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The carer of missing four-year-old Athena Brownfield is arrested and charged with child neglect as the search continues for a girl whose sister was found wandering alone near her home.
- Athena Brownfield has been missing since at least Tuesday in Cyril, Oklahoma
- His five-year-old sister was injured wandering the streets by a postman.
- The girls were in the care of Alysia Adams, 30, and her husband.
- Adams was arrested Thursday on charges of child neglect.
- Part of the investigation is to find Athena’s birth parents, police said.
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The caretaker responsible for the disappearance of the little Oklahoma girl, Athena Brownfield, was arrested yesterday on charges of child neglect, as the search for the girl continued.
Four-year-old Athena has been missing since at least Tuesday, when a postal worker found her five-year-old sister wandering alone near her home in Cyril, Oklahoma.
Alysia Adams, 30, and her husband are in charge of caring for the girls.
Garbage service was suspended in the town of Cyril Thursday while police searched for “leads,” and a truck from Adams’ home was towed Thursday night after the caretaker’s arrest.
Alysia Adams, 30, and her husband are in charge of caring for the girls. Ella is now in custody on child neglect charges, but Athena is still missing.
Four-year-old Athena Brownfield has been missing since at least Tuesday. That’s when police realized she was missing, after receiving a call from a postal worker who found her sister wandering the streets near her home in Cyril, Oklahoma.
Neighbors told a local media KFOR that they hadn’t seen Alysia since last Thursday.
They noticed a child’s tricycle in the middle of the road, which they said seemed strange to them, but saw no sign of either Athena or her sister.
On Thursday, Adams was booked into the county jail on child neglect charges.
Still no sign of Athena. Adams’ husband has not been arrested.
It’s unclear why the girls were placed in Adams’ care, or if there were other children living in the home.
Part of the police investigation is to determine where Athena’s biological parents are and whether they had anything to do with her disappearance, authorities said yesterday.
‘Right now, our top priority is locating her and determining who is responsible will come next.
The house where the girl was going to live with her sister in Cyril. Neighbors say they haven’t seen Alysia since last Thursday
Oklahoma Highway Patrol officers searched lakes near the boy’s home Thursday
“But we have to find this girl,” said Brook Arbeitman, a spokesman for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
Athena’s five-year-old sister, whose name has not been identified, did not require medical attention when she was found.
He is now in the custody of the state.
The postman told police he quickly realized the girl “wasn’t where she was supposed to be.”
Once he reported finding her, authorities launched an investigation and determined that Athena was missing.
It is not clear if Adams or her husband were in the house at the time.