Overview

• Bracho entered a blind plea on July 15 in St. Louis County Circuit Court, admitting guilt to first-degree involuntary manslaughter and two counts of second-degree assault without a prearranged sentencing agreement.
• Prosecutors said the December 2023 collision occurred when Bracho drove her van 75 mph the wrong way on a Hazelwood highway and struck the Wolfe family’s Jeep head-on.
• Twelve-year-old Travis Wolfe spent months on life support at St. Louis Children’s Hospital before dying on March 6, 2024, one day shy of his 12th birthday.
• Court records noted that Bracho was in the U.S. illegally from Venezuela, which complicated early identification of all crash victims due to lack of documentation.
• Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley has cited the case to back Travis’s Law, a proposal that would mandate detention for undocumented drivers involved in serious vehicle crimes.