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

[JerricaBenton]

do you admit you caused her death? yes
you keep referring to it as a mistake? yes, an accident, a mistake not getting medical help

 

[JerricaBenton]

WM - I wasn't trying to cover up any crime

 

[JerricaBenton]

Pros - was it common for you to feed Sherin milk at midnight?
WM - it was
Pros - but you didnt tell the police this? how often did it happen?
WM - doesnt go on til midnight, but we did it every couple of weeks for a year

 

[JerricaBenton]

so, 25 times roughly in a year, yet you never told anyone? Ok, lets go with that. How many times did she choke on the milk?
WM - never

 

[JerricaBenton]

You heard the ME that it is impossible to choke and die on milk?
WM I did hear her say that

 

[JerricaBenton]

WM asks for each question to be repeated.

 

[JerricaBenton]

YOu never mentioned a piano before
WM - I dont remember what I told the police
Pros- its hard to keep up with lies, huh?
WM - can you repeat that?

 

[JerricaBenton]

so you & Sherin are having a party, you playing the piano and she's drinking her milk

 

[JerricaBenton]

Also new to your story is that you cleaned her bottle and fresh milk
It was a bonding experience, it was all fun? WM - yes
That's not what your first interview said!

 

[JerricaBenton]

The tone of your story has changed.
WM - i was stressed before
Pros - not now?

 

[JerricaBenton]

Pros - you were freaking out because you didnt know how much milk she had taken?
WM - yes, she needs 2 x 8ox bottles
Pros - you had no idea how much she had?
WM - I dont know sir
Pros - its the middle of the night, you have an obsession about getting milk into her
WM - I had instructions from the clinic
Pros - you hadnt been to the clinic since July!

 

[JerricaBenton]

Pros - so you didnt know how much milk she had that day?
WM - she looked hungry and not sleeping. Its about 10.
Pros - when is her bedtime?
WM - about 10/10.30
Pros - so it was only just her bedtime? DOes sh elike milk?
WM - not aprticularly
Pros why not give her something she likes then instead of milk?

 

[JerricaBenton]

Pros - so she was in her favourite spot?
WM yes, but not drinking her milk
Pros - so you decided to move her from her spot?
WM - yes, I thought she would like to see and play with teh lawnmower
Pros - so you took her from her comfortable spot to the garage?
WM- she wasnt drinking
Pros - so it was a battle of wills?

 

[JerricaBenton]

Pros - you said yesterday you fell asleep. You woke up to see she hadnt finsihed her milk? what time was this?
WM - I dont know
Pros - and you got angry at her?
WM - I was jsut awake and yelled at her
Pros- so she started to choke on teh milk that she wasnt drinking because you yelled at her

 

[JerricaBenton]

WM - she had a little milk in her mouth
Pros - so she choked on that little bit of milk?
WM - I dont know how much milk she had in her mouth

 

[JerricaBenton]

Pros did you try and help her?
WM I patted her back#
Pros - did you call for Sini?
WM I did
Pros did she come out?
WM no
I was calling out "mamma, mamma" but she didnt come.

 

[JerricaBenton]

WM never took Sherin into the house whilst she was choking
Started CPR, pros - this is the first time you have told us this? WM has taken CPR lessons.

 

[JerricaBenton]

WM I didnt have my cell because I wanted to show Sherin how the lawnmower worked, I didnt want to waste time with my cell
Pros - so convenient you didnt have your cell to call 911?

 

[JerricaBenton]

Pros - you constantly call Sherin "the girl" in your interview many times
WM - I do not recall how many times
YOu felt tricked by the Indian government for getting a faulty child?

 

[JerricaBenton]

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