Jane Doe- 2yo/ Accused: Gavin Aldridge and Courtney Followay - Cleveland OH

CLEVELAND --     Police say a Cleveland couple tried to give their 2-year-old daughter to a neighbor, telling him they were going to drug rehab.

Officers say they received an anonymous tip Thursday that Gavin Aldridge and Courtney Followay had given away their daughter. They found an emaciated pit bull and feces on the floor at the couple's house.

The neighbor told police the girl was with him for at least 10 days. He says the parents didn't go to rehab and, after a week, gave other excuses for leaving the child.    

Police say the girl was treated at a hospital for scrapes and an eye infection and released to her grandmother.

The couple was jailed overnight and released pending an investigation.

Requests for comment to Aldridge and the grandmother weren't immediately returned.      
 

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Parents who tried to give away daughter will not be charged

Posted: Feb 25, 2012 4:16 PM CST
Updated: Feb 25, 2012 10:00 PM CST



CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - No child endangering charges will be filed against two parents who tried to give their child away.

The city prosecutor ruled that there wasn't enough evidence, even with a piece of paper trying to make the giveaway look official, for the parents to be charged.

Gavin Aldridge and Courtney Followay gave their 2-year-old daughter to a friend because they felt they had drug problems and needed to get clean. The couple even signed her over with their own document.

Investigators found the child had been living on the west side in filthy conditions. The child even had bug bites all over her body.

Sources close to the case say a city prosecutor found mom and dad tried to do the right thing by giving the child to a friend, trying to put the girl into better hands.

Oddly this week, dad went to prison for a year in an unrelated robbery case.

Relatives tell 19 Action News that the child is now with a grandmother. Cuyahoga County Social workers will have a hearing deciding the child's future soon.

http://www.19actionnews.com/story/17018022/prosecutor-no-child-endangering-charges-for-parents-who-tried-to-giveaway-daughter