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ALPENA — A second person has been charged with murder in the death of a 2-year-old Alcona County child.

Alcona County Prosecutor Thomas Weichel Wednesday charged Adrienne Renee Pavelka in the death of her daughter, brought to MyMichigan Medical Center Alpena deceased on Friday.

A Glennie man, Aaron Trout, was arraigned on a murder charge related to the child’s death on Monday.

Police believe Pavelka aided Trout in killing the child.

Trout’s felony murder charge specifies that Trout allegedly killed the child in the commission or attempted commission of child abuse.

Pavelka’s charge is the same as that of Trout, according to Weichel, although he would not specify whether police believe Pavelka also actively abused the child.

Trout is not the child’s father, Weichel said.

Weichel would not share details about police allegations related to the child’s death. Initial police statements gave adequate cause for him to authorize the charges, but he has yet to view complete police reports providing further details and evidence, he said.

On Monday, Weichel said police believe the child may have been abused, leading to her death, several days before Trout dropped off the child and a woman at the hospital on Friday.

Weichel could not confirm that the woman driven to the hospital was Pavelka.

Police have not asked him to charge anyone else related to the child’s death, he said.

The Alpena hospital went into lockdown for several hours on Friday “for the safety of patients and staff,” a MyMichigan Health spokeswoman said on Friday.

She would not say whether police had advised the lockdown.

Police said no active shooter ever entered the hospital, despite rumors to the contrary.

Alpena Community College closed its campus after administrators heard rumors of the hospital lockdown and were told by police that a suspect related to an incident at the hospital had not been apprehended but was not considered a danger to the community.

As of 6 p.m. Wednesday, Pavelka had been arrested out of the area and was en route to the Iosco County Jail, Weichel said.

A date for her arraignment had not yet been set, he said.

Julie Riddle can be reached at 989-358-5693 or jriddle@thealpenanews.com. Follow her on Twitter @jriddleX.