Cleveland mom charged in 16-month-old daughter's death gets $1 million bond

Kristen Candelario, the 31-year-old Cleveland mom facing multiple charges in her daughter's death after allegedly leaving the 16-month-old girl home alone to go on vacation, made a brief court appearance in the case on Thursday where a judge set bond at $1 million.

Candelario, who was present in court with an interpreter, entered a plea of not guilty. The first pretrial hearing was also set for Wednesday, July 5 at 9 a.m. before Judge Brendan Sheehan.

The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office says Candelario left her daughter unattended for 10 days at her residence near Lorain Avenue and West 97th Street back on June 6.

"A preliminary investigation conducted by CPD’s Homicide Unit revealed that Candelario left her child alone and unattended from June 6 to June 16 to vacation in Detroit, Michigan, and in Puerto Rico," according to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's office. "The 16-month-old child was extremely dehydrated at the time of death. The 16-month-old child was discovered in a Pack-N-Play pin on a liner soiled with urine and feces with soiled blankets."


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[RepublicWA]

Mine left me and my 2 sisters for 3 days after hiring a teenaged sitter for 3 hours. No food in cupboards or refrigerator. That was the final straw and we were taken to the safety of my paternal grandfather and step-grandmother. We were 1, 2 and 3 years old. My 'mother' will forever state that her babies were stolen. She made 3 more afterwards and I thank the Lord daily for the fact that we were RESCUED.

[monalisa-euuj]

She needs to go to prison on vacation for life

[brittanycansado]

She wasn’t wearing a mask on vacation!

[dizziechef]

She should never get out. Never have children again. Justice for her baby girl Jaylin

[EarthIsHell]

Now she's hiding her face and wears a mask...what a punk
RIP Baby
Life Sentence for her

[allierodriguez]

They should seek a death penalty for Crystal

[chrismclellanart]

Shes wearing a mask just to hide her face

[edtruthwarrior]

I’m out of words to express the pain I feel for that baby. So many women that are not able to have a baby and this monster abandons her child to die the most horrific death, to rot alive, slowly, to die of hunger and thirst 😭

[jaja-cgyd]

Not guilty? That's why she's wearing a mask, right? Cause she has no guilt? GTFOH

[Deiidreamng]

Poor baby girl, Rip❤ at least now this monster will never leave her again. She’s in heaven.

[ogqupmm]

what’s crazy is pleading not guilty when you clearly are guilty!!! Just take your time and stop wasting the courts time

[clgraff]

Psychopath should remain behind bars till her last breath

[sarakowalsky]

This makes me so upset that a human being can be so cruel to do something like this. Put her in her cell for 10 days with no food water or toilet! Disgraceful!!!

[Anthony-ztzs]

This is really hard to believe. Very few animals in the animal kindom would do that. Wow! 16-month old?🥺

[shebbasanders]

Did he say she's pleading "not guilty!!!" 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[martinessomegawoman]

she cried not because she loose her baby, she cried cos she will be in prison

[JaneDoe-rjjn]

I can’t look at the pic of the sweet little baby. It’s so disturbing to have to picture that little smile crying daily, trapped in a box she can’t get out of, slowly dying. Omg horrifying.

[Objection_and]

This one has me beyond mad, I mean this is just beyond evil on every.single.level.
And go ahead and hide behind that mask. We all know who you are.

[DMaria]

She called 911 freaking out…like how did she think this was going to go? She left the mainland ffs she was far away and no one was left with the baby.

[ellybean]

The judge sounds like he is 100 yrs old