“There was that argument, then step-mom went to fix dinner, came back to get Athena, and Athena wasn’t in her room.”
The stepmother searched for Athena for about an hour before she reported the young girl missing, Akin said.
Police theorize she left the home on her own but may have gotten lost. Officials waited to release an Amber Alert until Thursday morning because her family told police that Athena had done this before and officials hoped they would find her in the night,Athena’s family, however, told police the girl is afraid of the dark and were unsure she would willingly leave the home alone.
“We definitely don’t believe Athena ran off,” Keeland Kulbeth, Athena’s aunt and sister to Athena’s mom, told NBC 5.Police are also looking into criminality and kidnapping possibilities. Athena’s disappearance sparked intense search efforts. About 200 citizens joined various Texas departments to comb an estimated 50 acres in Paradise. The response was so overwhelming that the Wise County Office of Emergency Management department asked volunteers to
The search continued through Friday. During the night searches, helicopters used thermal imaging to catch signs of Athena, Akin said.
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