The search intensifies as it moves into its second week for a missing mother-of-two from California, who vanished shortly after leaving her car near a favored hiking trail.
Angelica Brophy, a 44-year-old emergency room nurse residing in Oceanside, was last seen on July 6 after dropping off her daughter at a local camp. She did not return to pick her up later that day.
Surveillance footage captured Brophy departing from Harrah’s Resort Southern California Casino around 3:30 p.m. A subsequent parking ticket placed her at Palomar Mountain Skate Park approximately 50 minutes later.
Her family has not heard from her since she failed to collect her daughter. Her vehicle was found parked at the skate park several days after her disappearance.
Family members mentioned that Brophy was known to hike regularly in the area around the park. When she didn’t come home, her husband reached out to her brother and then contacted the police.
As a frantic search ensued, detectives attempted to ping Brophy’s cellphone, but it had either been turned off or ran out of battery.
Search and rescue teams have been scouting across over 1,800 acres in Palomar Mountain State Park ever since Brophy disappeared. With no trace of the beloved mother, efforts have focused on a pond in the park.
‘She loves life and we really just need her back,’ her sister-in-law Lisa Fabregas told NBC San Diego. ‘She is one of the most wonderful, thoughtful women that I know. She’s a very good mom. She will do anything for her children.’
A desperate search has been launched for California mother-of-two and nurse Angelica Brophy, who went missing after dropping her daughter off at a local Oceanside camp
Brophy, 44, pictured center, is an emergency room nurse from Oceanside, California. She was last placed near Palomar Mountain Skate Park where she was known to hike
Brophy’s car was found parked nearby at Doane Valley close to the Palomar State Mountain area (pictured)
‘She is funny and kooky, and will sing at the top of her lungs and will not have one note in tune, but she does not care,’ she added.
Manny Fabregas, one of Brophy’s five older brothers, said the family is desperately waiting on any information about her whereabouts.
‘We’re all in a state of limbo right now and it’s hard to move on without any leads,’ he told NBC News.
Another brother, Martin Fabregas, said he is trying hard not to let his mind wander into ‘dark places.’
‘It’s a wait-and-see. We’re trying to encourage everybody to stay positive, stay strong,’ he told the outlet.
The family have been plastering North County with missing person posters for Brophy in the hopes somebody has seen her.
She was last seen wearing black leggings and a gray t-shirt, according to the poster.
Brophy’s relatives said she regularly hiked with them in the mountainous area where she vanished. Her husband called the police after she failed to return home
Brophy is a fit and healthy mother-of-two who often hiked in the area where she vanished
Brophy was described by her sister-in-law as a devoted mother-of-two who ‘loves life.’ She is pictured with her brother Rafael Fabregas
The beloved nurse works in the emergency room at Kaiser Hospital in San Marcos.
Oceanside Police said there is no indication of foul play in Brophy’s disappearance.
Detectives are also investigating Brophy’s time at the casino in the hours before she vanished.
Anyone with information about the case should call Oceanside Police at (760) 435-4900.