US: Father of missing Indian girl arrested day after a child's body found

Houston: Wesley Mathews, father of missing three-year-old adopted Indian girl Sherin Mathews has been arrested, a day after body of a small child was found in a culvert, less than a mile from the family's home.

Sherin Mathews, who has developmental issues and limited verbal communication skills, was last seen outside her family's backyard in Richardson city in Texas on October 7 after her Indian-American father Wesley Mathews upbraided her and sent her alone outside late at night as punishment for not finishing her milk.

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Wesley was arrested on Monday evening and faces charges of injury to a child, Police Sgt. Kevin Perlich said.

On Monday, Wesley and his attorney voluntarily arrived at the Richardson police station and shared a different account of the girl's disappearance than his original statement, Perlich said.

"He provided an alternate series of events from what he had previously given us," Perlich said.