Mom ignored son’s desperation texts as his 3-year-old brother died while home alone so she could drink and sleep at boyfriend’s house: DA

Yael Guardado-Prudencio, Jennifer Prudencio

(Left inset) 3-year-old Yael Guardado-Prudencio (WCVB/screengrab), Jennifer Prudencio appears at her arraignment on April 10, 2024 (WBTS/screengrab)

A 25-year-old Massachusetts mother of three allegedly left her sick 3-year-old son home alone with his two older siblings so she could go out drinking on a Saturday night and sleep over at her boyfriend’s house, only to return home the morning after and find the toddler dead. Worse yet, she ignored the overnight desperation texts her 8-year-old son sent about his brother, prosecutors allege.

Jennifer Prudencio appeared in court on Wednesday to face involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment charges following the weekend death of Yael Guardado-Prudencio, her 3-year-old son she knew was ill.

Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden had already called the case a “tragedy beyond words” in his first statement on the case, but prosecutors under his supervision shed more light on the allegations in court.