The mother of one 16 month old babywho died after being left alone for eight days in a home in Cleveland, Ohio, while she vacationed on an island, has been sentenced to life imprisonmentThe authorities reported this Monday. Kristel Candelario, 31, pleaded guilty last February to charges related to the death of his 16-month-old daughter, Jailyn, last year.

The woman admitted that She left her daughter alone and without care inside the house from June 8 to 16, 2023, a period in which he was supposedly on vacation in Puerto Rico and Detroit (Michigan). According to court documents, Candelario told Cuyahoga County Police that he had left the girl alone while she went on a trip.

Police found the girl “wrapped in dirty blankets” with feces and urine

Jailyn died of starvation and severe dehydration due to negligence, Cuyahoga County Coroner Elizabeth Mooney said at the sentencing hearing on Monday, according to information cited by NBC.

The girl weighed 13 pounds, which represents a decrease of 7 pounds since her last visit to the doctor less than two months before her death, the coroner added. Cuyahoga prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley said Jailyn was “a beautiful child who was taken from this world because of the unimaginable selfishness of her mother.”

For his part, Candelario said in court “Every day I ask for forgiveness from God and my daughter Jailyn“, according to the television network. The woman was sentenced to life in prison without the right to parole.