Massachusetts mother accused of leaving sick child with young siblings before death while she went to club, boyfriend’s home

BOSTON, April 9, 2024 – A Chelsea woman faced a judge Wednesday in connection with the weekend death of her three-year-old son.

25-year-old Jennifer Prudencio is charged with involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment of a child.  Police were called to Prudencio’s Spencer Avenue apartment in Chelsea Sunday morning where they found her son, Yael Guardado-Prudencio, 3, unresponsive.

According to NECN, prosecutors stated that Prudencio left the 3-year-old, who was pale and vomiting, in the care of her 7 and 8-year-old children while she went out to a bar in Revere, drank for a few hours, then slept at her boyfriend’s home in Somerville. The 8-year-old texted his mother and sent a video with concern for his 3-year-old brother’s well-being.

The judge set bail at $100,000, with conditions that Prudencio wear a GPS, have no contact with witnesses in the case and have no unsupervised contact with children under 16-years-old.

“The death of someone so young is a tragedy beyond words. My heart goes out to all who knew and loved this young boy, and to the police and emergency services personnel who responded to the scene that sad morning,” Hayden said.

Prudencio is due back in court in May.