Cleveland, OH
Ohio mom who left toddler alone pleads guilty to aggravated murder
OHIO – An Ohio mother who left her 16-month-old daughter home alone in a playpen for 10 days last summer while she went on vacation pleaded guilty on Thursday to aggravated murder.
Kristel Candelario, 32, also pleaded guilty to child endangerment as part of a plea deal with Cuyahoga County prosecutors, who agreed to dismiss two murder counts and a felonious assault charge. Candelario now faces a life term when she’s sentenced March 18.
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 had died of starvation and severe dehydration.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Gov. Mike DeWine joined with state, local and federal authorities on Monday, Nov. 3, to reiterate their partnership to reduce violent crime in Cleveland.
Gov. DeWine and Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb introduced the Violence Reduction Initiative for Cleveland in 2023 to combat the increase in crime in the city.
“This partnership is a key example of what collaboration is all about,” said Mayor Bibb. “I’ve often said public safety is a group project. The men and women of our police department can’t do it alone. Federal law enforcement has played a critical role, state law enforcement has played a great role, as well as the county and the prosecutor.”
The partnership includes:
- Cleveland Division of Police (CPD)
- Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office
- Ohio State Highway Patrol
- Ohio Investigative Unit
- Ohio Narcotics Intelligence Center
- Ohio Adult Parole Authority
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
- U.S. Marshals Service
- Homeland Security Investigations
- U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
- U.S. Department of Justice
Since July 2023, Cleveland has led to more than 1,400 felony arrests for serious crimes such as homicide and felonious assault and seized more than 1,000 illegally possessed firearms.
Recent data from the Ohio Department of Public Safety (DPS) showed a small group of people commit most violent crimes in the state.
Less than 1% of Ohio adults were arrested each year for violent crimes or weapons charges between 1974 and 2023, most of those arrested being repeat offenders.
Approximately one-third of people arrested for violent crimes had been arrested five or more times before.
State officials have supported crime reduction programs in Cleveland, Toledo, Lima, Mansfield, Akron, Canton, Youngstown, Dayton, Springfield, Columbus and Zanesville.
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating a close-call incident near the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
According to a social media post on Saturday, NTSB is sending a team to investigate a “loss of separation event” between an inbound Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 and a Eurocopter helicopter.
NTSB is sending a team to investigate a loss of separation event between an inbound Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 and a Eurocopter helicopter that occurred on Oct. 29 near the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Ohio.
— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) November 1, 2025
A loss of separation occurs when two aircraft come closer together than the minimum safe distance.
The close call event occurred on Oct. 29.
The Federal Aviation Administration posted on social media on Friday, ensuring safety amid shutdown-related staffing shortages.
Nearly 13,000 air traffic controllers have been working without pay for weeks, ensuring the safety of more than 50,000 daily operations across the national airspace system (NAS).
As we head into this weekend, a surge in callouts is straining staffing levels at multiple…
— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) November 1, 2025
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19 News has reached out to the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, which shared the following statement:
19 News reached out to Southwest Airlines, which shared the following statement:
19 News confirmed that the helicopter involved was a medical helicopter en route to St. John Medical Center in Westlake.
Below is a statement from Metro Aviation provided by a spokesperson from MetroHealth Medical Center:
According to the spokesperson, the aircraft traveled from the base at the Wayne County Airport to St. John’s, and there were no patients on board at the time.
19 News also reached out to NTSB for more details.
This is a developing story. Return to 19 News for updates.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A man is dead after a car crashed into a home on Cleveland’s west side Saturday afternoon.
According to Cleveland EMS, they responded to a home in the 19300 block of Puritas Avenue for a car that had crashed into a house.
EMS said that a man in his 50s was pronounced dead on the scene.
According to 19 News crews on scene, at least two cars were involved in the crash.
19 News has reached out to the Cleveland Police and Fire for more information about the crash.
This is a developing story. Return to 19 News for updates.
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