(UTV|COLOMBO) – A US father accused of killing his adopted three-year-old daughter has been sentenced to life in jail after pleading guilty to a lesser charge.
US media said the unanimous verdict came after Wesley Mathews confessed to “injury of a child by omission”.
Sherin Mathews was reported missing from her Texas home in October 2017, triggering a large search operation.
Mathews originally said she disappeared after he put her outside as a punishment for not drinking her milk.
After the girl’s body was found two weeks later in a drain entrance, he said she had accidentally choked.
Police had said that his version of events changed repeatedly during the investigation.
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