News File Photo Aaron Trout appears in Alcona County’s Probate Court via videoconference in this News file photo.

HARRISVILLE — The public can’t access the file for a child welfare case involving Aaron Trout, a man currently scheduled to go on trial for the alleged murder of 2-year-old Jayde McDonnell — the child of his then-girlfriend, Adrienne Pavelka.

According to a chart on the availability of court records to different parties, which is on the state’s website, cases that fall under the juvenile code are not to be made available to the public.

According to the chart, cases that fall under the juvenile code include juvenile delinquency and Children’s Protective Services cases, such as one of two cases against Trout.

A CPS case was filed against Trout more than a year before he was accused of killing McDonnell which alleged that Trout neglected his three children, according to court-appointed attorney Justin Wilson, who represents the three children.

The CPS petition did not claim that Trout ever abused his three kids, however, after Trout’s murder charge, Alcona County Judge Laura Frawley, during an August 2022 hearing, allowed a request for termination of Trout’s parental rights to be included in his CPS case.

At the time of the petition, Trout’s children lived with their mother but they had previously spent some time in foster care, according to Wilson.

According to testimony from police officers during a October 2022 murder hearing, Trout had Pavelka and her three daughters move in with him after dating Pavelka for several months. Two of those three children would eventually be taken to live elsewhere.

The child that remained was 2-year-old McDonnell. According to testimony by Detective Sgt. Anthony Utt, of the Michigan State Police-Alpena Post, Pavelka alleges McDonnell was prevented from leaving by Trout so that a black eye he had given the child wouldn’t be discovered.

This pattern of abuse by Trout against McDonnell allegedly continued for weeks until Trout allegedly swung the child by her ankle into a wall and then threw her in the air on July 18, 2022, leaving the child unconscious and bleeding.

Several days passed, during which McDonnell received no medical attention. Trout eventually drove Pavelka to MyMichigan Medical Center Alpena on July 22, once it appeared the child was dead, according to court testimony.

During a CPS hearing held a few weeks after the murder hearing, Trout, appearing virtually from the Iosco County Jail, asked Frawley if he could visit with his three children via videoconference. Frawley denied that request, at least until attorneys could discuss it further at a future hearing.

According to court representatives, Trout is set for a trial date in November that will see him face charges for murder as well as child abuse.

Pavelka was initially also charged with child abuse and murder, but has since pleaded guilty to a first degree child abuse charge. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss a second child abuse charge and a homicide-felony murder charge.

According to court representatives, a date for Pavelka’s sentencing has not yet been set, but it is expected to be after Trout’s trial is over.

Pavelka is currently set to testify in Trout’s trial.