Search for 4-year-old Athena Brownfield now a

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

“Special Agents from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, along with our partners at the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP), have been searching areas of Caddo County for the toddler’s remains,” OSBI mentioned in a press release.

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 youngsters had been within the Adams’ take care of “at least a year.” Both 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 depend of first diploma homicide and one depend 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 accordance with OSBI. The women’ organic dad and mom 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 evidence.”

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