Two-year-old Oklahoma girl disappeared from Oklahoma. Second caregiver is facing murder charges
In connection with the second arrest, a second person was also taken into custody. the disappearance of a 4-year-old girl in Oklahoma Authorities have charged him with murder.
Ivon Adams, 36 years old, was taken into custody in Arizona. He was due to be extradited from Oklahoma on child neglect and murder in the firstdegree charges. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said.
According to jail records, he was in Maricopa County detention until Saturday morning.
His arrest came a day after OSBI had announced that his wife, Alysia Adams (31), was being taken into custody.
They are described as Athena Brownfield’s caregivers. Athena Brownfield was found wandering by her 5-year old sister near their Cyril home, Oklahoma on Tuesday by a postal worker.
Alysia Adams was arrested by the Grady County Sheriff’s Office on two counts of child neglect, the state bureau said. According to the state bureau, Athena’s sister had been found outside Alysia Adam’s home.
Brook Arbeitman, spokesperson for OSBI, said that the girl is currently in state protective custody. She did not require any medical care at the time she was found.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol sent a missing person alert to Athena earlier this week. It was directed to all residents within a radius of 15 miles from Cyril.
The agency did not issue an Amber Alert, an emergency alert for kidnapped children that reaches a nationwide network, “because there was no indication of an abduction,” an agency spokesperson said.
Sarah Stewart sent an email Friday saying that “this case did not meet criteria in this particular guideline to issuing an AMBER Alert.”
Penny Brownfield, Athena’s paternal grandmother, said the little girl’s disappearance has been “quite a blow.”
“I’ve just got to be strong for my children,” she said by phone Friday from her home in Lawton, Oklahoma. “It’s affecting my children. It’s really affecting my oldest son, which those are his babies, which means those are my babies, too.”
She said she was desperate for any information about Athena’s whereabouts. “She’s not just going to vanish,” she said.
As investigators continue to search for clues regarding Athena’s disappearance, Cyril has had its trash service delayed. It is located about 80 miles southwest from Oklahoma City.
Workman stated Thursday night that officials are optimistic.
“We’re just digging for every clue, processing everything that we can to see if it can help us locate her,” she said.
Police are looking for information and security camera videos from residents who may have any assistance in the search.
According to a report, Athena was last seen wearing a pink sweater and pink pants. missing person poster. Arbeitman stated that she had “limited verbal abilities.”
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