The attorney for the then-40-year-old babysitter, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the Benadryl overdose death of 7-month-old Abigail Lobisch in February 2019, began her opening statement Wednesday with a question.

“Tell us what happened?”

Court-appointed defense attorney Megan Kau said she would ask jurors that question and how the baby died, but no one could say because the baby was already dead when first responders arrived and no one witnessed babysitter Dixie Denise Villa drugging him. baby.

Kau said police and medical experts will testify that they have no evidence about the form of Benadryl or another antihistamine, whether it was a pill, liquid or topical cream, or how many doses or for how long was given to the baby. .

Villa told police that he fed Abigail two bottles from her mother, applied sunscreen and lotion to herself, her brother and Villa’s two young children, but did not give Abigail any medication, Kau said.

Deputy Prosecutor Tiffany Kaeo said Villa took baby Abigail away from her loving parents, Anna and James Lobisch and her 2-year-old brother.

Anna Lobisch was studying for an exam for a bachelor’s degree in social work while working full time. He needed time to study and was also going through a divorce.

So he dropped Abigail and her son off with Villa at her hotel room at Aulani, A Disney Resort &Spa in Ko Olina, on the morning of February 23, but she didn’t want to stay long to prevent her 2-year-old son from getting sick. anxiety about leaving.

So Lobisch didn’t stay even a minute and left without saying a proper goodbye to his children, thinking it was just another day.

Villa sent her messages and photos of the children and said Abigail had been sleepy all day. Abigail was sunburned and Villa said she applied lotion.

Lobisch last heard from Villa at 20:00 on February 23, 2019, and did not hear from him until 08:42 on February 24, 2019. “Please come now,” the text read.

Kaeo said when he arrived at Villa’s home on the Aliamanu Military Reservation, where he later moved, it was chaotic with ambulances, firefighters and police. “Anna was told her little girl didn’t make it.”

Kaeo said when first responders arrived they were told nothing could be done to help baby Abigail.

The medical examiner will testify that Abigail was already showing signs of rigor mortis and decomposition and that she died face down. “He was dead long before EMS arrived,” Kaeo said.

Kaeo said it wasn’t until five months later that Lobisch learned that the healthy girl, who had no allergies, had died from a fatal dose of Benadryl.

The medical examiner will also testify that Abigail’s cardiac blood contained 2,400 nanograms of diphenhydramine per milliliter, nearly twice the lethal amount.

Kaeo said experts would testify that Benadryl “may be marketed as a sleeping pill for adults, but it is not intended for children and infants.”

They will also state that diphenhydramine should only be given to children under a doctor’s supervision and that the amount should be carefully monitored based on the child’s weight.

Villa was at Aulani with her two older daughters, Ariana Rivera and Amaya Gordon, and Rivera’s friend Briana Calderon, who was helping Villa’s two younger children and the Lobisch children.

On the afternoon of February 23, 2019, there was an argument between Villa and his daughter Ariana Rivera at the hotel.

The three older daughters were visiting from out of state and staying at the Villa.

Calderon stated that on February 23, 2019, everyone came together at the children’s playground in Aulani and helped watch the children.

Later, Villa went to the beach in the grass area with four younger children and told the older girls they could go on the slides.

Calderon said they were there for 20 to 30 minutes when he found a message from Rivera’s mother stating that they should meet in the lobby at 5:30 p.m. to return to Villa’s home.

That’s when Rivera argued with her mother.

Calderon said Villa texted Rivera and told him that Calderon was rude, disrespectful and lazy for not helping the children or eating breakfast with them. Calderon said it was due to food poisoning.

Villa told the three to pack up and leave when they returned to Villa’s house.

They returned and took about 20 minutes to pack up and left shortly after.

Calderon testified that Villa’s young children were running around while the three were packing up items, but they did not see the Lobisch children. He said he heard Abigail crying, but she stopped before they left.

Kaeo said: “The evidence will show that the defendant was now the one who left home without the help of those three older girls. “She was now caring for the four younger children on her own.

“He gave the slightly older ones iPads to watch all night and gave Abi a lethal dose of Benadryl.”

Kau asked Calderon why his testimony did not include the fact that he heard Abigail crying. He said he talked to the detective about this and other issues, but that was not included in his written statement.

Villa’s ex-husband, Aaron Villa, 48, now retired from the U.S. Navy, testified that he and his ex-wife had two children; a girl who is now 9 years old and a boy who is 8 years old. 4675 Ke St. on the Aliamanu Military Reservation from 2017 to 2019. The story house at.

He was deployed from January 2019 at the time of his death and was scheduled to return in the summer, but returned immediately when he was notified of his death.

Villa, wearing a white dress with a floral pattern, began wiping her eyes and nose as Kaeo listened to the 911 call she made and was heard frantically speaking to the 911 operator, who instructed her to perform CPR while waiting for the ambulance.

“The baby isn’t breathing,” Villa can be heard saying. “I just woke up and my baby is cold.”

The 911 operator asks: “Is he awake or conscious?”

“No,” says Villa. He starts CPR. “Come on, Bro, please, please. Help me.”

Federal firefighter/paramedic Patrick Matsuki said:

He inserted ECG leads into the baby’s body, which usually detect electrical activity, but there was nothing.

“The baby was cold to the touch, the skin was mottled, the extremities were a little stiff, and there was no brachial pulse in the arm,” he said.

“It wasn’t revivable.”

He called the doctor and gave the verdict of death.