Remains of kid discovered throughout search of lacking 4-year-old Oklahoma lady in US

The baby was allegedly overwhelmed to demise and buried by one among her caregivers, Ivon Adams. The accused was arrested final week in Arizona on homicide and baby neglect expenses.

Ivon Adams. Adams, 36, was arrested in Arizona on homicide and baby neglect expenses on Jan. 12, 2023 (Photo: AP)

By Associated Press: Authorities looking for the physique of a lacking 4-year-old Oklahoma lady have discovered the stays of a kid, however haven’t but recognized them as Athena Brownfield, who authorities say was overwhelmed to demise Christmas night time, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation mentioned Tuesday.

“The remains will be transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Oklahoma City for positive identification,” based on an OSBI assertion. “This is an active homicide investigation and until the remains are positively identified, OSBI will not be commenting further.”

An OSBI spokesperson has not returned messages from The Associated Press for remark.

The stays had been discovered close to Rush Springs, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) from the Oklahoma group of Cyril, the place Athena Brownfield was reported lacking.

The baby was allegedly overwhelmed to demise and buried by one among her caregivers, Ivon Adams, based on court docket paperwork launched earlier Tuesday.

A postal service found the lady’s 5-year-old sister alone on Jan. 10 outdoors the house the place they lived with Adams and his spouse, Alysia Adams, in Cyril, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) southwest of Oklahoma City.

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Alysia Adams later informed investigators that Ivon Adams beat the kid at about midnight Dec. 25, based on an affidavit for the arrest of Ivon Adams.

Athena “was not moving and her eyes were barely open” Alysia Adams mentioned, based on the affidavit by OSBI Lt. Brenna Alvarez. Ivon Adams “then laid her on the ground and punched her at least three more times in the chest” and the kid “never moved after that.”

The doc doesn’t reveal why Ivon Adams was beating the lady.

Ivon Adams left the house with Athena at about 1 a.m. Dec. 26 and later returned, saying he buried her physique on land the Adams as soon as owned close to Rush Springs, marking the positioning with “a large broken branch.”

Ivon Adams has been charged with homicide and baby neglect and Alysia Adams has been charged with two counts of kid neglect within the case.

Court paperwork don’t checklist attorneys who may converse for both of the Adams.

The seek for the kid turned to a “recovery operation,” the OSBI mentioned Monday. Ivon Adams, 36, was arrested final week in Arizona on homicide and baby neglect expenses and awaits extradition. Alysia Adams, 31, is jailed in Oklahoma on baby neglect expenses after additionally being arrested final week.

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Ivon Adams has waived extradition to Oklahoma and stays jailed in Maricopa County, Arizona, pending extradition.

“I want to get there and take care of it,” Adams informed a choose throughout a listening to Friday in Maricopa County court docket. “I need to get there and fight this.”

Brandon Bryant, who mentioned he and his spouse had been as soon as neighbors of the Adams, mentioned Tuesday that he had little interplay with the couple, however noticed nothing uncommon from them.

“Didn’t see anything out of the normal. We talked to Alysia a few times, Ivon never,” Bryant mentioned. “We never went into their house. Alysia came over to our house a few times … we gave her a car seat.”

Bryant, whose kids are 5 and 10 years outdated, mentioned he nonetheless considers Cyril, with a inhabitants of about 800, a secure place.

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“Its a small town. It’s probably one of the few places on earth I would consider leaving my doors unlocked at night … it’s still a good place to live,” Bryant mentioned.

The OSBI has mentioned the women and the Adams are associated. The affidavit mentioned the kids’s organic mom had left them with the couple 1 1/2 to 2 years in the past, and that the women referred to as Alysia “mom” or “Aly” and Ivon “dad” or “Uncle Ivon.”

The kids’s organic mom and father are cooperating with investigators, based on the OSBI.

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Jan 18, 2023