Child's remains found near Rush Springs amid search for Athena Brownfield: What we know - KOCO Oklahoma City

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said they person recovered the remains of a kid successful agrarian Grady County adjacent Rush Springs amid the hunt for a missing 4-year-old Cyril girl.Below is what we know.The VictimAthena Brownfield, 4, was reported missing the day of Jan. 10 aft a message bearer recovered her 5-year-old sister extracurricular their location connected West Nebraska Avenue successful Cyril.| MORE | Community comes unneurotic for vigil for missing miss successful CyrilAfter astir a week of searching, the OSBI said the efforts transitioned to a betterment operation. They said they recovered remains connected Jan. 17 successful agrarian Grady County adjacent Rush Springs, but they person not confirmed that they are those of Athena. Child's Remains FoundThe Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation recovered the remains of a kid adjacent Rush Springs successful agrarian Grady County connected Jan. 17.| MORE | Child's remains recovered successful Grady County; OSBI cannot corroborate they are those of Cyril girlAuthorities said successful a quality merchandise that they could not corroborate that the remains are those of Athena Brownfield.The remains were taken to the Medical Examiner's Office successful Oklahoma City for affirmative identification. Arrests MadeLaw enforcement arrested 2 caregivers successful transportation with the disappearance of Athena Brownfield. Authorities accidental Ivon Adams was arrested successful Arizona connected Jan. 12 for outstanding charges retired of Oklahoma. He was booked into the Maricopa County Jail, wherever helium is awaiting extradition.Adams was arrested connected counts of first-degree execution and kid neglect. He is being held successful a $1 cardinal bond. | MORE | Ivon Adams allegedly killed Athena Brownfield connected Christmas Day, tribunal documents accidental Also connected Jan. 12, the OSBI announced that they arrested 32-year-old Alysia Adams. She was formally charged connected Jan. 17 with 2 counts of kid neglect – 1 for failing to supervise Athena's sister and different for failing to support Athena from her husband.| MORE | Caregiver charged with kid neglect successful transportation with disappearance of Athena BrownfieldWhen asked if the Department of Human Services was progressive successful the lawsuit successful immoderate way, authorities said, "no comment." Court Documents Detail Alleged MurderCourt documents obtained connected Jan. 17 allege that a caregiver looking aft Athena Brownfield killed the 4-year-old Cyril miss connected Christmas Day and buried her adjacent Rush Springs.Warning: The events elaborate beneath from the tribunal documents are graphic.The tribunal documents accidental Alysia Adams confessed to investigators connected Jan. 12 that her husband, Ivon Adams, bushed Athena astir midnight connected Dec. 25 portion astatine their location connected Nebraska Avenue successful Cyril. Athena was not moving, and the documents accidental her eyes were hardly open.Ivon Adams allegedly past laid the 4-year-old connected the crushed and punched her astatine slightest 3 much times successful the chest, according to the tribunal documents. Athena ne'er moved aft that, the tribunal documents state. The tribunal documents accidental Ivon Adams near the location astir 1 a.m. connected Dec. 26 with Athena. When helium returned, the documents accidental helium told Alysia Adams that helium buried her adjacent a obstruction enactment that was adjacent to their aged location successful Rush Springs and that helium placed a ample breached subdivision implicit the burial site.Alysia Adams' confession led authorities to judge that Ivon Adams committed first-degree murder.The tribunal documents accidental telephone records amusement that Ivon Adams near the location connected Nebraska Avenue betwixt 4:15 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. connected Dec. 26 and traveled to adjacent Rush Springs. The probe into Athena's disappearance started the day of Jan. 10, aft a message bearer recovered Athena's 5-year-old sister extracurricular their location and called the police. The sister told investigators that she had been location unsocial and was bushed of being alone, according to the tribunal documents.Who Are Alysia and Ivon AdamsAthena Brownfield and her 5-year-old sister lived with Alysia and Ivon Adams, and the 2 girls were related to Alysia. | MORE | Investigators corroborate however missing Cyril girl, her sister knew caregivers Court documents accidental the biologic parent of Athena and her 5-year-old sister near her daughters successful Alysia and Ivon Adams' attraction 1 1/2 to 2 years ago. The Adams ne'er enrolled Athena's sister successful schoolhouse oregon took the girls to the doctor, the tribunal documents say. Where Are Athena's Parents?Although accusation astir the 4-year-old girl's parents has not been released, OSBI officials said Athena's biologic parents person been interviewed by agents and are cooperating with the investigation.| MORE | Why was Athena Brownfield surviving with antheral present charged with sidesplitting her?Authorities besides person not said wherefore Athena and her 5-year-old sister were not successful their parents' care. Timeline of EventsThe probe into Athena's disappearance started astir 2 p.m. Jan. 10, aft a message bearer recovered an unattended 5-year-old miss – whom OSBI said was Athena's sister – adjacent their location connected West Nebraska Avenue successful Cyril.Oklahoma instrumentality enforcement and the FBI person conducted searches and an probe into the disappearance since then.| MORE | Timeline of hunt for missing 4-year-old Cyril girlAround 4:10 p.m. connected Jan. 12, instrumentality enforcement arrested 1 of Athena's caretakers, Alysia Adams, connected 2 counts of kid neglect. The adjacent day, authorities announced that her husband, Ivon Adams, had been arrested successful Arizona.Court documents aboriginal revealed that Ivon Adams was taken into custody owed to an outstanding warrant for first-degree execution and kid neglect. Although an nonstop timeline of Athena's disappearance has not been released, tribunal documents accidental that Alysia Adams confessed that her hubby killed the 4-year-old miss connected Christmas Day and buried her assemblage adjacent their aged location successful Rush Springs.On Jan. 17, authorities recovered the remains of a kid successful agrarian Grady County adjacent Rush Springs. The OSBI could not corroborate that the remains are those of Athena.The remains were taken to the Medical Examiner's Office for affirmative identification. The SearchAuthorities accidental the hunt started aft learning that Athena was missing the day of Jan. 10.During the archetypal search, instrumentality enforcement deployed infrared helicopters and conducted grid searches connected ft with the assistance of volunteers and utilizing four-wheelers. They besides utilized boats connected tiny ponds.| MORE | Volunteers spell to Cyril to assistance successful hunt for missing 4-year-old girl"Our ERT Team, which is simply a squad specialty trained to spell connected ft successful hunt of radical and things, are retired successful coordination with civilians who person travel and wanted to unpaid their clip and effort," Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Eric Foster said connected Jan. 11. Brook Arbeitman, with the OSBI, said the crushed grid hunt with volunteers was called disconnected connected Jan. 11, but authorities brought successful Oklahoma Department of Corrections dogs to hunt for Athena. On Jan. 12, Cyril municipality officials posted connected societal media that, per the OSBI, each trash pickup had been suspended. That suspension has since been lifted.During the play of Jan. 14-15, authorities said they were searching adjacent lakes and bodies of h2o for Athena. On Jan. 16, the OSBI said the hunt was a betterment cognition and they were looking for Athena's remains. Why an Amber Alert Was Not IssuedFoster said an Amber Alert was not issued due to the fact that the circumstances surrounding Athena's disappearance bash not conscionable the circumstantial guidelines required.| MORE | Oklahoma Highway Patrol explains wherefore Amber Alert wasn't issued for missing Cyril girl"The Amber Alert has circumstantial guidelines that we person to adhere to propulsion retired the Amber Alert specifically," Foster said. "The Amber Alert goes retired nationwide. Once we propulsion that button, it goes each the mode to Washington, D.C., and goes retired similar that. So, there's circumstantial things and guidelines that we person to follow. Not each portion of that line came into play successful this, truthful that wasn't done."A missing and endangered idiosyncratic alert went retired connected Jan. 10 to radical successful a 15-mile radius of Cyril. "That's wherefore you didn't get it statewide – those exigency alerts statewide," Foster said. "It went locally, and that was truly the important timeframe that we needed to get that out."Foster added that accusation besides was enactment connected societal media truthful radical and the media could get the accusation retired to much people."It was done successful a precise businesslike mode by guidelines," Foster said. "And determination are reasons for those guidelines that the Department of Justice puts retired those guidelines to assistance america benignant of enactment that together." How to HelpAnyone with accusation astir Athena's determination is asked to interaction the OSBI extremity enactment astatine 800-522-8017 oregon email tips@osbi.ok.gov.As of Jan. 16, OSBI has asked the nationalist to not self-deploy to hunt for Athena's remains. OSBI officials said radical who hunt could beryllium trespassing oregon worse, interfering with the probe by contaminating imaginable evidence.| MORE | Good Samaritans raising wealth amid hunt efforts for missing 4-year-old Cyril miss Good Samaritans acceptable up ways to rise wealth to assistance Athena and her 5-year-old sister.First, a slope relationship has been acceptable up for radical to donate money. Click present to donate. Anyone tin donate astatine immoderate First National Bank and Trust of Chickasha location.Also, T-shirts volition beryllium disposable to bargain connected Facebook. Click present to get a shirt.Where is Cyril, Oklahoma?Cyril is simply a municipality located successful Caddo County and is simply a small much than an hour's thrust southwest of Oklahoma City.This is simply a processing story. Stay with KOCO 5 arsenic much astir the hunt unravels.