Seek for 4-year-old Athena Brownfield now a “restoration operation,” officers say

The seek for a lacking 4-year-old Oklahoma lady is now being thought of a “restoration operation,” the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation mentioned Monday.

“Particular Brokers from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, together with our companions on the Oklahoma Freeway Patrol (OHP), have been looking out areas of Caddo County for the toddler’s stays,” OSBI mentioned in an announcement.

Athena Brownfield was reported lacking final Tuesday after her 5-year-old sister was discovered unsupervised by a postal provider at about 2 p.m. native time outdoors the Cyril, Oklahoma, residence of couple Ivon and Alysia Adams. Authorities mentioned the 2 kids had been within the Adams’ take care of “no less than a 12 months.” Each Ivon and Alysia Adams have been arrested in reference to Brownfield’s disappearance.

Ivon Adams, 36, was taken into custody Thursday in Arizona and is awaiting extradition to Oklahoma, OSBI mentioned. He faces one rely of first diploma homicide and one rely of kid neglect, OSBI mentioned Monday. 

Alysia Adams, 31, was additionally taken into custody Thursday and is dealing with two counts of kid neglect, OSBI mentioned. She is being held at Caddo County Jail, OSBI mentioned.

Brownfield and her sister are associated to Alysia Adams, in line with OSBI. The women’ organic mother and father have been interviewed by authorities and are cooperating with the investigation, OSBI mentioned. The 5-year-old sister has been positioned in protecting custody, OSBI mentioned Saturday.

OSBI on Monday requested individuals not to search around for Brownfield on their very own, and warned that those that do say might be trespassing and run the chance of “interfering with the investigation by contaminating potential proof.”

Brownfield’s disappearance sparked an enormous search effort final week, which included the Oklahoma Freeway Patrol’s emergency response workforce and native volunteers conducting a grid search of the complete city. That search included an examination of each recognized vacant home within the space and of native waterways, OSBI mentioned.