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Two Arrested In Connection With Girl's Death

Officer Finds Girl Dead After 911 Call

March 17, 2005

LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A Lafayette man and his wife were arrested on preliminary neglect charges Wednesday after his daughter 4-year-old was found dead in their home, police said.

 

 

 

Video: Two Arrested In Connection With Girl's Death
A sheriff's officer found the girl, Aiyana Gauvin, in the Lafayette home just after 6 a.m. Wednesday after someone called 911 to say that she had been choking, the Tippecanoe Sheriff's Department said.

Her father, Christian Gauvin, and her stepmother, Michelle Gauvin, were arrested on charges of neglect of a child resulting in death, RTV6's Eric Weisfeld reported.

An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday.

Police said Michelle Gauvin told them that Aiyana and two other children, aged 12 and 9, were left at the home Wednesday morning while she took her husband to work. When said that when she returned, she found Aiyana unconscious, according to police.

 

 

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