This week, a 16-month-old baby in Cleveland, Ohio, died after allegedly being left alone for over a week by her own mother, who went on vacation to Michigan. The tragedy has shocked the entire community.
Authorities discovered young Janiya Thompson’s lifeless body on Monday afternoon in a small apartment on the east side of the city. The infant was
in appalling condition, alone, and unattended. The initial police report states that the mother, Kristen Jones, age 21, locked her daughter in the apartment on March 18 so she could go on vacation with her partner. She returned nine days later.
The investigation found that the young mother called 911 after discovering her daughter dead at the house. But since Janiya had been dead for a few days, emergency personnel were powerless to help. Paramedics called the scene “heartbreaking and extremely negligent.”