She left her 16-month-old daughter alone to go on holiday to the seaside: the little girl died of hunger and thirst

A baby of just 16 months he died horribly of thirst and hunger after her mother left her alone in her home in Cleveland, USA, to go on vacation for 10 days on the paradisiacal beaches of Puerto Rico. The little girl even ate her own feces in a desperate attempt.

The woman, named Kristel Candelario and resident in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, he was arrested and triedwhere the judge was very harsh on her and sentenced her to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder charge.

“Candelario (who is 31) was traveling to Puerto Rico and Detroit while the child was left alone at home“said the police during the trial.

“Just like you didn’t break Jailyn out of her captivity, You would also have to spend the rest of your life in a cell without freedomJudge Brendan Sheehan of the County Court of Common Pleas told the mother.

“The only difference will be in prison at least you will be fed and you will be given the liquid that you denied the child,” added the magistrate.

The woman, meanwhile, confessed to the police that she had left her daughter, Jailyn, “at home, alone and unsupervised”. But she appeared remorseful during the trial and said she had struggled with depression and other mental health problems.

He also stated that there was He prayed every day asking for forgiveness. “I’m in a lot of pain for the loss of my baby, Jailyn,” she said in court.

“I am extremely hurt by everything that has happened. I’m not trying to justify my actions, but No one knew how much I was suffering. and what I was going through,” the woman said.

“God and my daughter have forgiven me“, hill.

A repeated story

According to neighbors’ testimonies collected by the news channel WEWS, this is not the case first time that the woman leaves her little daughter alone.

“We keep telling him not to leave her alone, not just me, my friend across the street also said it several times, but he always leaves her alone“a neighbor said.

calendar He lives at home with his two daughters and his parents.but her parents recently took Candelario’s oldest daughter on vacation, neighbors said.

“There were so many people here; She I could have called anyone from our doors and asking us to take Jailyn,” said another neighbor, visibly shocked by what happened.

Candelario’s parents, meanwhile, tried to defend the woman. “My heart is broken into a thousand pieces“the mother said, and continued: “I am here to tell the world that my daughter comes from a home where there were values, beliefs, emotions, warmth. Where the most important thing was family.”

He added that Candelario’s “emotional health.” he was shot on more than one occasion” and that her “depression and anxiety ended up consuming her.”

Candelario’s father, for his part, said that although he is “shocked by everything that happened”, continues to provide “moral and spiritual support” to his “beloved daughter”. “I ask for compassion, understanding and mercy,” she concluded.