GUILTY TX - Sherin Mathews, 3, Richardson, 7 Oct 2017 #9

[JerricaBenton]

This link is live now Watch: Wesley Mathews Murder Trial Begins

 

[JerricaBenton]

This judge looks awesome.

 

[MsFacetious]

Maria Guerrero‏Verified account @Maria_NBC5 2m2 minutes ago
State says its first four witnesses are here. Wesley Mathews trial is about to begin. Jury about to be brought in. #SherinMathews

 

[MsFacetious]

Maria Guerrero‏Verified account @Maria_NBC5 29s30 seconds ago
BREAKING: Wesley Mathews has pleading guilty to lesser charge of injury to a child by omission. #SherinMathews


$%^#&$@$@$@$@$@

 

[JerricaBenton]

Opening statements ...

 

[JerricaBenton]

Therapists who worked with Sherin will be called up first. She had been discharged from speech and physical therapy as she had met all her goals.

 

[JerricaBenton]

No mechanical reasons for why she had feeding problems. She had been improving, she had a habit of hiding food in her cheeks.
We will never know exactly how she died.

 

[JerricaBenton]

I think he just said WM did not call 911 to report Sherin missing, but phoned a local PD number!

She was so decomposed that an internal autopsy was impossible, no internal organs left

 

[JerricaBenton]

Every story he told the LE was centered around drinking her milk.

He crawled into the culvert to hide her body. Took her out of the bag and placed her on her back, feet first.

 

[MsFacetious]

So are these opening statements for a capital murder trial?
Or are they opening statements for a penalty phase for the lesser charge?

 

[JerricaBenton]

Sole reason for this trail is to determine punishment.

 

[JerricaBenton]

Defence opening statement now ...

WM will be speaking in this trial.

 

[MsFacetious]

Anything less than life in prison is not justice.
It's bad enough that Sini got away with murder.

 

[JerricaBenton]

Speech therapist up now.
Helped Sherin with language and feeding issues.
Said Sherin was the sweetest little girl, always happy, a little shy.

 

[JerricaBenton]

Sherin would chat to other kids and adults in the waiting room.

 

[JerricaBenton]

They have set up 2 photos of Sherin for the jury to see.

Even though had speech issues, she would smile/nod/interact with others happily.

She had a handful of words when she first met the therapist. She would take her parent's hand to show them what she wanted.

 

[JerricaBenton]

Sherin made great progress and hit her language goals. Had achieved them 4 months later, so was age appropriate and discharged.

 

[JerricaBenton]

Sini had expressed concern about Sherin's feeding so the therapist continued with her for longer.

 

[JerricaBenton]

The feeding therapy was working on trying to get Sherin ok with different foods, touch them, smell them etc. Also worked on getting her to drink from straws and sippy cups.
The feeding issues were common ones.
Therapist never noted her choking on anything. She may gag a little but never choking. No fault with her mechanisms for eating, no physical reason to choke.

 

[JerricaBenton]

She didn't chew all foods properly. This was due to her preferences and not an inability to chew.
Sherin would pocket food - keeping it for a long time hidden in her mouth.