Four face charges in death of child

By A.B. SIDIBE

Levy County Sheriff's Office

Kimberly Ann Alderman

Levy County Sheriff's Office

Valerie Ann Davenport

Levy County Sheriff's Office

Julianne Elizabeth Goldsmith

Levy County Sheriff's Office

Elizabeth A. Rydbom

Four women from Inglis are in custody, accused in the death of a child, according to a report by the State Attorney’s Office in the Eighth Judicial Circuit in Levy County.

Valerie Ann Davenport, 44; Julianne Elizabeth Goldsmith, 24; Elizabeth A. Rydbom, 23; and Kimberly Ann Alderman, 22, are facing aggravated manslaughter charges in the death of a 5-year-old.

All four were arrested March 7 and are in the Levy County Jail. Bond for each of them is $500,000.

The quartet is accused in part of being negligent and failing to provide the necessary care and supervision to prevent the child from consuming a mix of non-prescribed medication.

The child died Oct. 21, 2012, and an investigation was launched by the Inglis Police Department on Oct. 22, according to lead investigator, Officer John Dowd.

Dowd said a full report on the details of the investigation will be available as soon as court proceedings get under way.