Child's body found near missing 3-year-old Texas girl's home
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police in a Dallas suburb say they've found the body of a small child not far from the home of a 3-year-old girl who's been missing since earlier this month.
Richardson police say the child's body was discovered in a culvert as authorities using dogs searched for Sherin Mathews on Sunday morning.
Her father, Wesley Mathews, has told authorities he ordered the child to stand next to a tree behind the fence at their home around 3 a.m. on Oct. 7 as punishment for not drinking her milk and she went missing. He is charged with child endangerment.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police say the body hasn't been positively identified but that they have no reason to believe it's a different child.
No details have been released on how the child died.