Search for Athena Brownfield now considered recovery operation: What we know - KOCO Oklahoma City

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said instrumentality enforcement is officially searching for the remains of a missing 4-year-old Cyril miss and the hunt is considered a betterment operation.Below is what we know.The VictimAthena Brownfield, 4, was reported missing the day of Tuesday, Jan. 10, aft a message bearer recovered her 5-year-old sister extracurricular their location successful Cyril.| MORE | Community comes unneurotic for vigil for missing miss successful CyrilAfter astir a week of searching, the OSBI said the efforts person transitioned to a betterment operation. They are present searching for Athena's remains. Arrests MadeAuthorities accidental Ivon Adams, who is suspected successful Athena's disappearance, was arrested connected counts of first-degree execution and kid neglect arsenic instrumentality enforcement investigates the 4-year-old Cyril girl's disappearance.| MORE | Court documents: Man successful custody amid Cyril miss hunt arrested connected 'pending homicide charges'Authorities announced Friday that Adams was arrested Thursday successful Arizona and booked into the Maricopa County Jail. He is being held connected a $1 cardinal currency enslaved and awaiting extradition to Oklahoma.Court documents amusement that "the taxable was arrested owed to an outstanding felony warrant issued retired of Oklahoma for execution successful the archetypal grade and kid neglect." The documents besides accidental Adams was arrested connected "pending homicide charges." | MORE | Second caretaker arrested successful Arizona arsenic hunt continues for missing 4-year-old Cyril girlOn Thursday, the OSBI announced that they arrested 32-year-old Alysia Adams connected 2 counts of kid neglect. Authorities said Athena and her 5-year-old sister were successful the attraction of Alysia and Ivon Adams. When asked if the Department of Human Services was progressive successful the lawsuit successful immoderate way, authorities said "no comment." Who Are Alysia and Ivon AdamsThe 2 suspects arrested successful transportation with Athena's disappearance are related to the 4-year-old miss and her 5-year-old sister, but OSBI officials did not accidental however they are related.Ivon and Alysia Adams person been looking aft the 2 girls for astatine slightest a year.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.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. Tuesday, Jan. 10, aft a message bearer recovered an unattended 5-year-old miss – whom OSBI says is Athena's sister – adjacent their location successful the 200 artifact of 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 girlBrook Arbeitman, with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, said instrumentality enforcement is moving to enactment unneurotic an nonstop timeline of erstwhile Athena was past seen.Around 4:10 p.m. Thursday, 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. The SearchAuthorities accidental the hunt has been underway since learning that Athena was missing Tuesday afternoon.Law enforcement has deployed infrared helicopters and conducted grid searches connected ft with the assistance of volunteers and utilizing four-wheelers. They besides person 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.Arbeitman said they are collecting items that could beryllium relevant, but she said she's not calling them grounds arsenic of Wednesday afternoon. "We are uncovering things astir municipality that could beryllium adjuvant successful this case," Arbeitman said. "We are uncovering things that we anticipation mightiness springiness america clues connected wherever she is. We're inactive actively looking for her."Arbeitman said the crushed grid hunt with volunteers was called disconnected Wednesday afternoon, but authorities brought successful Oklahoma Department of Corrections dogs to hunt for Athena.| MORE | Good Samaritans raising wealth amid hunt efforts for missing 4-year-old Cyril girlOn Thursday, Cyril municipality officials posted connected societal media that, per the OSBI, each trash pickup volition beryllium postponed until further notice. Over the weekend, authorities said they were searching adjacent lakes and bodies of h2o for Brownfield. On Monday, Jan. 16, the OSBI said the hunt is present a betterment cognition and they are 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 Tuesday 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 Monday, 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 person 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.