Cuyahoga County

Mother gets life sentence after leaving infant alone for 10-day vacation

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CLEVELAND, OH – A mother from Ohio has been condemned to life imprisonment without any chance of parole, following her admission of guilt in the murder of her 16-month-old daughter. Kristel Candelario, 32, confessed to abandoning her daughter, Jailyn Candelario, alone in a playpen for a ten-day period while she was vacationing in Detroit and Puerto Rico. During her sentencing hearing, Candelario stated that she believed she had been forgiven by “God and my daughter.” …

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Girl convicted of murder for intentional crash that took her boyfriend and his friend’s life

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In a recent ruling, Mackenzie Shirilla, a 19-year-old from Ohio, was convicted for deliberately driving her car into a brick wall at a speed of 100 mph, leading to the deaths of her boyfriend and his friend. The presiding judge, Nancy Margaret Russo of Cuyahoga County, characterized Shirilla’s actions as calculated and intentional, stating that this was not a case of reckless driving but a premeditated act of murder. Shirilla was found guilty on four …

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