woman who embarked on a 10-day vacation while leaving her 16-month-old daughter behind at their home to starve to death has been ordered to spend the rest of her life in prison.
The judge who oversaw Candelario’s case, Brendan Sheehan, said traveling out of state while leaving a toddler home alone without food was “the ultimate betrayal” that deserved one of the harshest legal punishments available. Candelario did not return home until about 8am on 16 June. She found Jailyn unresponsive atop a liner in the playpen that was soiled with urine and feces, and she called 911. Emergency responders arrived, determined Jailyn was “extremely dehydrated” and soon pronounced her death.