The father of a 3-year-old Texas girl missing since Oct. 7 told police that he watched his daughter choke on milk and die, and then removed her body from the home, according to an arrest affidavit. 
 
 The graphic statements from Wesley Mathews were revealed in an arrest warrant released by police in Richardson, Tex., on Tuesday morning. 
 
 Mathews “had been trying to get the 3 year old girl to drink her milk in the garage” early Oct. 7, the affidavit said. “Wesley Mathews said she wouldn’t listen to him.” 
 
 At that point, Mathews said that he “physically assisted” Sherin in drinking her milk and that the girl choked on the drink. 
 
 “She was coughing and her breathing slowed. Eventually, Wesley Mathews no longer felt a pulse on the child and believed she had died,” the affidavit said. 
 
 Then, he told police, he removed her body from the home. 
 
 Mathews provided the “alternate statement of events” to detectives the day after Sherin’s body was found, Richardson police said. He has been charged with injury to a child, a first-degree felony punishable by up to life in prison, and is being held on a $1 million bond, police said. 
 
 
 
 Wesley Mathews. (Richardson Texas Police Department via AP) 
 
 Mathews had previously claimed that his adopted daughter, Sherin, went missing Oct. 7 after he sent her alone into an alley as punishment for refusing to drink her milk. 
 
 But Monday night — not long after authorities said they had “most likely” found the girl’s body — police said Mathews “voluntarily arrived at the Richardson Police Station with his attorney and asked to speak with detectives.” 
 
 He revealed the new details and was arrested. 
 
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 On Tuesday, police said they used dental records to confirm the body was Sherin’s. 
 
 Her body was discovered by officers and search dogs examining a culvert near Spring Valley and Bowser roads, less than a mile from the family’s home in the suburb of 100,000 about 15 miles north of Dallas. 
 
 Richardson Police Chief Jimmy Spivey vowed to bring to justice whomever is responsible. 
 
 Monday’s arrest was Mathews’s second in the case. He was arrested on child abandonment and endangerment charges the day Sherin went missing but had been released on bail. 
 
 As part of his bail condition, he was required to surrender his passport and wear an electronic monitoring bracelet so authorities could track him at all times, according to the Dallas Morning News. 
 
 Earlier Monday, Mathews and his wife, Sini, attended a court hearing to determine whether they could regain custody of their biological daughter. 
 
 The 4-year-old had been taken into custody by Child Protective Services and placed in foster care after Sherin was reported missing. The judge postponed the hearing until Nov. 13 to give Mathews time to hire a civil attorney, a spokeswoman for CPS told the Associated Press. 
 
 “We do have the names of some relatives who have expressed interest in taking care of her,” said the spokeswoman, Marissa Gonzales. “We can begin looking into those relatives, but it is entirely up to the judge where she is placed.” 
 
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 After the hearing, the father’s attorney, Rafael De La Garza, told the Dallas Morning News that his client was “mourning the death of his child.” De La Garza did not immediately respond to requests for comment. 
 
 The murky details of Sherin’s disappearance have transfixed the Dallas area for most of this month. 
 
 Her father originally told investigators that he looked outside 15 minutes after he sent Sherin into the alley but that she was gone, according to police affidavits. 
 
 Not yet too worried, the father said, he then did a load of laundry, according to the affidavit. He waited until after sunrise before he reported the disappearance to police. They began searching for the 22-pound girl last seen wearing a pink top, black pajama bottoms and pink flip-flops. 
 
 Detectives and FBI agents searched the Mathews house midweek and subsequently announced that someone left in the family’s sport-utility vehicle about 4 a.m. on the day she disappeared. That vehicle returned home within the hour, they said. 
 
 Police said Sherin’s mother was asleep during the incident and has not been charged. Her attorney said she has cooperated with authorities in trying to help identify Sherin’s body. 
 
 Mathews and his wife adopted Sherin about two years ago from an orphanage in India, said Sgt. Kevin Perlich, a Richardson police spokesman. Mathews told police that Sherin was malnourished and had to be on a special diet to gain weight. 
 
 Herman Wong contributed to this post. 
 
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 The adoptive father of a 3-year-old Richardson girl whose body was found Sunday is transferred to the Dallas County Jail Wednesday after telling police he witnessed her death. (Published Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017) 
 
 Body ID'd as Sherin Mathews; Father Says She Choked on Milk 
 
 What to Know Girl reported missing Oct. 7 after father said he placed her outside when she refused to drink her milk. 
 
 In a statement to police Oct. 23, girl's father said she choked on her milk and died and that he removed her body from the home. 
 
 Dallas County medical examiner confirmed through dental records that the child found Sunday was Sherin Mathews. 
 
 The body of a North Texas child found in a drainage culvert Sunday has been confirmed to be missing 3-year-old Sherin Mathews. 
 
 Richardson police released new details to NBC 5 and confirmed the finding late Tuesday morning, citing a report from the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office saying the child had been positively identified using dental records. 
 
 Raw Video: Richardson Police Update Case of Sherin Mathews 
 
 Richardson Police Sgt. Kevin Perlich gives an update on the case of Sherin Mathews. (Published Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017) 
 
 The girl's adoptive father, Wesley Mathews, was arrested Monday night after changing his story, telling police he "physically assisted" his daughter in drinking milk and that she died after beginning to choke, according to an arrest affidavit. He then told police he removed her body from the family's Richardson home. 
 
 
 
 
 
 After being read his Miranda rights, detectives said Mathews told them had been trying to get his youngest daughter to drink milk in the garage but that she wouldn't listen to him. 
 
 Sherin Mathews, 3. 
 
 
 
 "Eventually the 3-year-old girl began to drink the milk," the affidavit said. "Wesley Mathews then physically assisted the 3-year-old girl in drinking the milk. The 3-year-old girl began to choke. She was coughing and her breathing slowed. Eventually, Wesley Mathews no longer felt a pulse on the child and believed she had died." 
 
 
 
 Mathews told police he then removed the girl's body from the home, though no further details were given about where he left his child, according to the affidavit. 
 
 Mathews, who was out on bond after being charged with negligence, was re-arrested and charged with felony injury to a child Monday night. His bond on the new charge was set at $1 million. 
 
 NBC DFW was reaching out to his attorney. 
 
 Body ID'd as Sherin Mathews; Father Says She Choked on Milk 
 
 The body of a child found in a drainage culvert Sunday has been confirmed to be missing 3-year-old Sherin Mathews. (Published Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017) 
 
 Sherin Mathews was reported missing Oct. 7. Wesley Mathews initially told police she went missing around 3 a.m. after being told to stand outside as punishment for not drinking milk and that she was gone when he checked on her 15 minutes later. 
 
 In his original story, Wesley Mathews told police he went to look for the girl but returned home and did some laundry while waiting for her to return. Just after 8 a.m., nearly five hours after she disappeared, Mathews called police to report his youngest daughter was missing. 
 
 Wesley Mathews, left, and his wife, Sini Mathews, right, leave a CPS hearing Monday, Oct. 23, 2017 where they planned to ask that custody of their biological 4-year-old daughter be returned. The hearing was rescheduled. 
 
 Photo credit: NBC 5 News 
 
 After a night of heavy rainfall Sunday morning, the body of a small child was found in a drainage culvert not far from the Mathews' home. Richardson police said late Tuesday morning the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed the child was Mathews using dental records. 
 
 
 
 Earlier Monday, Wesley Mathews and his wife Sini Mathews attended a court hearing to determine whether they could regain custody of their biological 4-year-old daughter, who had been placed in protective custody after her sister was reported missing. 
 
 Body ID'd as Sherin Mathews; Father Says She Choked on Milk 
 
 The body of a child found in a drainage culvert Sunday has been confirmed to be missing 3-year-old Sherin Mathews. (Published Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017) 
 
 The judge postponed the hearing until Nov. 13 to give Wesley Mathews time to hire a civil attorney, said Marissa Gonzales, a spokeswoman for Child Protective Services. The girl will remain in foster care at least until that hearing or until a judge orders a change in custody. 
 
 Wesley Mathews Arrest Affidavit 
 
 

 Father of missing 3-year-old Texas girl claims daughter died after choking on milk 
 
 The 3-year-old girl Sherin Mathews went missing Saturday after he father allegedly sent her outside alone as punishment for not finishing her milk. Now her father has been arrested. The 3-year-old girl Sherin Mathews went missing Saturday after he father allegedly sent her outside alone as punishment for not finishing her milk. Now her father has been arrested. Photo: Richardson Police Department 
 
 Sherin Mathews's father Wesley was arrested by Richardson Police and released on a $250,000 bond. He was charged with abandoning or endangering a child. Sherin Mathews's father Wesley was arrested by Richardson Police and released on a $250,000 bond. He was charged with abandoning or endangering a child. Photo: Richardson Police Departmenr 
 
 Wesley Mathews was arrested by Richardson Police again Monday and charged with first degree felony punishable by life or from five to 99 years in prison. Wesley Mathews was arrested by Richardson Police again Monday and charged with first degree felony punishable by life or from five to 99 years in prison. Photo: Richardson Police Department 
 
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 Photo: Richardson Police Department Image 1 of / 47 Caption Close Father of missing 3-year-old Texas girl claims daughter died after choking on milk 1 / 47 Back to Gallery 
 
 The father of a 3-year-old Texas girl who went missing Oct. 7 told police he was trying to get his daughter to drink milk when she died, according to new details revealed in an arrest warrant. 
 
 These new details were part of an arrest warrant issued by the Richardson Police Department, who interviewed Wesley Mathews Monday regarding the disappearance of his adopted daughter Sherin. 
 
 The warrant, which was posted online by the Richardson Police Department, says that Mathews told police he was trying to get Sherin to drink milk around 3 a.m. Oct. 7 in their garage. 
 
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 TRAGIC: Texas girl missing after her dad told her to go outside for not finishing her milk 
 
 Mathews tried to force Sherin, who suffers from developmental issues, to drink the milk when she wouldn't comply, the warrant stated. 
 
 "She was coughing and her breathing slowed," the warrant read. "Eventually, Wesley Mathews no longer felt a pulse on the child and believed she had died." 
 
 Mathews told police he removed Sherin's body from the home afterward, according to the warrant. 
 
 Mathews called police roughly five hours later to report her missing. Mathews told police he had told Sherin to stand outside alone as punishment for not drinking her milk and that a coyote may have gotten her, Richardson Police spokesman Sgt. Kevin Perlich told Chron.com at the time. 
 
 COLLECTING EVIDENCE: Home of missing 3-year-old Texas girl searched by police, FBI 
 
 Before calling, Mathews said that he did laundry while he waited for his daughter to return. 
 
 Matthews was arrested Oct. 7 and charged with abandoning or endangering a child. He was released on $250,000 bond the next day. 
 
 Police and FBI agents executed a search warrant of the home Oct. 10 and confiscated a washer and dryer. 
 
 A body of a small child was found Sunday in a culvert near Spring Valley and Bowser roads, less than a mile from the Mathews home in a suburb north of Dallas, the Washington Post reported. 
 
 The Dallas County medical examiner and Richardson Police have not confirmed if the body is of Sherin Mathews as of Tuesday at 10 a.m. 
 
 Mathews was arrested Monday night and charged with injury to a child, a first degree felony punishable by life or from five to 99 years in prison.
– A Texas father is facing life in prison after police say he changed his story regarding his missing 3-year-old daughter, admitting she died while he "physically assisted" her in drinking milk, the Washington Post reports. Wesley Mathews was arrested Monday night after "voluntarily" providing a new statement to the Richardson Police Department. The arrest warrant was posted online Tuesday. Per the Houston Chronicle, the warrant states Mathews was trying to get his adopted daughter Sherin, who has developmental issues, to drink milk in their garage at 3am Oct. 7, but she was refusing. That's when he "assisted" her, according to the warrant. "She was coughing and her breathing slowed," the warrant states. "Eventually, Wesley Mathews no longer felt a pulse on the child and believed she had died." Mathews told police he took Sherin's body out of the house and then waited five hours before calling 911 to report her missing, the warrant states. Police believe they "most likely" found Sherin's body in a culvert near her home on Sunday. Police say Mathews originally claimed back on Oct. 7 that he'd told Sherin to stand outside alone as punishment for refusing to drink her milk. He said he thought a coyote may have snatched her. Police say Mathews said he did laundry while waiting for her to come home before finally reporting her missing. He was charged with neglect and released on bond. He's now been charged with injury to a child, a felony punishable by up to life in prison. NBC DFW reports Mathews' 4-year-old biological daughter has been placed in protective custody and will remain there until at least a hearing scheduled for next month.