'Wonderful' CA nurse and mother vanishes after going to casino, car found abandoned at mountain park: family

A Southern California parent and caregiver vanished connected her mode to prime up her kid from summertime camp, and authorities are racing to find her.

Angelica Brophy, 44, was past seen connected July 6 erstwhile she went to Harrah’s Resort Southern California casino and past drove to Palomar Mountain, wherever she often visited, according to KNSD. When Brophy didn't prime up her girl arsenic expected aboriginal that afternoon, her hubby contacted the Oceanside Police Department to record a missing persons report.

Police tried reaching Brophy connected her compartment phone, but it was dormant oregon switched off. Days later, investigators recovered her car sitting successful a parking batch astatine Palomar State Park, with nary motion of her.

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Angelica Brophy, 44, has been missing since July 6 aft visiting a Southern California casino and driving to Palomar Mountain, wherever her car was aboriginal recovered abandoned. (Instagram/Angelica Brophy)

Family members of Brophy, who is simply a caregiver astatine Kaiser Permanente Hospital successful San Marcos, California, told the outlet that they're trying to enactment positive.

"I don’t privation to spell to acheronian places," 1 of her brothers said. "We’re trying to promote everybody to enactment positive, enactment strong."

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Her sister-in-law, Lisa Fabregas, said, "She is 1 of the astir wonderful, thoughtful women that I know."

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General presumption of the exterior of Harrah's Resort Southern California. (Daniel Knighton/Getty Images)

"She’s a precise bully mom. She volition bash thing for her children," Fabregas said. "She is comic and kooky, and volition sing astatine the apical of her lungs and volition not person 1 enactment successful tune, but she does not care."

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A missing persons poster made by the household states that Brophy is 5'5" and was past seen wearing achromatic leggings and a grey T-shirt.

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A missing idiosyncratic poster created by Angelica Brophy's household shows she was 5'5", 130 pounds, and past seen wearing achromatic leggings and a grey T-shirt astatine Palomar Mountain connected July 6. (Family handout)

So far, Oceanside Police Captain Nick Nunez told the outlet thing points to foul play successful Brophy's disappearance.

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Nunez said detectives are reaching retired to Harrah’s Casino to find if she was with anyone oregon was being followed.

People with accusation astir Brophy’s disappearance are asked to interaction Oceanside Police astatine (760) 435-4900.