The much-awaited autopsy report in the death of 3-year-old Sherin Mathews says she died of “homicidal violence,” US media reported on Wednesday, nearly three months after the adopted Indian girl was found dead in a culvert in suburban Dallas.
Sherin went missing from her home in Richardson on October 7 and her body was found on October 22 in a culvert in suburban Dallas by a cadaver dog after an intense search. The toddler’s body was identified days later using her dental records. Sherin died of “homicidal violence”, a law enforcement official in Dallas, Texas, confirmed to WFAA TV station, indicating the manner of death for the girl. A cause of death could not be determined due to extensive decomposition, the official said.
Steven Kurtz with the Dallas County medical examiner’s office said that Sherin was a victim of homicide, the Associated Press reported.