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Dominic Castillo

Case from Memphis, TN dated Feb 11, 2017

Victim Details

Dominic Castillo

March 28, 2022

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Memphis

TN

2017-02-11

2017-02-11

25

Dominic

Castillo

07/12/2026


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In the winter of 2017, a young man's journey of exploration came to a tragic and mysterious end in Memphis, Tennessee. Dominic Castillo, a 22-year-old Hispanic male from Albuquerque, New Mexico, was an adventurous soul on a cross-country backpacking trip, his faithful three-legged dog, Lilly, by his side. His travels had taken him through Oklahoma and Arkansas before he arrived in Memphis on January 22, 2017, last seen in the downtown area. For weeks, his family heard nothing from him, a silence ...
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