Caddo County District Attorney Seeking Death Penalty Against Caretaker Of Athena Brownfield

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a woman charged with the murder of 4-year-old Athena Brownfield in 2022.

The Caddo County District Attorney announced on Thursday their office will be pursuing the death penalty against Alysia Adams, who is charged with first-degree murder.

Athena was reported missing in January, 2023, and was later found buried in a shallow grave in Rush Springs on a property Adams had previously resided on.

Adams, along with her husband Ivon Adams, were Athena's and her 5-year-old sister's caretakers.

The Caddo County District Attorney filed the paperwork on Wednesday, and said he's pursuing the death penalty because Adams "knowingly created a great risk of death to more than one person... and that Athena's death was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel" in the filing.