CA CA - Athena Lee, 4, & Mateo Lee, 2, mother found deceased, Sacramento, 8 July 2024

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Found in the bathtub make me immediately think either suicide or accidental OD.
Hopefully the kids are fine and located quickly.

jmo

Family said she had moved to Elk Grove though, and didn't live at the North Sac house with Camron.

The latter has me concerned. It sounded like she had worked to separate herself from him, to the point of living somewhere else, but frequently dropped their kids off at his house. Then she is found dead in his house? I can think of maybe 2-3 scenarios where it was accidental or natural, and a dozen different things that might have set him off. Especially since her family said she was acting strangely at her brother's graduation.

I hope I am wrong and that CL is a wonderful father and it was all an accident and he panicked and ran, but it seems more like they're worried he might harm the kids if they are too aggressive with the search.
 
No cause of death and no updates, but an article in the Bee today is reporting Angelica's relationship with Camron was off and on and abusive: Sacramento mom who died was ending violent relationship, family says. Her kids remain missing

Although these dramatic changes initially seemed to improve Bravo’s sense of well-being, she seemed withdrawn and fearful in the weeks before her death, family said. Authorities found Bravo’s body on Didcot Circle, in a home she had shared with Lee before she and the children moved to a new apartment. [Angelica's mother Dawn] Bodea added that in the days before her death, Bravo said she had been beaten by Lee, who prevented her from leaving the home and took away her phone and keys.
 
JUL 18, 2024
His car was last seen crossing the Mexico border. The family said they met with the detective on the case Wednesday afternoon.

"What they told us really was that the car was found in Ensenada abandoned. They didn't really get information if there was car seats in it. And they should know if there was cause car seats leave an indent no matter what. So we're hoping to get more information on that," Gilbert said.

Bravo's mother and brother believe someone is helping Lee get around and people know of his whereabouts.

"We do know he's fluent in Spanish, so that helps him move around in Mexico. We know that he's fluent in Korean, and he also has family in Korea that I'm aware of. And so that's just one of our fears is that he might try to eventually get to Korea," said Dawn Bodea, Angelica's mother.
 
JUL 22, 2024
[...]

Angelica's mother, Dawn Bodea, said the latest update from Sacramento Police was the kids are believed to have been dropped off somewhere in Southern California, even though the SUV their father was last seen driving was caught on camera crossing into Mexico.

"The latest news is essentially there's no news," said Bodea.

[...]

Angelica's death is being called a death investigation, not a homicide because they are still waiting for the autopsy report to see her cause of death.

That is why Sacramento police have not named any suspects in her death.
 
I wish they would release more info on why they think the kids were dropped off in SoCal.
Me too!

According to this article:

Their father Camron Lee was seen driving a Honda Passport that crossed into Mexico. Police said Friday that the vehicle was unoccupied when found in Ensenada.

Police said last week the children were potentially dropped off in Southern California where Lee has family ties.


Surely they’ve questioned & checked these family members.
 
Athena and Mateo are still missing, and their father is now being called a person of interest in their mother's death.

It’s been more than three weeks since authorities found Angelica Marie Bravo dead in a Sacramento home and detectives determined her two youngest children, Athena Lee, 4, and Mateo Lee, 2, were missing and believed to be in a vehicle driven by their father, Camron Lee.

Detectives are still looking for the children, and their father identified as a “person-of-interest” in their disappearance also remains missing. Last week, authorities found the vehicle believed to be driven by Camron Lee abandoned in a Mexican beach town about 70 miles south of U.S. border.

Officer Anthony Gamble, a Sacramento Police Department spokesman, said they continue to work with federal, state and local law enforcement officials.

“We don’t know where the kids are,” Gamble said Wednesday. “We’re hopeful they’re in the Southern California region.”

There is no cause of death yet for Angelica Bravo, and it looks like police are stressing that he's not yet considered a suspect and they aren't even sure if foul play was involved in her death.

The Sacramento Bee newspaper is also questioning why an Amber Alert was never issued.

 

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