Disturbing footage shows mom Kristel Candelario, 32, calmly lying to cops about finding her 16-month-old baby dead – after she let her daughter rot in her play pen as she frolicked on in Puerto Rico beaches for ten days

An Ohio mother was sentenced to life in prison after leaving her 16-month-old daughter alone for 10 days while she went on vacation.

Kristel Candelario traveled to Puerto Rico in June 2023. She left her toddler, Jailyn, alone in their Cleveland apartment. When she came home, the child was not breathing.

Doctors later confirmed that Jailyn died from starvation and severe dehydration.

At first, Candelario told police that her daughter had been sick and refusing food. She later pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and child endangerment.

During sentencing, the judge called her actions “the ultimate betrayal.” He ordered that she spend the rest of her life in prison without the chance of parole.