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

[HayLouise]

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#WesleyMathews enters the courtroom. The state has 4 more witnesses before they rest. Watch Live:

https://lawandcrime.com/live-trials/live-trials-current/wesley-mathews/watch-live-wesley-mathews-in-court-over-death-of-adopted-daughter-sherin-mathews/ …

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[HayLouise]

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#WesleyMathews - Judge to jury: "It's very important that you all remain awake. There were some reports yesterday that those seats might be too comfortable."

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[HayLouise]

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#WesleyMathews - FBI agent that assisted in searching the Mathews' home said there wasn't one picture of #SherinMathews in the entire house.

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[JerricaBenton]

I can watch the trial for a wee while, then will need an hour break then come back to do the afternoon.

 

[JerricaBenton]

Jury being shown photos of the Mathew's home.

 

[HayLouise]

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#WesleyMathews - On the wall in the Mathews' home in vinyl lettering: "For the Lord is good. His love endures Forever."

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[JerricaBenton]

FBI agent who went through the home is giving evidence.
Showing fridge, has lots of photos of their bio child, none of Sherin.
Washing machine full of wet washing.
Living room, mantel has lots of family photos, none of Sherin.

 

[JerricaBenton]

Shelves all over the wall, lots more photos, still none of Sherin. Walls also covered in photos of bio child.

 

[JerricaBenton]

The bio child is a well-fed looking baby compared to Sherin.

 

[HayLouise]

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#WesleyMathews - Only photos of the Mathews' biological daughter were displayed around the house.

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[JerricaBenton]

Master bedroom, including a crib that Sherin slept in, beside their bed. NO blankets. Fresh sheet on, doesn't look slept in. More photos of bio child in master bedroom, none of Sherin.
Found a lot of documents and hundreds of photos, none of which included Sherin.

 

[HayLouise]

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#WesleyMathews - More photos of their biological daughter, none of #SherinMathews

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[JerricaBenton]

Talking about recovering the body. Some agents could not bring themselves to do it, due to having kids the same age. The agent who went in had to crawl in and pull the body out on a tarp. They found teeth in the culvert after the removal.

 

[JerricaBenton]

The jury are being shown very graphic photos of Sherins body.

 

[JerricaBenton]

Body was extremely decomposed.

 

[JerricaBenton]

Defence questions now.
Asking the agent if she understands his questions.
Asking if the work is emotional.
Asking if she knows the circumstances around the wet washing.
Asking if the empty frame on the fridge had possibly contained a photo of Sherin.
Asking if the family provided photos of Sherin for the search.

 

[HayLouise]

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#WesleyMathews - Judge stops the trial to make sure jurors have tissues as reports of upset jurors coming out of the courtroom as they see #SherinMathews' body in this culvert. The photo of the body was not shown on our live stream or to the public in the courtroom.

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[JerricaBenton]

Jury being shown photos of Sherin at school. Around 8 photos in total. Agent said they were not seen in the home.
Photos of bio daughter were all of her at a much younger age. Photo on fridge was recent.
Blood found in the home is of unknown age.

 

[HayLouise]

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#WesleyMathews - Under cross-exam defense points out that the Mathews' gave photos of #SherinMathews to authorities, those photos came from inside the home. Also shows several photos of her at school. He notes there were no updated photos of biological daughter displayed in home

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[JerricaBenton]

Defence suggest agent used the most "shocking" photos of Sherin's body to show the jury.