Athena Brownfield Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation A couple who were the caretakers of a 4-year-old girl who went missing in Oklahoma have been arrested and are expected to face charges including child neglect and murder. Authorities have not said what they believe happened to 4-year-old Athena Brownfield. On Tuesday, she was reported missing after her 5-year-old sister was found walking alone outside their home in the town of Cyril by a postal worker. The 5-year-old did not require any medical attention at the time and is currently in protective custody, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation public information officer Brook Arbeitman said at a news conference on Wednesday. A search was launched for Athena, drawing multiple law enforcement agencies and volunteers. On Thursday, Oklahoma investigators announced that the couple who had been caretakers of Athena and her sister were in custody after separate arrests. Alysia Adams, 31, was arrested in nearby Grady County, Oklahoma, and faces two counts of child<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Alysia Adams, 31, and Ivon Adams, 36, were arrested Thursday, and so far, authorities have not said what they believe happened to 4-year-old Athena Brownfield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-519536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-public-safety"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}