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Oklahoma authorities have identified Athena Brownfield’s remains about one month after the 4-year-old’s suspected murder on Christmas.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) announced on Jan. 17 that they had “recovered the remains of a child in rural Grady County outside of Rush Springs,” where Athena’s caretakers used to own property, though OSBI did not confirm the identity of the remains until Thursday after conducting an autopsy.
“The Oklahoma Office of Chief Medical Examiner has positively identified the remains [OSBI] agents recovered on January 17, 2023 as those of Athena Brownfield, 4,” OSBI said in a Thursday statement.
Brownfield was initially reported missing on Jan. 10 after a postal carrier found her 5-year-old sister wandering around alone in Cyril, Oklahoma, around 2 p.m. Investigators believe Athena died while under the watch of her caretakers, Ivon and Alysia Adams, on Dec. 25, 2022.
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