Florida man Alejandro Aleman has declined an opportunity to visit the dying mother after pleading guilty to the death of daughter Tayla

A Florida man who pleaded guilty to his daughter’s starvation on March 31, 2021 has been denied a request to visit his dying mother.

Alejandro Aleman, 44, filed through his lawyers for an emergency leave to see his mother with end-stage colon cancer. The judge rejected the four-hour vacation request without prejudice.

Aleman is currently serving a 20-year sentence at the Florida Department of Justice for starving his 13-month-old daughter in 2016. Baby Tayla was found weighing nine pounds at birth and just seven pounds when she died. Tayla had been suffering from severe diaper rash and a black eye, according to investigators.

The child was found in Aleman’s Loxahatchee Acreage apartment building, which investigators described as “living in deplorable conditions.”

Aleman pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of aggravated manslaughter of a child, while his ex-wife Kristen Meyer accepted a plea deal. She is currently serving 23 years in prison with four years of served time credit.