'Not enough': Mom found responsible for causing 'serious head trauma' that killed her 14-week-old son learns her fate

A Florida pistillate who was recovered liable for the decease of her 14-week-old son was sentenced to prison.

Lily Scheip, 35, was convicted of manslaughter successful August successful transportation with the decease of her babe lad Dominic. She was primitively charged with second-degree execution erstwhile it was discovered during an autopsy that Dominic died of "serious caput trauma" and his decease was ruled a homicide. On Monday, Scheip was sentenced to 10 years successful situation with recognition for clip served. She has been down bars since her apprehension successful March 2022.

According to a probable origin affidavit reviewed by Law&Crime, constabulary responded to the location of Scheip's neighbour successful Sarasota, Florida, connected the nighttime of Nov. 8, 2021. The neighbour called 911 aft seeing Scheip tally retired of her ain location carrying Dominic successful her arms. She brought the babe to different neighbor, who worked arsenic a nurse, truthful she could execute CPR.

Paramedics arrived astatine the neighbor's house, wherever they performed resuscitative measures connected the "unresponsive" baby. Dominic was taken to the hospital, wherever helium was placed connected beingness support. Doctors said helium showed signs of caput trauma and nary encephalon activity. He died connected Nov. 11, 2021. While nary disposable injuries were observed earlier Dominic's death, an autopsy revealed bruising connected his head, a erstwhile skull fracture, and a encephalon bleed. Medical unit astatine the infirmary determined that based connected Dominic's injuries, Scheip was "the lone idiosyncratic who could person delivered the blunt unit impacts" that led to the baby's death.

Police said successful the affidavit that connected the time Dominic was hospitalized, Scheip's hubby was distant from the location for astir of the time portion Scheip was unsocial with the babe and the couple's older son. Scheip said she tried to provender Dominic a vessel astatine 9 p.m., but helium would not instrumentality it and "appeared drowsy." She enactment Dominic down successful his bassinet and went to ticker tv with her older lad for astir 20 minutes. When she returned to cheque connected Dominic, helium was unresponsive.

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In the affidavit, constabulary said Scheip admitted to an incidental successful September 2021 erstwhile she dropped Dominic from a recliner portion burping him. Police learned that Dominic had suffered a "series of injuries" since his commencement successful August 2021. She had nary explanations for his different injuries.

Before Scheip's proceedings began, her attorneys were capable to get the complaint of second-degree execution reduced to manslaughter aft proving that determination was nary malicious intent. She was recovered blameworthy of manslaughter connected Aug. 15. A justice sentenced her to 10 years successful situation positive 4 years probation. With recognition for clip served, she volition lone person to walk different 5 years down bars.

At her sentencing connected Monday, Scheip's parents defended their daughter. Her parent told the court, "I can't imagine, successful my wildest imagination, her hurting my grandson intentionally."

Scheip's in-laws, however, felt otherwise and requested the maximum condemnation of 15 years. Her brother-in-law told the court, "Dominic's decease has formed a imperishable shadiness implicit our family. And it has aged my parents earlier my eyes."

The prosecuting attorney, adjunct authorities lawyer Karen Fraivillig, felt the aforesaid way. She told section ABC affiliate WWSB, "Ten years is not enough. Nevertheless, I recognize the judge's rationale."