Missing Oklahoma girl, 4, killed on Christmas, court docs say

CYRIL, Okla. (KSWO/Gray News) – Officials in Oklahoma laid out a timeline and extra about what they stated occurred within the presumed killing of 4-year-old Athena Brownfield.

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State and native businesses have been searching for the kid since her 5-year-old sister was discovered wandering alone exterior a house Jan. 10. Ivon Adams, 36, has been charged with first-degree homicide and little one neglect.

Court paperwork said the sister was interviewed by authorities and advised them she had been dwelling by herself and was uninterested in being alone.

Athena and her sister, in line with court paperwork, had been residing with Alysia and Ivon Adams for as much as two years and in that point had by no means been taken to a health care provider appointment or enrolled at school.

When interviewed Thursday, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation stated Alysia Adams confessed to brokers that Ivon Adams had hit Athena a number of occasions round midnight Dec. 25 till she stopped shifting.

Alysia Adams stated Ivon Adams left the home round 1 a.m. Dec. 26 with Athena’s physique, investigators stated. When he got here again dwelling, paperwork stated he advised her he buried the woman close to a fence line subsequent to their previous residence in close by Rush Springs.

Phone data reportedly confirmed Ivon Adams leaving the house and touring to that space. He was arrested Thursday in Arizona and was set to be extradited to Oklahoma to face fees.

Alysia Adams, 31, was arrested in Oklahoma and faces two counts of kid neglect.

Areas of Caddo County, the place Cyril is situated, are being looked for Athena’s stays, the OSBI stated Monday. The company requested the the general public to not seek for Athena’s stays, saying that individuals may find yourself trespassing or contaminating potential proof.

The sisters’ organic mother and father have been interviewed by authorities and are cooperating with the investigation, the OSBI stated. Athena’s sister was taken into protecting custody.

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