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An Ohio mother whose 16-month-old daughter died after being left home
alone in a playpen for 10 days last summer while she went on vacation was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of parole.
Kristel Candelario, 32, had pleaded guilty last month to aggravated murder
and child endangerment as part of a plea deal with Cuyahoga County
prosecutors, who dismissed two murder counts and a felonious assault
charge.
Authorities have said Candelario left her daughter, Jailyn, in their
Cleveland home when she went on vacation to Detroit and Puerto Rico in
June 2023. When she returned 10 days later, she found the girl was not breathing in the playpen and called 911. Emergency responders found the
child was "extremely dehydrated" and pronounced her dead shortly after
they arrived.
An autopsy by the Cuyahoga County medical examiner's office determined
that the toddler died of starvation and severe dehydration.
County Common Pleas Court Judge Brendan Sheehan told Candelario she
committed "the ultimate betrayal" by leaving her daughter alone without
food.
"Just as you didn't let Jailyn out of her confinement, so too you should
spend the rest of your life in a cell without freedom," Sheehan said. "The
only difference will be, the prison will at least feed you and give you
liquid that you denied her."
Candelario, who has struggled with depression and related mental health
issues, said she has prayed daily for forgiveness.
"There's so much pain that I have in regards to the loss of my baby,
Jailyn," she said. "I'm extremely hurt about everything that happened. I
am not trying to justify my actions, but nobody knew how much I was
suffering and what I was going through ... God and my daughter have
forgiven me."
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/kristel-candelario-life-in-prison- ohio-mom-left-child-vacation/
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