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<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#382c2c;font-size:14px"><strong>Search for missing Oklahoma 4-year-old Athena Brownfield is now a &#8216;recovery operation&#8217; to find her remains </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#382c2c;font-size:14px"><strong>Ivon Adams, 36, and his estranged wife Alysia Adams, 31, had been caring for missing Athena Brownfield and her sister Adina when she vanished last week</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#382c2c;font-size:14px"><strong>She had been in the care of Ivon Adams and Alysia Adams when she disappeared from their home in the small town of Cyril, 70 miles southwest of Oklahoma City on Jan 6 </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#382c2c;font-size:14px"><strong>Police determined Athena was missing after a postal carrier found her five-year-old sister Adina wandering alone, and hungry outside the couple&#8217;s on Jan 10 </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#382c2c;font-size:14px"><strong>Alysia Adams is facing two counts child neglect, Ivon Adams faces one count first-degree murder and one count child neglect </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#382c2c;font-size:14px"><strong>Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation confirmed Monday special agents have been &#8216;searching areas of Caddo County for the toddler&#8217;s remains&#8217; </strong></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Ivon-Adams-left-and-his-wife-Alysia-Adams-right-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-427821" width="837" height="553"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong> Alysia Adams&#8217; husband Ivon Adams [left], who was jailed in Arizona in connection to the disappearance of a Athena Brownfield, 4, is facing a murder charge. Earlier, authorities said that they arrested Alysia [right], for child neglect. The pair are married, but apparently estranged</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>The search for a missing four-year-old girl in Oklahoma has been changed to a &#8216;recovery operation&#8217; to find her remains after both her caregivers were arrested, authorities said.<br>The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation confirmed Monday that they are now trying to find the Athena Brownfield&#8217;s body in Caddo County where she disappeared.<br>Police determined Athena was missing after a postal carrier found her older sister Adina, 5, wandering alone outside the home of the couple in Cyril, a small city 70 miles southwest of Oklahoma City, on January 10. <br>Ivon Adams, 36, and his estranged wife Alysia Adams, 31, had been caring for the sisters and the couple <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11635263/Male-caregiver-arrested-case-missing-four-year-old-Athena-faces-MURDER-charge.html" target="_blank">were arrested separately last week</a>. Ivon Adams is facing one count of first-degree murder and one count of child neglect and Alysia Adams is facing two counts of child neglect.<br>Police said that Athena could have disappeared on January 6 four days before she was reported missing on Tuesday January 10. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Athena-Brown-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-427826" width="837" height="1132"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The <strong>Oklahoma Bureau of Investigations continues to search for Athena Brownfield. The four-year-old was reported missing on January 10 but could have been missing since at least January 6, authorities say</strong></figcaption></figure>



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<p>The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation announced that Special Agents from the OSBI, along with our partners at the Oklahoma Highway Patrol were searching areas of Caddo County for the toddler&#8217;s remains.<br>The agency asked the the public to cease searching for Athena&#8217;s remains, to avoid incidents of people ending up trespassing or contaminating potential evidence. <br>The sisters&#8217; biological parents, who have not been named,have been interviewed by authorities and are cooperating with the investigation, the OSBI said. The missing child&#8217;s older sister Adina, 5, was removed and placed in protective custody. </p>



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</div><figcaption><strong>Ivon Adams arrested in connection with missing 4-year-old, Athena Brown. Ivon is husband of missing girl&#8217;s care giver Alysia Adams, who had been arrested earlier</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Authorities believe Athena was wearing a hoodie with a butterfly design when she disappeared.<br>During the search volunteers and multiple law enforcement agencies were involved using a multi faceted approach, including a helicopter, boats, all-terrain vehicles, a specially trained ground team, and a review of surveillance video pulled from the area around Cyril.<br>The city of Cyril has also suspended trash service as investigators search for clues. <br>The bureau said agents were following up on tips coming from Oklahoma and other states. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Oklahoma-Highway-Patrol-search-for-body-of-Athena-Brown-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-427827" width="843" height="613"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Officers of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol were seen searching for Athena in a body of water near her home </strong></figcaption></figure>



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<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Alysia-Adams-home-in-Cyril-Oklahoma-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-427843" width="845" height="617"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Athena Brownfield vanished from her care giver&#8217;s home [photo], in Cyril, 70 miles southwest of Oklahoma City. She was last seen on Jan. 10</strong></figcaption></figure>



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<p>The four-year-old girl vanished from Alysia Adams&#8217; house in Cyril, Oklahoma, a small city 70 miles southwest of Oklahoma City, and was last seen on January 10.<br>Athena was found last Tuesday by a mail delivery worker wandering around outside the home the girls had been living in.<br>The mail worker said she checked the home, but no one appeared to be home, she claimed.<br>Adina is said to have told the worker that she was hungry, and that she couldn&#8217;t find Athena &#8211; who is described as being &#8216;very shy&#8217;.<br>Law enforcement told Fox News that Athena may have been missing since January 6, four days before the postal worker found her sister. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Adina-Brown-and-Athena-Brown-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-427825" width="839" height="1042"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Athena is shown with her older sister Adina, who was found last Tuesday wandering around outside the home the girls had been living in </figcaption></figure>



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<p>Over the weekend of January 7 and 8, Alysia Adams, who had guardianship of the sisters, was seen enjoying a trip to the movies and a meal over an hour away in Oklahoma City with her new boyfriend, Blayden Davis, just days after Athena went missing.<br>The two persons arrested in connection with the child&#8217;s disappearance &#8211; their care giver Alysia Adams and Ivon Adams &#8211; are married, cops said. The pair who have four biological children of their own appear to be estranged, but for how long, has not been established. </p>



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</div><figcaption><strong>The search for Athena Brownfield was halted and updated to body recovery operations</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Ivon-Adams-right-and-his-wife-Alysia-Adams-left-2.png" alt="" class="wp-image-427835" width="839" height="820"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>While authorities have said Ivon and Alysia Adams [photo], are married, but it appears they have separated. It&#8217;s unclear when this happened. The couple have four biological children of their own </strong></figcaption></figure>



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<p>The postal worker who found Athena&#8217;s sister said she checked the home and no one appeared to be there. <br>Adina is said to have told the worker that she was hungry, and that she couldn&#8217;t find her sister Athena &#8211; who is described as being &#8216;very shy&#8217;.<br>Coincidentally, days later &#8211; over the weekend of January 7 and 8, Alysia Adams, who had guardianship of the sisters, was seen enjoying a trip to the movies and a meal over an hour away in Oklahoma City with her new boyfriend.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Penny-Brownfield-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-427837" width="843" height="545"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>The children&#8217;s grandmother Penny Brownfield [photo], in an interview said the family is trying to remain hopeful her little girl will be found</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Blayden-Davis-left-and-his-girlfriend-Alysia-Adams-right-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-427839" width="845" height="1050"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Days after police said the little girl vanished, Alysia Adams [right], who had guardianship of the sisters with her estranged husband Ivon Adams, posted images of her romantic weekend getaway with boyfriend Blayden Davis [left], to Oklahoma City, an hour away </strong></figcaption></figure>



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<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Alysia-Adams-4.png" alt="" class="wp-image-427832" width="840" height="637"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Alysia Adams [L-R], calls herself a &#8216;beauty influencer&#8217;. She regularly uploads videos to TikTok </strong></figcaption></figure>



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</div><figcaption><strong>Alysia Adams who describes herself as a social beauty influencer is an avid poster on TikTok </strong></figcaption></figure>



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<p>Alysia regularly shares videos of herself rapping on TikTok, singing along to the N-word and making joke clips about her life as a busy mother. <br>She has four children of her own who regularly feature on her Instagram account, but Athena and Adina are never shown. It remains unclear how the girls ended up in her care. <br>The children&#8217;s paternal grandmother, Penny Brownfield, is in Cyril, and joined the search for her missing grandchild.</p>

Search for missing Oklahoma girl Athena Brownfield, 4, updated to ‘recovery operation’ for her remains: Her caregivers arrested – Alysia Adams for child neglect and Ivon Adams charged with murder

