Neighbors Of Deceased 16-month-old Toddler Say It Wasn’t The First Time She Had Been Left Alone

Mary Holman
3 min readJul 17, 2023

In a tragedy that has left many in tears, neighbors of deceased 16-month-old Jailyn Candelario told CNN that it wasn’t the first time her mother had left her alone in the house. However, they always tried to help.

JailynPhoto byWKYC

According to Daily Mail, on June 8th, 2023, 31-year-old Kristel Candelario left her daughter unattended while she went clubbing and parting in Detroit and Puerto Rico. As she spent the next ten days of her life enjoying herself and forgetting she was a mother, her daughter sadly died from starvation, dehydration, and neglect.

Upon her return, she called first respondents, who pronounced her dead on the scene in a playpen filled with ‘soiled blankets and a bottom liner, saturated with urine and feces. Nonetheless, neighbors told CNN that it wasn’t the first time Kristel had left her alone despite telling her it was wrong.

KristelPhoto by Cuyahoga County Police

Speaking to CNN, one of the neighbors and her daughter said, “Jailyn was a lovely child who didn’t deserve to die in such a manner. We kept telling her not to leave her by herself, not just me, my friend across the street too, but she

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Mary Holman
Mary Holman

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