Court to Decide Whether Mathews' Will Face Trials Together; Monday Hearing Canceled

Mathews' adopted daughter, Sherin, 3, was found dead in October 2017

Attorneys for the adopted parents of Sherin Mathews, the Richardson 3-year-old who was found dead in a culvert in 2017, appeared in court Monday. The hearing, which was cancelled, was to address a decision on whether the parents would be tried separately or together.

Sini and Wesley Mathews both face charges relating to Sherin's death.

Wesley is charged with capital murder in her death. Her adopted mother, Sini, is charged with child abandonment for leaving the 3-year-old home alone the night before she was reported missing.

Currently, Sini's trial is set for April 15 and Wesley's trial is set for May.

The state wants the couple tried together because the witnesses and evidence in both cases will be nearly identical. Sini asked the trials be separated.

In January, Sini’s legal team noted that many potential witnesses they have spoken with are reluctant to come forward out of fear over retaliation in the Indian community.

Sini is accused of leaving her toddler daughter Sherin Mathews home alone while she, her husband Wesley and their 4-year-old daughter went to dinner the night before Sherin was reported missing. Two weeks later the child’s body was found in a drain pipe near the Mathews family home. [[453078833,C]]

Wesley Mathews faces a capital murder charge in connection with his daughter's death.

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