girl.

[greytdemocrat]

37. What a monster.

[Flaleftist]

38. I was expecting another Trump tape. nt

[Tavarious Jackson]

39. My 4 year old is 70lbs

Yes, he is overweight. I plan on putting him in wrestling or football.. I would never leave him alone outside at any hour let alone 3am!!

[Exultant Democracy]

52. Please choose wrestling

The data on what football does to young men’s brains is very disturbing. Even if he wants to play football pro the best plan would be to wrestle all through college and then go to training camp. There are a whole bunch of former colleges wrestlers playing pro ball.

[nini]

40. Castrate his sorry ass

And yes.. I am serious.

He should never be allowed to father another child or even be near one for that matter.

[demigoddess]

47. +1

and Lorena Bobbit him too

[pnwmom]

49. His daughter was adopted. But, yes, he should never have access to a child again. His story alone

is all the evidence needed to show he was an unfit parent.

[nini]

50. I saw that eventually too

and yes.. he is not worthy. That poor kid


One of my cousins was a social worker.. some of the stories have scarred me for life. I can't even begin to understand how someone could harm a child like people do.

[rainin]

51. No way this can be true!

No one takes a small child outside at 3AM and leaves her there. Three-year-olds can walk. I've seen preschool children who carefully protect their little siblings and keep them from walking away...because small children wonder off if unsupervised. A grown man would now that.

This man is too stupid to invent a plausible story. End of story.

[NickB79]

53. Death by coyote would be messy

There would be signs in the area if she were attacked: blood, marks in the dirt and grass, bits of clothing and hair.

If she were eaten by a coyote, it happened after she was already dead.