The Ecuadorian Kristel CandelarioThe 32-year-old pleaded guilty to the death of his 16-month-old daughter, who died in her London home in June 2023 Ohio, UNITED STATES. According to the district attorney Cuyahoga, Michael O'MalleyThe defendant left her baby without food and water or under the care of another person for more than ten days to go on vacation.
According to the prosecutor in charge of the case, Candelario left her baby behind to make a transit from June 6 to 16, 2023 Detroit, Michigan and Puerto Rico. However, when he returned, he found the minor lifeless and in an unsanitary condition. The autopsy report indicates that his death was due to lack of food and water.
Kristel Candelario decided to plead guilty for the death of her daughter, who abandoned her for ten days to go on a trip. Photo: WKYC
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The Kristel Candelario case
For 10 days, Kristel Candelario He shared photos on his social media of the different destinations he enjoyed during his vacations.
After the minor's body was discovered, authorities charged Candelario with aggravated homicide, felonious assault and child endangerment.
“This is one of those truly unimaginable cases that will stay with me for years to come. Today we speak on behalf of the 16-month-old child because of the selfish choices her mother made. “This conviction is the first step toward justice for Jailyn,” prosecutor O’Malley told the media.
Photo shared by Kristel Candelario while her daughter was home alone. Photo: TN
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Candelario's neighbors were astonished by the tragic death of the minor, as the 35-year-old woman was never reported to social services. Nevertheless, they admitted that it was not the first time that the little girl had been left alone as they had heard her crying on previous occasions.
“We wouldn't have minded helping to care for him,” one resident told CNN.
The defense, for its part Kristel Candelario He avoided elaborating on his client's guilt, simply noting in his statement to the court that he “accepted responsibility for what he did and is sorry.”
After pleading guilty, Candelario will have to wait until March 18 for sentencing, which could result in a life sentence.
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The father of a minor abandoned by her mother breaks his silence
In statements to Telemundo, Henry García, father of the minor who died after her mother left her alone for ten days to go on vacation, lamented the fatal end of his daughter, whose death he learned of through the media.
According to him, Candelario and he met through social networks in 2020 when they started a long-distance relationship because he lives in Ecuador. A little later she decided to visit him and became pregnant. However, since she already had an established life in the United States, she decided to return and Henry maintained contact with his daughter through video calls.
“It was my blood, her blood. I do this with a girl who is one year and six months old. “She is my daughter and she left in a disastrous way,” he lamented.