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Ministry Of Health Says Siera Didn’t Follow Up
posted (January 7, 2016)
Health Officials say they did try to contact the family of missing Palm Center patient Mary Castillo. Castillo went missing on October 2nd 2014 and her daughter Siera Hodgson - who lives in the UK - had no idea. Hodgson found out a couple weeks ago on Boxing Day when she came to visit her mom. When she got to the center is when she learned her mom was missing and could be dead. Now the only possible link to her mother's whereabouts is the discovery of skeletal remains near the Palm Center. These remains were found in August of last year and Hodgson has given a DNA sample to verify. But what Hodgson can't understand is why the Palm Center didn't inform her of this situation. She told us no one from the center contacted her - not by phone, not by email, not by letter. Well the report from the Palm Center says that they had no telephone number for Siera but that they sent a Facebook message to both Siera and her adopted mother Shauna on October 6th and on October 22nd, 2015 and got no response. As we told you Siera said that they had her number and that she had spoken with her mother over the phone on several occasions. While Siera says she stayed in contact with her mother via phone and letter, the center says that wasn't the case. The report states " Also, unfortunate is that Ms. Castillo's daughter nor her foster parent does not keep in communication with the Palm Center, while in England and usually makes only one visit within the year or year and a half. Siera and her foster mother never came that year until now. This can be verified by security log books and by nursing staff." End quote.

It also adds that the center followed every protocol - they made the necessary reports, they visited the primary schools, organized a search party and collaborated with the Belmopan Police Department. In terms of the DNA sample, police say they still have no update on that. So this is where is stands tonight - 2 conflicting stories and many unanswered questions. We will keep checking up to see when the DNA results return.

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