CLEVELAND (WJW) ? A Cleveland mother is facing a murder charge, accused of leaving her 16-month-old child alone while she went on vacation, and the child died.
Homicide detectives have charged Kristel Candelario.
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A court complaint says she admitted she went on vacation to Puerto Rico and Detroit, and she left her daughter alone and unattended.
The complaint says the mother was gone from June 8 to June 16, and on June 16, she found her daughter unresponsive.
The child died at a home on West 97th Street.