Oklahoma authorities announced Thursday the remains discovered earlier in January are those of of missing 4-year-old Athena Brownfield, who police say was murdered on Christmas Day.
A man who shares a child with Jasmin Brownfield — Athena's biological mother — who spoke to Fox News Digital on the condition of anonymity said Ivon and Alysia were Jasmin's cousins. He alleged that Jasmin has a history of leaving her children, including their son that she left in his care when the boy was about two years old.
"We had an agreement … and she was like, ‘I just need you to hold on to him for a few months until I get situated,’ and I was like, ‘Alright,’ so I took him, drove him all the way back to Indiana, and for the first one-and-a-half, two months … she just went dead quiet. No responses. Nothing," the man said.
Athena Brownfield, 4, has been missing since at least Tuesday and authorities are continuing to search for her. The man filed for full custody of her son soon after that. He also claimed that Athena's adoptive grandparents complained to the Oklahoma Department of Human Services about Athena's and her sister's wellbeing last summer. Fox News DIgital has submitted a records request for this communication."I don't want to see [Athena's sister] go through a similar situation.
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