Athena Brownfield murdered by Ivan Adams, Cyril, Oklahoma caretaker on Christmas Day according to court documents. Authorities announce discovery of missing girl’s body.
She never stood a chance… Missing 4 year old Oklahoma girl, Athena Brownfield was allegedly beaten to death on Christmas Day by one of her caregivers and buried near a fence where they used to live, newly-released court documents revealed on Tuesday.
The announcement comes as the search for the missing child’s body ended on Tuesday after Oklahoma authorities announced the recovery of the body of a child while searching for missing Athena Brownfield in rural Grady County outside of Rush Springs.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) said in a news release Tuesday evening that they cannot confirm that the remains are those of Athena, the four-year-old girl who was reported missing a week ago.
The remains will be transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Oklahoma City for positive identification, authorities said.
The discovery comes after both the missing girl’s caregivers were arrested last week.
Punched her at least three more times
Ivon Adams, 36, and his estranged wife Alysia Adams, 31, had been caring for Athena and her sister Adina, 5, for two years at their home in Cyril, Oklahoma.
Now, documents have revealed that Ivon allegedly laid the child on the ground and hit her three times. She didn’t move after that, according to the documents.
Alysia, who is related to the girls, reportedly told OSBI investigators that on Christmas around midnight, Ivon beat Athena to death at their Cyril home and then drove to Rush Springs where he buried her body near a fence line on their old property.
The alarm was raised on January 10 after a postal carrier found Athena’s older sister Adina wandering alone outside near their home in Cyril.
When investigators interviewed Alysia on January 12, she revealed that Ivon beat Athena to death around midnight on Christmas, according to court documents cited by KSWO.
She said that Ivon beat the child and held her up by her arms. She was not moving and her eyes were barely open. He then laid her on the ground and punched her at least three more times in the chest.
Ivon then left the house on West Nebraska Avenue with her body around 1 a.m. on December 26.
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Athena Brownfield murdered
When Ivon returned home, he allegedly told Alysia that he buried Athena near a fence line that was next to their old residence in Rush Springs, Oklahoma, court documents revealed. He added that he placed a large broken branch over the grave.
Phone records reportedly showed Ivon leaving the home and traveling to Rush Springs around 4:15 a.m.
Ivon following his arrest last week is facing one count of first-degree murder and one count of child neglect and Alysia is facing two counts of child neglect.
He was was arrested on Thursday in Arizona and will be extradited back to Oklahoma to face these charges. Alysia, who is related to the sisters, was arrested in Oklahoma on the same day.
It was also claimed in the court documents that Ivon and Alysia never took the girls to the doctor for checkups or enroll them in school.
While authorities have revealed that the pair are married, it appears they have since split, with Alysia seen spending a romantic weekend away with her boyfriend just days after Athena went missing.
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Estranged caretaker wife obsessed with social media while sisters lived deprived lives
The sisters’ biological parents – who have not been named – have been interviewed by authorities and are cooperating with the investigation, the OSBI said. Athena’s sister has been taken into protective custody.
The postal worker who found Athena’s sister said she checked the home and no one appeared to be there.
Adina is said to have told the worker that she was hungry, and that she couldn’t find Athena – who is described as being ‘very shy’.
Over the weekend of January 7 and 8, Alysia, who had guardianship of the sisters, was seen enjoying a trip to the movies and a meal over an hour away in Oklahoma City with her new boyfriend, Blayden Davis.
Alysia regularly shares videos of herself rapping on TikTok, singing along to the N-word and making joke clips about her life as a busy mother.
She has four children of her own who regularly feature on her Instagram account, but Athena and Adina were never shown. It remains unclear how the girls ended up in her care.
