US woman sentenced to life in prison for leaving baby alone on vacation

“God and my daughter have forgiven me,” the mother said.

A 32-year-old woman in the United States has been sentenced to life in prison after admitting to the murder of her 16-month-old daughter. Prosecutors said she was left alone at home for 10 days while her mother was on vacation.according to fox newsThe woman, Kristel Candelario, pleaded guilty last month to one count of aggravated murder and one count of child endangerment. A judge told her on Monday that it was the “ultimate betrayal” for her to abandon her daughter Jalyn last summer without food and water so she could vacation in Detroit and Puerto Rico.

“Just as you didn’t let Jaylin out of jail, you deserve to spend the rest of your life in a cell without freedom,” County Common Pleas Court Judge Brendan Sheehan told the mother. The judge added: “The only difference is that the prison would have at least offered you food and fluids, whereas you refused her.”

According to prosecutors, Candelario left his daughter “unsupervised at home in Cleveland” last June and did not return until 10 days later. “Upon return, Candelario found Jerlin unresponsive and called police. The Cleveland Police Department and Cleveland Fire Department responded to the scene and Jerlin was pronounced dead,” the prosecutor’s office said in a statement. fox news.

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The office added: “An investigation conducted by the CPD Homicide Unit revealed that Candelario left the children unsupervised while traveling to Detroit, Michigan and Puerto Rico for vacations from June 6 to June 16.” Lin was extremely dehydrated at the time of her death.”

“Jaylin was found in a Pack-N-Play pen with urine and feces on the lining and a soiled blanket,” the statement read.

The mother, on the other hand, claims she has been battling depression and other mental health issues. When given the opportunity to speak, she said she prays for forgiveness every day. “I am devastated by the loss of my child Jalyn,” she told the court. “I’m very hurt by what happened. I’m not trying to defend my actions, but no one knows how much pain I’m in and what I’m going through,” she said. “God and my daughter have forgiven me,” she claimed.