NEW: Remains found last week in Oklahoma have been identified as those of missing 4-year-old Athena Brownfield, authorities say.
have been identified as those of a missing 4-year-old Oklahoma girl, authorities said Thursday.
The state bureau said Thursday that the Oklahoma Office of Chief Medical Examiner positively identified the remains as Athena. The remains were found outside of Rush Springs, about 16 miles southeast of Cyril, in neighboring Caddo County, the state bureau said. Authorities haven't released additional details about where and how the remains were found.Ivon Adams, 36, wasand faces one count of first-degree murder and one count of child neglect, the state bureau has said.
Ivon Adams waived extradition and is in jail in Oklahoma, according to online court and jail records and NBC affiliateAccording to arrest affidavits for the pair, Alysia Adams told a state bureau special agent her husbandon Christmas. She said he told her he buried her body near their old residence in Rush Springs, the affidavit said.
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