The woman who babysat for Sally Schofield's two foster children says Schofield first told her four-year old Logan Marr died from "some fluke cardiac thing."

Rebekah Doughty of Pittston, whose husband is Schofield's nephew, was the prosecution's second witness Tuesday morning, June 18, the first day of Schofield's trial in Lincoln County Superior Court. Schofield, a caseworker for the Department of Human Services (DHS), had Logan and Logan's two-year-old sister Bailey in foster care from September of 2000 until Logan's death in January of 2001.

Schofield is charged with murder and manslaughter. Assistant Attorney General William Stokes said Schofield began inflicting harsher and harsher punishments on the child, and on the day the child died, had put her into a high chair, wrapping over 40 feet of duct tape around her body and over her mouth, causing her to suffocate.

Doughty described Bailey as a "very cuddly" child, while Logan "seemed to have a wall up." Doughty said when she would arrive at Schofield's house to babysit two or three days a week, she was often told Logan was being disciplined for something.

"She [Schofield] would tell me that Logan needed quiet time on her bed," Doughty said. As time went on the quiet times began to lengthen and the location changed from the child's room to a carpeted area at the bottom of the stairs. Schofield also started putting Logan in a high chair.

At that point Stokes removed a blue and green plastic high chair from a huge box in the courtroom.

"Is this the high chair?"

"Yes," Doughty said.

"Was this her's? he asked.

"No, it was Shaynen's," Doughty said. Shaynen is Schofield's infant son.

"Did Mrs. Schofield say the issue between her and Logan was about who was in charge?" Stokes asked.

"Yes," replied Doughty.

"Was there any word that Mrs. Schofield used to describe her [Logan's] behavior?" Stokes asked.

"Yes, she used the word `meltdowns' a lot."

Asked how she would describe the behavior, Doughty said Logan would be "out of control, crying, crying, crying, then screaming and raging."

Stokes asked Doughty if she ever saw Logan experience "any seizure activities." Doughty answered no.

Schofield's attorney, Jed Davis, has said he will offer a medical expert who will testify the child's death was from a seizure.

On one occasion Doughty said Schofield told her Logan was in the high chair from about 8 or 8:30 in the evening until 10 or 11.

"She [Schofield] told me she couldn't be a warm fuzzy Mom with Logan, she had to be a drill sergeant." Doughty said Schofield also described Logan as "a demon child," who could behave one minute, and be out of control the next.

Doughty said she first heard Logan had died when Schofield called her about 7 p.m. January 31, 2001 from the hospital.

"She [Schofield] said Logan had passed away from some fluke cardiac thing. She said she found her unconscious on the floor."

Asked whether Schofield said anything about duct tape, Doughty answered, "no."

"On other occasions, what did she say about Logan's death," Stokes asked.

"She later told me she had found her playing with duct tape, crying and raging. She said Logan had tipped over in the high chair. About a week later she said something about a seizure."

The trial is expected to last about a week. There is no jury. The judge is Judge Thomas Delahanty.