At age 10, Angelica Bravo became her “brother’s keeper.” She didn’t know how to change a diaper or rock a baby to sleep, but she quickly stepped up to serve as a mother figure to her infant half-brother, Gil, when he did not have one himself. Gil Bravo and other loved ones said that Angelica Bravo — who had three children of her own — always put others before herself, whether as a sister, mother, daughter, friend or instructor.
“Even when things were hard for her, she always found a way, especially for me, to make us happy. She took care of her kids, but she took care of everyone,” Gil Bravo said. “She was the person that you would always want to be around, even when you’re not in the mood.
She would brighten up the rooms when chaos was going on.” His 28-year-old sister had a tattoo on her neck that spelled out, “My Brothers’ Keeper,” a tribute to her close relationship with Gil and their younger brother, Isaac. The cause of Angelica Bravo’s death at a home she once shared with her ex on Didcot Circle remains undetermined, as the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office awaits a toxicology report among other findings.
Coroner Rosa Vega said the “results could take months.” But a more immediate concern, say her loved ones and authorities, are the whereabouts of her two youngest children — Athena Lee, 4, her brother Mateo Lee, 2 — who were last seen near the day Angelica Bravo was found unresponsive and are now presumed to be with their father,.
