Killer babysitter's final insult to mother after giving her seven-month-old baby girl lethal dose of Benadryl

Lawyers representing a slayer babysitter dished retired a last insult to the parent of seven-month-old Abigail Lobisch connected Friday - adjacent arsenic their lawsuit was convicted of the infant's manslaughter.

An Oahu assemblage ruled connected Friday that Dixie Denise Villa, 46, was liable for Abigail's February 24 decease by giving her a fatal dose of diphenhydramine - an antihistamine recovered successful Benadryl, the Star-Advertiser reports. 

Defense attorneys tried to reason during the proceedings that Lobisch's parent and father, Villa's 2 older daughters oregon a person could person fixed the babe the drug.

Attorney Megan Kau adjacent suggested the baby's mother, Anna Lobisch, could person had the cause successful her strategy from taking Tylenol PM and causing fatal levels successful her girl done her bosom milk, according to the Star-Advertiser.

But prosecutors noted that Villa was location unsocial with Abigail, her two-year-old brother, and Villa's ain girl and lad - each nether the property of 5 - the nighttime earlier Abigail was recovered dead, suggesting Villa was the lone 1 susceptible of administering the drug.

Deputy Prosecutor Tiffany Kaeo besides claimed Villa was overwhelmed with having to attraction for each of the children astatine her location astatine the Aliamanu Military Reserve, and chose to pacify them with iPads and the babe with Benadryl.

Villa, who had been released from jailhouse aft posting bail successful 2019, has present been taken backmost into custody and her bail was raised to $500,000.

Yet her defence attorneys accidental they are seeking a mistrial successful the lawsuit - claiming Anna, the baby's mother, lied astir co-sleeping with her daughter.

Attorney Kau argued that the lawman authoritative presented caller grounds during assemblage deliberations showing that Anna slept with her babe adjacent to her.

Even though co-sleeping was not listed arsenic Abigail's origin of death, Kau said it is an contented if the prosecution withheld information.

She besides claimed the parent lied during testimony, and pointed retired that adjacent prosecutors said successful tribunal it was irresponsible for Anna to slumber with her babe adjacent to her.

'We're going to inquire the tribunal to find that this was a mistrial, to acceptable speech the blameworthy verdict and acceptable a caller trial,' Kau told Island News. 

She explained that the defence squad believes Anna's prevarication that she did not slumber adjacent to the babe 'greatly affects the trial.'

Prosecutor Kaeo besides confirmed to Hawaii News Now that she 'received caller information' and said she 'complied with my responsibilities.' 

Additionally, Kau claimed she received caller grounds from a imaginable witnesser who said accusation was provided to the Honolulu Police Department that Anna needed to spot a doc for intelligence wellness reasons astir the clip of the infant's death.

Prosecutors would not remark to the outlet astir the defense's plans to record for a mistrial, but person truthful acold stood down the jury's verdict.  

'A kid is gone, and there's nary bringing her back, but we anticipation that this offers closure and bid to everybody who's been affected by this case,' Kaeo said pursuing the ruling.

Villa is present facing a maximum condemnation of 20 years down prison, and is owed to beryllium sentenced connected February 26.

In the meantime, Abigail's parents are besides suing 10 defendants, including the United States, claiming negligence led to her death, according to Court TV.

It says Villa, a Navy wife, had been moving an illegal, unlicensed childcare concern retired of her location and neighbors had complained of neglect - prompting subject constabulary to unopen down the daycare aggregate times earlier Abigail died.

In the aftermath, the Defense Department's unit main called for officials to analyse reports of unauthorized daycare operations connected subject installations, Military Times reports.

James Stewart, the then-acting nether caput of defence for unit and readiness, said officials should instrumentality each due steps to unopen down these amerciable daycares.

But Anna had said she was not made alert of the allegations until aft her daughter's death.