Mother on trial in children's drownings JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Phone records show a Florida woman did not call her husband to ask him to come home to watch their two children before she left them and they drowned in a pool. The revelation came during the trial of Jovita Ibeagwa in the drowning of the couple's two children, Blessing, 3, and Gerrard, 6, in a neighbor's pool in Jacksonville after they were left home alone June 19, 2010, The (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union reported. The trial of Ibeagwa's husband, Markanthony, concluded last week but a judge sealed the verdict until his wife's trial ends. Both are charged with two counts of aggravated manslaughter and face up to 30 years in prison on each count if convicted. In an interview shown in court, Jovita Ibeagwa told detectives she believed her husband would be home in the five to 10 minutes it usually takes him to drive from work. Police have said she had called her husband before leaving for work as a nurse at 6:35 p.m. on the day the children died and asked him to come home to watch the children. Phone records show no call between the couple until 8:40 p.m. Circuit Judge Adrian G. Soud denied a motion filed by defense attorney Thomas Fallis Tuesday to prevent prosecutors from implying Jovita Ibeagwa did not make the earlier call. Fallis said prosecutors had said during her husband's trial she did make the call. "Regardless of whether there was a communication or not, it does not change the fact that [Jovita Ibeagwa] closed that door and walked away and never checked back," Assistant State Attorney Alan Mizrahi said.