A nursing mother is one who is expected to be with her child at all times and even when she has to be away, should look for someone to look after her child in her absence.
Shockingly, a young mother felt otherwise as she chose her social life over that of her little baby.
A 32-year-old American woman who went on a 10-day vacation and left her 16-month-old daughter at their home to go to school has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
The convict, identified as Kristel Candelario, was sentenced on Monday, March 18, at a state courthouse in Cleveland.
The sentencing comes after Candelario entered guilty pleas in February for one count of aggravated murder in connection with the death of her toddler and one count of endangering children, according to online Cuyahoga County court records.
Ultimate Betrayal
The judge who oversaw Candelario’s case, Brendan Sheehan, said travelling out of state while leaving a toddler home alone without food was “the ultimate betrayal” that deserved one of the harshest legal penalties available.“
“Just as you didn’t let Jailyn out of her confinement, so you too should spend the rest of your life in a cell without freedom.
“The only difference will be [that] the prison will at least feed you and give you liquid that you denied her,” Sheehan said during Candelario’s sentencing hearing.
Mother On Vacation
Candelario left her 16-month-old daughter unattended at her Cleveland home from June 6 to June 16, 2023, and went on a vacation to Detroit and Puerto Rico, the prosecutor’s office added in its release.
A few days into the trip, the New York Post reported that Candelario went on social media and posted a photo of herself smiling, barefoot, and in a bathing suit on a beach.
The image’s caption read: “The time that is enjoyed is the true time lived.
“When she returned to the residence at around 8:00 a.m., she found her daughter unresponsive and called the police, who later declared the toddler deceased at the scene.
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Jailyn was discovered “in a Pack-N-Play pen on a liner soiled with urine and faeces with soiled blankets,” according to the release.
The toddler died of stunting and severe dehydration from paediatric neglect.
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