Child remains found in Oklahoma as officials say missing toddler Athena Brownfield was killed on Christmas Day

Child remains have been found by investigators in rural Grady County, Oklahoma, amid the ongoing search for Athena Brownfield, as court docket paperwork allege the 4-year-old was punched to dying on Christmas Day.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) stated in a press release it couldn’t verify the remains, which have been found exterior of the city of Rush Springs, have been these of Brownfield. “The remains will be transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Oklahoma City for positive identification,” OSBI stated.

The investigation into the woman’s disappearance has been ongoing since Jan. 10 when a mail service Brownfield’s 5-year-old sister enjoying alone on the road. Officials on Monday declared the seek for Brownfield a “recovery operation.”

The ladies’ caretaker, Alysia Adams, 31, had been watching the kids for about two years after their organic mom, Jasmin Brownfield, left them in her care, court docket paperwork stated. Adams is a relative of the 2 ladies, OSBI has stated. Neither baby had been despatched to highschool nor seen a physician they usually have been typically left alone, police stated. Adams has been arrested and charged with baby abuse and neglect for failing to guard the kid from her husband, Ivon Adams, who fled.  

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

Alysia Adams confessed that round midnight on Christmas Day, Ivon Adams beat Athena Brownfield and held her up by her arms till she stopped transferring, court docket paperwork stated. Then he punched the toddler 3 times in the chest and left the home round 1:00 a.m. on Dec. 26, the paperwork allege. He returned someday later, telling his spouse he buried Athena Brownfield close to the fence line close to their outdated residence in Rush Springs, in line with the paperwork. He positioned a big damaged department over the burial website, the paperwork stated.