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Texas couple lose custody of 4-year-old after sister’s death

Texas couple lose custody of 4-year-old after sister's death | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2017, file photo, Wesley Mathews, father of Sherin Mathews, appears at a court hearing in Dallas. Wesley and Sini Mathews, who are facing charges over the death of their 3-year-old daughter, Sherin, whom they adopted in India, have lost parental rights to their 4-year-old biological daughter. A judge in Dallas on Friday, Jan. 26, 2018, terminated the couple's parental rights. Both remain jailed. Both had agreed to permanently relinquish their rights to their older child, who was placed with relatives following the death of Sherin Mathews. (David Woo/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

DALLAS – A Texas couple facing charges over the death of their 3-year-old daughter adopted from India have lost parental rights to their 4-year-old biological daughter.

A judge in Dallas on Friday terminated the parental rights of Wesley and Sini Mathews of Richardson, who remain jailed. Both had agreed to permanently relinquish their rights to their older child, who was placed with relatives following the death of Sherin Mathews.

Sherin was found dead Oct. 22 in a culvert near the family’s Dallas-area residence. Her father had reported her missing Oct. 7.

An autopsy determined Sherin died from homicidal violence.

Wesley Mathews has been indicted on a capital murder charge in Sherin’s death. Other charges against him include injury to a child.

Sini Mathews has been charged with child abandonment.

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