Sherin Mathews Death: Father of Adopted 3-Year-Old Sentenced to Life in Jail

File photo showing Wesley Mathews sitting in a courtroom during hearing at the Henry Wade Juvenile Justice Building in Dallas, on Nov. 29, 2017. David Woo/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool, File

A Texas man accused of killing his adopted three-year-old daughter has been sentenced to life in jail.

Wesley Mathews, 39, pleaded guilty on June 24 to a lesser charge of injury to a child by omission, on the same day that his trial for capital murder was scheduled to begin, The Dallas Morning News reported.