Missing Without Medication: Where Is Zebedee Castillo?
A Seine Bight family that lost its home to fire less than a year ago is now facing another painful crisis. Thirty-three-year-old Zebedee Castillo has been missing for four days and was last reportedly seen near Riversdale Village. His sister, Talesha, says he has gone without the medication and daily care he needs, while his history of being assaulted has deepened the family’s concern for his safety. Tonight, his relatives are asking the public to help them find him before it is too late.
On The Phone: Talesha Castillo, Sister of Missing Man
“I got a call from somebody that lives in this village, and they said that they were in their vehicle coming from Dangriga, and they saw my brother, nine forty-eight p.m, heading to Santa Cruz Junction, heading up. So they asked me what is my brother doing there, and I tell them I don’t know.”
Britney Gordon
“Does he live on his own?”
On The Phone: Talesha Castillo
“Yes, he, he lives on his own because right now our house was burnt down, so he lives in the yard. He doesn’t have a house. Just on a mattress. That’s where he lives. That’s where he stay, but he come and visits me every day, ’cause I rent a one-bedroom house, and I tell him to come to take shower and so that I can feed him. So every day I see him. He’s aggressive right now. Like, if he asks you for something and you don’t give it to him, yeah, he will get aggressive and things like that. But otherwise, if you take his medication, he’s calm. But I haven’t given him his medication from when he last went. If anyone sees him or hear anything, let them just call me or reach to the nearest police station so we could bring him back because we don’t want anybody to hurt him because they’ve already been hurting him, and he needs to take his medication. He needs to eat, and he needs to drink water because if you don’t give it, he won’t drink it. Directly, he gets dehydrated and we don’t know if he’s walking or in the bushes or we don’t know where he is. But right now, all of my family members and my sister, we’re worried right now. My grandmother worse.”
According to his sister, Talesha Castillo, her brother has been the victim of several assaults in the past, including being stabbed, beaten up, and struck in the head with a glass bottle.
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