Cleveland, OH
Kristel Candelario sentenced to life in prison
CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio mother whose 16-month-old daughter died after being left home alone in a playpen for 10 days last summer while she went on vacation was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of parole.
Kristel Candelario, 32, pleaded guilty last month to aggravated murder and child endangerment as part of a plea deal with Cuyahoga County prosecutors, who dismissed two murder counts and a felonious assault charge.
Authorities have said Candelario left her daughter, Jailyn, in their Cleveland home when she went on vacation to Detroit and Puerto Rico in June 2023. When she returned 10 days later, she found the girl was not breathing in the playpen and called 911. Emergency responders found the child was “extremely dehydrated” and pronounced her dead shortly after they arrived.
An autopsy by the Cuyahoga County medical examiner’s office determined that the toddler died of starvation and severe dehydration.
County Common Pleas Court Judge Brendan Sheehan told Candelario she committed “the ultimate betrayal” by leaving her daughter alone without food.
“Just as you didn’t let Jailyn out of her confinement, so too you should spend the rest of your life in a cell without freedom,” Sheehan said. “The only difference will be, the prison will at least feed you and give you liquid that you denied her.”
Candelario, who has struggled with depression and related mental health issues, said she has prayed daily for forgiveness.
“There’s so much pain that I have in regards to the loss of my baby, Jailyn,” she said. “I’m extremely hurt about everything that happened. I am not trying to justify my actions, but nobody knew how much I was suffering and what I was going through … God and my daughter have forgiven me.”
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The owner of the Urban Kutz Barbershop chain is asking for help in finding the man who he says fired a shot at one of his barbers Sunday.
According to Waverly Willis, the suspect walked into the barbershop in the 11100 block of Detroit Ave. on Sunday.
He didn’t have the money to pay for a haircut and during the confrontation, Willis said the man pulled out a 9mm pistol and shot at one of the barbers.
The barber was not injured and the shooter fled the scene.
Cleveland Police said they received the around 3:30 p.m. for shots fired in the area.
Officers said their investigation led them to learn that an argument between an employee and a client led to the client firing one shot inside the business, however no one was struck.
Officer said the suspect then exited and shot four to five times outside the business and left the scene.
No injuries were reported by police.
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The Statewide Amber Alert for a missing 7-year-old girl from Jefferson County was canceled Monday night, according to the U.S. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
The girl was last seen around 3 p.m. Monday on Midway Street in Empire when her father, who does not have custody of her, allegedly abducted her from a family member’s home after an argument, authorities said.
The girl was located around 9 p.m. later that night, authorities said.
This story will be updated once more information is learned.
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