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Kristel Candelario's attorney says it was the toughest case he has worked on where his client left her 16-month-old daughter alone while she vacationed.

Ohio mother left 16-month-old daughter in playpen for 10 days so she could go on vacation, pleads guilty to murder

Kristel Candelario, 32, beamed as she posed on a Puerto Rican beach in an image captioned, The time that is enjoyed is the true time lived - at the same time her baby daughter lay dead.

Kristel Candelario pleaded guilty to aggravated murder after leaving her 16-month-old daughter alone in a playpen for 10 days, resulting in the toddler's death from starvation and dehydration

A mum has pleaded guilty to murder after she left her toddler alone for 10 days whilst she went on holiday.

Kristel Candelario is an Ohio mother who has pleaded guilty to an aggravated murder charge for leaving her toddler alone for more than a week while she went on vacation.

Kristel Candelario, 32, now faces a life term and will be sentenced on March 18 in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court in Cleveland.

Kristel Candelario, 32, now faces a life term and will be sentenced on March 18 after admitting murder.

An Ohio woman pled guilty to murder after leaving her 16-month-old daughter alone for 10 days while she went on vacation to Detroit and Puerto Rico, as investigators found the toddler starved, dehydrated, and covered in faeces

Kristel Candelario, 32, has pleaded guilty to aggravated murder for leaving her 16-month-old daughter, Jailyn, to die of starvation and dehydration in her soiled playpen while the mom was away on a 10-day vacation.