WA WA- Richard Thomas Castillo, 39, Glacier, 1 Sep 1994

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Missing Age 39 Years
Current Age 70 Years
Legal First Name Richard
Middle Name Thomas
Legal Last Name Castillo
Chosen Name/Nickname/Alias--

Biological Sex Male
Height 6' 1" (73 Inches)
Weight 180 - 200 lbs
Race / Ethnicity White / Caucasian

Circumstances​

Date of Last Contact September 1, 1994
NamUs Case Created March 18, 2024

Last Known Location​

Location Glacier, Washington
County Whatcom County
Missing From Tribal Land No
Primary Residence on Tribal Land--

Circumstances of Disappearance On 09/01/1994, Whatcom County Deputies responded to a missing person report at Artist Point on Mount Baker. Richard Castillo went to Artist Point and was picking berries. His vehicle was located but he was never seen again.

Physical Description​

Hair Color Brown
Head Hair Description--
Body Hair Description--
Facial Hair Description--
Left Eye Color Blue
Right Eye Color Blue
Eye Description--

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Transportation​

1986 Chevrolet Celebrity​

Color Silver and Black​

State Washington
License Plate 533AFU

John Does and Missing 1960s-80s

***How does an active member of the community just vanish?!*** Richard Thomas Castillo, 39, was born on May 13, 1955, and lived most of his life in Spokane and Seattle, but resided in Bellingham, WA...

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<<Richard Thomas Castillo, 39, was born on May 13, 1955, and lived most of his life in Spokane and Seattle, but resided in Bellingham, WA at the time of his disappearance. He was unmarried, and living life to the fullest- he was a popular actor, director, and producer of local playhouses, and had once been an active board member of Allied Arts in Whatcom County. I found no police records for him, nothing to suggest that he had a reason to leave of his own volition. On September 1, 1994, he decided to pick berries at the Artist Point area, and parked his 1986 silver and black Chevy Celebrity in the parking lot. An avid power walker, he intended to hike 6.8 miles to get to his destination. Did he ever make it? Nobody knows. When he didn't show up for his job at the popular IL fiasco restaurant the next morning ,he was reported missing. Several searches ensued, and while his vehicle was located, there was no sign of him anywhere in those woods.>>

 

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Article clipped from The Bellingham Herald

Clipping found in The Bellingham Herald published in Bellingham, Washington on 9/6/1994.

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Photo of Mt. Baker: