By Seema Hakhu KachruHouston, Nov 29 (PTI) The foster mother of a three-year-old Indian girl, who was found dead in a culvert in Dallaslast month, today returned to court and sought right to visither biological daughter.
Sini Ann Mathews, 35, yesterday managed to get her bailbond slashed to USD 100,000 from USD 250,000 but would remainunder house arrest and wear an ankle monitor.
A judge will decide if Sini can see her four-year-oldbiological daughter, who for now is living with her extendedfamily in Houston.
She had asked for her biological daughter's shot recordsfor travel purposes, Richardson police Detective Jules Farmersaid.
Sini was arrested last week after investigators said sheand her husband, Wesley Mathews, left their adopted daughterSherin Matthews at home, without adult supervision for about90 minutes, while they went out for dinner with theirbiological daughter on October 6.
Sherin was found dead under suspicious circumstances in aculvert about 1 km from her home in suburban Dallas, Texas, onOctober 22.
Wesley was arrested and charged with felony injury to achild, which carries a sentence of up to life in prison. He isstill in the Dallas County jail on a USD 1 million bond. PTISHK DPB ZHDPB.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.