a young girl went into her room and vanished without a trace the police initiated a search utilizing drones helicopters and hundreds of volunteers but despite all efforts they couldn't find any clues to her disappearance surprisingly new details emerged on the third day of the extensive search instantly turning this case into one of the country's most Sensational topics as no one expected such a turn of events Athena strand was born on May 25th 2015 in the small American town of Duncan Oklahoma her parents divorced and her father moved to Texas while Athena remained living with her mother despite the distance her father maintained regular contact and visited her whenever possible sometimes her mother also brought Athena to see him as they got along well and she wanted her daughter to spend enough time with her dad later both her mother and father remarried Athena was blessed with two younger sisters and they shared a close Bond always trying to spend as much time together as possible Athena was a typical happy child always radiating positivity loving to play and spending as much time as possible outdoors in late 2022 when Athena was 7even she temporarily moved to live with her father in Texas until the new year holidays when she would return to her mother in Oklahoma during this time Athena attended a local elementary school her father's house was situated in a remote rural area surrounded by woods and Fields she loved spending time in nature with her dad and had a good rapport with his new wife Elizabeth on November 30th just like any other day Athena returned home from school around 415 p. m. her father and grandfather were out hunting leaving Athena at home with Elizabeth that evening Athena wasn't in the mood which led to an argument with Elizabeth eventually Athena got upset and went to her room room while Elizabeth headed to the kitchen to prepare dinner after about 20 minutes she went to the girl's room to call her for dinner but Athena was nowhere to be found Elizabeth searched the entire house and even checked the yard but the girl was nowhere in sight following that Elizabeth called her husband's relatives who lived just a few hundred yards away sometimes Athena would visit them but this time they said they hadn't seen her after that Elizabeth called her husband and told told him what happened he immediately told her to contact the police and headed straight home at around 6:40 Elizabeth dialed 911 and officers arrived at her home within 14 minutes she explained the situation and shared her version of what happened she believed that Athena might have run away from home because of the argument they had however the girls relatives strongly doubted this firstly Athena was only 7 years old and had never wandered far from home before secondly it was already even evening outside and she was afraid of the dark initially the police treated Elizabeth with suspicion mainly because she reported the child missing 40 minutes after she realized it but after listening to her account of how she searched the entire house and contacted relatives they concluded she was likely telling the truth the officers immediately began searching the area despite the darkness they combed the forests and Fields within a radius of several kilometers from the house according to their main Theory Athena could have left the house and got lost in the darkness so they focused all their efforts on covering that area they also considered the possibility of abduction but found no evidence to support that there were no signs of forced entry into the house Elizabeth didn't hear any noises or screams and none of the neighbors witnessed anything suspicious that evening the police were assisted in the search efforts by the girl's relatives and concerned residents of the Town Athena's mother rushed there as soon as she learned about her daughter's disappearance the search continued until almost 5:00 a.
m. but they still couldn't find any traces of Athena the situation was complicated by the fact that the area around the house was quite inaccessible especially during the dark hours at 7:00 a. m.
