The caretaker of a missing 4-year-old girl, already in an Arizona jail, was charged with murder Friday as the search for the Oklahoma girl continued.
Ivon Adams, 35, who was arrested Thursday for child neglect in connection with the Athena Brownfield missing person case, was charged with murder Friday night, according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
Authorities did not say what led to the new charge, The Associated Press reported.
Adams is awaiting extradition to Oklahoma.
OKLAHOMA AUTHORITIES ARREST MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF GIRL ATHENA BROWFIELD
Ivon Adams, 35, was arrested in Phoenix on a charge of acting as a fugitive from justice.
(Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office)
Athena Brownfield, 4, of Cyril, Oklahoma, has been missing since at least Tuesday.
(National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)
He and his wife, Alysia Adams, 31, were arrested after the boy was reported missing Tuesday.
Alysia Adams, who is also one of Brownfield’s caretakers, remains in the Caddo County, Oklahoma, jail on two counts of child neglect.
“The search for Athena continues,” the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said in a statement Thursday. “OSBI is following all the advice that is being received, which is coming from Oklahoma as well as from other states. In an effort to find clues to Athena’s whereabouts, the garbage service was searched on Cyril.
“In addition, analysts are reviewing surveillance video from Cyril’s surroundings and looking for other evidence that may help locate Athena.”
MISSING ATHENA BROWNFIELD: UNCLEAR WHEN THE 4-YEAR-OLD OKLAHOMA GIRL WAS LAST SEEN BEFORE THE DISAPPEARANCE
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents arrested Alysia Adams Thursday on two counts of child neglect in connection with the disappearance of 4-year-old Athena Brownfield.
(Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation)
Athena Brownfield, 4, has been missing since at least Tuesday and authorities continue to search for her.
(Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation)
Athena disappeared Tuesday afternoon after a mail carrier found her five-year-old sister wandering alone in Cyril, Oklahoma.
The postman knew the girl “wasn’t where she was supposed to be and notified the police,” at which point law enforcement realized Athena was missing, Brook Arbeitman, OSBI public information officer, said during a news conference Wednesday.
Brownfield may have been missing on Jan. 6, the Caddo County Sheriff’s Office deputy told FOX 25 Oklahoma City on Thursday.
The agency is asking members of the public “with a residence or business in Cyril that has a video doorbell” to go to Family Life Church in Cyril, where a command post has been set up, and notify law enforcement. order, according to a Wednesday news release. launching.
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Anyone with information on Athena’s whereabouts is asked to contact OSBI at 405-879-2591 or local law enforcement or email tips at tips@osbi.ok.gov. Suggestions can be anonymous.
