Simi Valley police are working “across the clock” to discover a younger mom who vanished from her dwelling final week, forsaking her keys, cellphone and “a major quantity of blood.”
Nervous kin of Rachel Castillo, 25, summoned police Thursday night after her sister found the disturbing scene on the residence they shared on Nation Membership Drive. Based mostly on the quantity of blood and the presence of Castillo’s private gadgets, detectives have labeled her as doubtlessly “in danger.”
“We wish to find her as quickly as potential and we hope for the best-case situation — that she is alive and effectively,” stated Simi Valley police senior officer Casey Nicholson, including that, “investigators are actually working across the clock.”
Castillo was final seen by her sister, Emily, at 9:30 a.m. Thursday on the residence the place they lived with Castillo’s two sons. Family advised KABC that Castillo dropped the boys off with their father sooner or later through the day. When Emily Castillo returned dwelling round 8:30 p.m Thursday, she noticed the blood and known as 911.
“I used to be operating round the home to see if I might discover her someplace… I checked her toilet, beneath her mattress, her closet, my closet, the laundry room, my toilet and my bed room however she wasn’t wherever in there,” she advised KABC.
Police stated Castillo’s kin have been cooperative as has the daddy of her kids. Courtroom data present she initiated divorce proceedings earlier this yr.
“My understanding is that he has been cooperative proper from the start,” Nicholson stated.
Police commander Ritchie Lew cautioned that authorities haven’t “even decided a criminal offense has occurred.”
“We don’t also have a suspect as a result of we don’t know what occurred,” Lew stated. “What the detectives are attempting to determine is what occurred and the place she is.”
Castillo is described as 5 toes 2 and weighing 105 kilos with brown hair and brown eyes.
Anybody with info relating to Castillo’s whereabouts is requested to name the Simi Valley Police at (805) 583-6950.
