Fort Bend Sun - News
Children missing for nearly 3 years found in Fort Bend County
By DIANE TEZENO
According to HCN news affiliate, KTRK Channel 13, two children missing for almost 3 years have been found safe in Fort Bend County.
The father of the children, Adrian Castillo, Sr., is still being sought by police.
Six-year-old Adrian Castillo, Jr. and 5-year-old Angel Castillo were found after the mother, Jolene Valencia told authorities about their possible whereabouts, shortly after her arrest in December 2008, according to the report.
In response to the information, the Gulf Coast Task Force, assisted by the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office, set up surveillance outside a trailer home in Fort Bend County and recovered the two boys.
Castillo Sr. and Valencia were wanted out of Harris County on felony charges of injury to a child with serious bodily injury, stemming from evidence indicating the parents starved their infant child to death years ago.
As a result, their two other children, Adrian, Jr. and Angel Castillo were taken into custody by Harris County Children's Protective Services.
The Castillo’s managed to take the children from CPS custody and flee the state.
Since April 2006, the Task Force has pursued the fugitives and made several high-profile attempts to locate the fugitives and the children using media, newspaper, and police reports in 2006 to no avail.
The police are investigating the two adults inside of the trailer home where the children were found and recovered.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Adrian Castillo, Sr. are encouraged to contact the homicide division of the Harris County Sheriff's Office at 713-967-5810, or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
The father of the children, Adrian Castillo, Sr., is still being sought by police.
Six-year-old Adrian Castillo, Jr. and 5-year-old Angel Castillo were found after the mother, Jolene Valencia told authorities about their possible whereabouts, shortly after her arrest in December 2008, according to the report.
In response to the information, the Gulf Coast Task Force, assisted by the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office, set up surveillance outside a trailer home in Fort Bend County and recovered the two boys.
Castillo Sr. and Valencia were wanted out of Harris County on felony charges of injury to a child with serious bodily injury, stemming from evidence indicating the parents starved their infant child to death years ago.
As a result, their two other children, Adrian, Jr. and Angel Castillo were taken into custody by Harris County Children's Protective Services.
The Castillo’s managed to take the children from CPS custody and flee the state.
Since April 2006, the Task Force has pursued the fugitives and made several high-profile attempts to locate the fugitives and the children using media, newspaper, and police reports in 2006 to no avail.
The police are investigating the two adults inside of the trailer home where the children were found and recovered.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Adrian Castillo, Sr. are encouraged to contact the homicide division of the Harris County Sheriff's Office at 713-967-5810, or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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