Oklahoma Police Search For Missing Woman, 4, After Postal Worker Finds Sister, 5, Wandering Alone

Authorities in Oklahoma are browsing for a bit of girl after a postal employee stumbled on her 5-300 and sixty five days-passe sister on my own and wandering round.

On Tuesday, the Oklahoma Impart Bureau of Investigation shared Fb post that they and the Cyril Police Department are purchasing for Athena Brownfield, 4.

Athena was reported lacking earlier Tuesday afternoon.

In a tradition-up post shared Wednesday morning, the OSBI shared extra important aspects, including that “a postal provider reported discovering Athena Brownfield’s 5-300 and sixty five days-passe sister discontinuance to her home.”

“The postal provider reported the incident to the Cyril Police Department and that was when it was stumbled on Athena, 4, was lacking,” persevered the OSBI.

These that are residing or private a exchange in Cyril, Oklahoma, that can possibly well potentially to find doorbell camera photos linked to Athena are urged to pass to the authorities’ search role at Household Lifestyles Church and get in contact with police, the company acknowledged.

“Moreover, neighborhood contributors are impressed to search their very private property for Athena. Please discontinuance not self deploy to search the rest rather then your private property,” the bureau added.

In a video briefing posted to Fb by KOKH Fox 25 News, OSBI Public Info Officer Brook Arbeitman shared an update on the hunt.

She acknowledged that the unnamed postal employee alerted police after seeing the 5-300 and sixty five days-passe sister, incandescent that she “wasn’t the keep she was supposed to be.”

Cyril police asked OSBI to support with the hunt, Arbeitman acknowledged.

Asked in regards to the ladies’ other folks, she acknowledged that the investigation is “filled with life and outgoing.”

“Suitable now our top precedence is locating her and sorting out who’s accountable will reach subsequent. But we wish to receive this small girl,” Arbeitman acknowledged.

As for whether or not Athena would possibly possibly smartly be in distress, Arbeitman acknowledged “there would possibly be not the rest to display veil that rather then she’s a bit of child and he or she’s lacking. She’s on her private in the factors. Is that in distress? Yeah. But is she a victim of physical hurt? That’s yet to be definite.”

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She didn’t confirm reviews that Athena is autistic, alternatively, she said that the baby “has restricted verbal skills.”

Police additionally performed a search warrant on the other folks’ home, a pass that Arbeitman acknowledged was “celebrated plan” to receive any clues of her whereabouts.

She went on to keep a question to locals to search their properties and any doubtless deserted neighboring properties.

“Maintain a keep the keep a (child) would possibly possibly well depart into and look for into these locations and in the occasion you behold the rest please remark us.”

She saluted Oklahoma Freeway Patrol, mentioning that they’ve helped in the hunt and regarded from a helicopter behold. OHP additionally shared photos of its officers and volunteers purchasing for Athena.

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OHP smartly-known in an alert that Athena was final considered carrying a purple butterfly sweater and purple pants.

In the video briefing, Arbeitman would not provide important aspects on the postal provider’s interplay with Athena’s sister or the keep she was stumbled on.

In its newest update, OSBi acknowledged that “Oklahoma Freeway Patrol (OHP) Emergency Response Team (ERT) concluded a grid search with local volunteers. These volunteers had been released after browsing the total town, every identified vacant apartment and native waterways.”

It added, “In the intervening time, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) has search canines in the apartment and the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Hazardous Treatment (OBNDD) flew their drones over the neighborhood. Law enforcement continues conducting interviews and reviewing surveillance videos so that you can to find Athena.”

It said that the “entire regulations enforcement neighborhood” that is “helping with locating Athena appreciates local volunteers, restaurants, church buildings and the total pointers which had been phoned in.”

When contacted by PEOPLE, Arbeitman didn’t give any additional recordsdata on the survey Athena.