Sacramento police said they are working closely with the FBI, expanding the search and investigative resources beyond the local level.<\/p>\n
SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 A new year is bringing renewed attention to the search for two Sacramento children who disappeared after their mother was killed in 2024, as investigators and family members share new details in hopes of bringing them home.<\/p>\n
Athena Lee<\/a>, now 5, and her brother Mateo Lee<\/a>, 3, have been missing since their mother, Angelica Bravo, was found dead inside the home of their father, Camron Lee<\/a>, in July 2024. The FBI publicly addressed the case for the first time this week, announcing a $50,000 reward<\/a> for information leading to the location, arrest and conviction of Lee, and for the safe return of the children.<\/p>\n The push for new information comes as National Missing Persons Day approaches, with authorities and family members emphasizing the importance of keeping the children in the public eye.<\/p>\n \u201cOne thing that I think about a lot is I don’t want time to just go on and people forget about them,\u201d said Dawn Bodea, the children\u2019s maternal grandmother. \u201cWe’re definitely going to keep their faces out there and do everything that we can to make sure that that they’re on the forefront of people’s minds.\u201d<\/p>\n Bodea said she has spent more than a year searching for her grandchildren while grieving the loss of her daughter. Sacramento police have said Camron Lee is wanted by the FBI for his alleged involvement in Bravo\u2019s killing, and investigators still do not know where the children are.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don’t know if the kids are with Camron, if they’re not with Camron, if they were dropped off somewhere,\u201d said Sacramento Police Sgt. Anthony Gamble. \u201cOur hope is that they’re not with Camron and that we can find them somewhere here in the state. We just don’t know where they are now. What I will say is it is extremely concerning that Camron is out there on the run.\u201d<\/p>\n Gamble said Sacramento police are working closely with the FBI, expanding the search and investigative resources beyond the local level.<\/p>\n