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Missing Indian-American toddler choked on milk and died: 10 key developments

Mathews confessed that he 'physically assisted' Sherin in drinking her milk when she wouldn't listen to him, according to the warrant.

Photo provided by the Richardson Texas Police Department shows 3-year-old Sherin Mathews. Police in a Dallas suburb say they've found the body of a small child. Photo: AP/PTI
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Photo provided by the Richardson Texas Police Department shows 3-year-old Sherin Mathews. Police in a Dallas suburb say they've found the body of a small child. Photo: AP/PTI

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In a fresh twist, the foster father of a three-year-old Indian girl Sherin, who was missing for over two weeks, told police that his daughter choked on milk and he "believed she had died", media reports said on Tuesday. Wesley Mathews, the father of Sherin was re-arrested following his confession.

Mathews confessed that he "physically assisted" Sherin in drinking her milk when she wouldn't listen to him, according to the warrant.

"She was coughing and her breathing slowed," the warrant noted. "Eventually, Wesley Mathews no longer felt a pulse on the child and believed she had died," it added. He