The search for Port Richey siblings Yessenia Castillo, 15, and Luis Castillo, 17, is active, according to the Pasco Sheriff’s public notice. Deputies say the teenagers were last seen around noon Wednesday in the Gray Fox Lane area and may be traveling together in a tan 2012 Chrysler Town & Country minivan.
The sheriff’s notice classifies both as missing or runaway juveniles. Yessenia is described as 5 feet tall and about 125 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes; Luis is about 5 feet 5 inches and 120 pounds, also with brown hair and brown eyes. The possible vehicle bears Florida plate 38EEMS. The notice does not include last-seen clothing, and describes the minivan as a possibility rather than a confirmed sighting.
Anyone with information about the siblings or the vehicle is asked to call the Pasco Sheriff’s Office non-emergency line at 727-847-8102 and select option 7.
A prior report is separate from the current search
A separate Pasco Sheriff’s Office notice records an earlier case in which Yessenia, then described as a missing/runaway 14-year-old, was last seen on April 4 around 9:30 p.m. in the Richwood Lane area of Port Richey and was later found safe. The notice does not specify the year. That prior case is not an update on Wednesday’s search and does not establish what happened in the current one.
National figures offer context, not a prediction
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s 2025 Impact Report says children who had run away accounted for 92% of the 32,167 missing-children cases NCMEC supported that year. That figure describes cases assisted by the organization, not every missing-child report, and it says nothing about the outcome of the Pasco search.
For young people and families seeking support, the Administration for Children and Families says the National Runaway Safeline provides crisis hotline and online services 24 hours a day, every day of the year. This is a general support resource, separate from the sheriff’s request for leads in the Castillo search.
