Alysia Adams (Caddo County Jail) and Athena Brownfield (OSBI)

The legal danger is as precarious as possible for Oklahoma murder defendant Alysia Adams, 31, with prosecutors on Tuesday filing to seek the death penalty against her for allegedly murdering Athena Brownfield, a 4-year-old put in her care.

Caddo County prosecutors said her actions “knowingly created a great risk of death to more than one person,” and that Athena’s death “was especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel.”

The investigation and the search for the then-missing Athena started after a postal carrier found her then-5-year-old sister wandering outside the Adams’ house on Jan. 10, 2023, authorities previously said.