US mum who left toddler alone for 10 days to go on holiday pleads guilty to murder
The US mother who left her 16-month-old daughter home alone for 10 days in June 2023 while she vacationed in Puerto Rico and Michigan has pleaded guilty to aggravated murder.
On June 6, 2023, Kristel Candelario, 32, left Jailyn Candelario alone at her home in the 3100 block of West 97th Street in Cleveland. She told police that she had left the 16-month-old at home alone while she went on vacation for a week, court records state.
An investigation conducted by Cleveland Police revealed that Kristel Candelario left the child alone and unattended until June 16 while she vacationed in Detroit, Michigan and Puerto Rico, according to a news release from the Cuyahoga County Prosector's Office.
Jailyn was extremely dehydrated at the time of her death and was discovered in a Pa...