Oklahoma authorities searching for missing 4-year-old girl
Second arrest made
CYRIL, Oklahoma (AP) – A second person has been arrested in connection with the case of a missing girl in Oklahoma.
Ivon Adams, 36, was taken into custody in Arizona. Jail records in Maricopa County show that he was booked Thursday on a fugitive from justice charge. He is waiting for extradition to Oklahoma, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said in a Facebook post.
His arrest comes one day after the agency announced that Alysia Adams, 31, was taken into custody. They are both described as being the caregivers of Athena Brownfield, who was reported missing Tuesday after a postal worker found her 5-year-old sister wandering alone in Cyril.
The bureau said the arrests are related to the ongoing search for Athena Brownfield, who was first reported missing on Tuesday from her home in Cyril, about 70 miles (110 km) southwest of Oklahoma City.
A postal carrier found Athena’s 5-year-old sister wandering alone outside Adams’ home on Monday afternoon and alerted Cyril police. Authorities later determined Athena was missing. The girls were in the care of Adams and her husband, and Athena’s sister was taken into protective custody, the bureau said Wednesday.
The bureau released no additional information about Adams’ arrest, and it was not immediately known if she had an attorney who could comment for her.
Authorities said they believe Athena was wearing a hoodie with a butterfly design when she went missing.
The bureau said it was working with other law enforcement agencies and volunteers in the search, which included using a helicopter and a specially trained ground team as well as reviewing surveillance video from around Cyril. It said agents were following up on tips coming from Oklahoma and other states.