Search for missing Oklahoma girl becomes recovery operation, days after murder suspect arrested in Phoenix

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5/KSWO) — The seek for lacking 4-year-old Athena Brownfield has formally been modified to a restoration operation, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) confirmed Monday to our sister station KSWO. The information comes three days after one in every of her caregivers was arrested in Phoenix on a felony homicide warrant.

Monday’s press launch confirmed that Athena and her 5-year-old sister had been beneath the care of relative Alysia Adams and her husband Ivon for at the least a 12 months. Ivon Adams, 36, was arrested by Phoenix police Thursday afternoon close to 67th Avenue and Camelback Highway. He’s anticipated to be extradited to Oklahoma someday inside the subsequent week.

The OSBI and Oklahoma Freeway Patrol brokers searched the house and areas of Caddo County for the toddler’s stays over the weekend, and the investigation is ongoing. Folks in southwest Oklahoma have been scrutinizing the search, which started when Athena’s 5-year-old sister was found alone outdoors their house by a postal provider on Jan. 10 outdoors the Adams’ house. Each caretakers had been arrested two days later. Alysia Adams faces two counts of kid neglect.

The OSBI says the ladies’ organic mother and father had been interviewed and had been cooperating with the investigation. The press launch harassed that neither Alysia or Ivon Adams have been convicted of against the law, saying they had been harmless till confirmed responsible in a courtroom of regulation. “Rumors on social media won’t assist the investigation and will as a substitute hinder progress,” mentioned brokers in a press launch.

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