Babysitter kills baby with overdose of sleeping pills

A babysitter named Lori Conley has been charged with murder and child endangering after being accused of giving an 8-month-old boy a fatal dose of Benadryl to make him sleep. She has been given a $750,000 bond and told to have no contact with children and no unsupervised contact with her own children.

Authorities say the 43-year-old Conley was baby-sitting eight toddlers and infants at her Reynoldsburg, Ohio, home when she found Haddix Mulkey unresponsive May 13. Haddix died at a Columbus hospital.

Lt. Ron Wright told 10TV: 'She told us it was Benadryl to try to get the baby to go to sleep. She was very vague on exactly how much, but she did give adult size dosages - the pills that are adult size dosages.'

Police say the charges were delayed until toxicology tests confirmed the baby received a fatal dose of the over-the-counter allergy drug.

Conley was arraigned Saturday in Franklin County Municipal Court and jailed, pending her release on bond. Court records don't name an attorney for her.

Haddix's grandmother Denise Mulkey, 10TV reported, said: 'Devastating as a parent because my daughter is broken. And since she is broken I can't fix her. This is something that only God can fix.'

Source: 10TV