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Rodrigo Castillo

Case from Atlanta, GA dated Aug 03, 2018

Victim Details

Rodrigo Castillo

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Atlanta

GA

2018-08-03

33

Rodrigo

Castillo

07/18/2026

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In the late hours of August 3, 2018, the life of Rodrigo Castillo, a 33-year-old Hispanic male, came to a tragic and mysterious end on an Atlanta interstate. Castillo, an Emory University graduate with a life full of promise, was discovered just after midnight in his silver Volkswagen Jetta, which was inexplicably stopped in the westbound lanes of I-20 near Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. He had sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the head. Emergency services transported him to Grady Memorial Hospi ...
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  • ajc: Driver dies after being shot in the head on I-20
  • WXIA: Driver found with gunshot wound to head on I-20 dies
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