***MEDIA ADVISORY***

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 09, 2018

ELKHART COUNTY HOMICIDE UNIT SEEKS COMMUNITY’S ASSISTANCE WITH GUNSHOT FATALITY

Media Contact: Vicki Elaine Becker (574) 296-1888

On May 28, 2018, the Elkhart Police Department took a missing person report from the family of Elder Castillo Sr. The case was assigned to EPD detectives, who, during the course of the investigation, located a deceased person inside 701 Hiawatha Drive, Elkhart, on June 6, 2018. 701 Hiawatha is Mr. Castillo’s known address. The Elkhart County Homicide Unit immediately responded to the scene for the death investigation. During an autopsy on June 7, 2018, the deceased was positively identified as Elder Castillo Sr., and the cause of death was determined to be from a gunshot wound. The case remains under investigation by the Homicide Unit, who can be contacted at 574-295-2821 by anyone who has information regarding the death of Mr. Castillo.

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“Under Indiana law, all persons arrested for a criminal offense are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.”