BREAKING UPDATE: Officials confirm remains found in Oklahoma belong to missing 4-year-old Athena Brownfield. Her caregiver, Ivon Adams, was located and arrested in Phoenix. He's facing charges of first-degree murder and child neglect. abc15
Authorities found the remains last week and were waiting on the medical examiner to confirm the remains belonged to the 4-year-old girl from Cyril, Oklahoma.
Authorities shifted to a recovery effort after concluding she'd been killed by her caregiver Ivon Adams. Athena and her five-year-old sister are related to Alysia Adams. The girls were in Adams's care for at least a year when a postal worker found the older girl outside the home with no supervision on Jan. 10. The postal worker called police and that's when they started looking for Athena.
According to the affidavit, Alysia Adams admitted she knew Athena was dead. She told investigators that Ivon Adams beat Athena and held her up by her arms.
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