Ohio mom receives Life in Prison for going on vacation while her child was left in play pin for 10 days

Kristel-Candelario

Important Takeaways:

  • Ohio mom who left 16-month-old daughter to starve to death for 10 days pictured beaming on Puerto Rico beach
  • An Ohio mom posted a grinning photo of herself on a sunny beach at the same time that her little daughter lay dying in her filthy playpen back home.
  • Kristel Candelario, 32, pleaded guilty to aggravated murder Thursday for abandoning her 16-month-old daughter, Jailyn, when she jetted off on a 10-day vacation to Puerto Rico in June.
  • Three days into the trip, the seemingly carefree mom shared a photo of herself mugging for the camera on a sandy beach.
  • When Candelario finally returned to her Cleveland home a few days later, she found her daughter not breathing in her playpen and called 911.
  • The baby had languished in a pile that “consisted of soiled blankets and a bottom liner, saturated with urine and feces,” an affidavit stated.
  • An autopsy later revealed that Jailyn succumbed to starvation and dehydration

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