Sitter Charged With Murder After Drugging A Teething 8-Month-Old With Benadryl

Leaving your child in the hands of someone else can be a tough position for any parent, especially when you don’t know the person very well, but are forced to trust that they will take good care of your loved one.

While there are undoubtedly countless loving and responsible sitters out there to choose from, hearing stories like this next one will make you think twice about who you hire to be around your kids. Much like the heartbroken parents who found their baby boy bruised and in tears after time with his babysitter, the family of 8-month-old Haddix Mulkey seek justice for their son after unknowingly leaving him in the hands of a monster.

Police have charged 43-year-old babysitter Lori Conley of Reynoldsburg, Ohio with murder and child endangerment after baby Haddix was found unresponsive in the home where Conley was “caring” for 7 additional infants and toddlers.

Haddix was pronounced dead at a local hospital, where a toxicology report revealed Conley had drugged the baby boy with a lethal amount, two pills, of the over-the-counter allergy medication Benadryl after she said he was being fussy due to teething and having trouble falling asleep.

Each box of adult Benadryl states not to give the drug to children under six. The baby suffered from brain swelling and fluid in his lungs from the deadly overdose.

“I entrusted her to take care of my son Haddix and my daughter while I worked to provide for my family,” Katie Mulkey told Local 10. “I just really want justice for my baby,” Katie said. “Because this is something that was robbed from me, that was taken away.”

Grandmother Denise Mulkey said Haddix was a happy baby who “loved to be cuddled and held” and she has no words for her family’s pain.

“Devastating as a parent because my daughter is broken,” Denise Mulkey told Local 10. “And since she is broken I can’t fix her. This is something that God can only fix.”

Conley, who is a mother herself, has been given a $750,000 bond and told to have no contact with children and no unsupervised contact with her own children.

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