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Although she was sad to leave her mom, she thought living in Hawaii would be an adventure.
Instead, it turned out to be her worst nightmare.
Eusebio Castillo.Brexar County Jail
“He came to the church one day, and something told me that he’s going to be the one helping me,” she says.
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With the help of Rudy, she fled the Castillos’ house with her three children and went to the police on July 20, 2014.
“I knew in life I was going to grow up and get older and he was going to want something young,” she says about Eusebio. “‘I was like, ‘I have two girls. They’re next. They’re next in line. There’s nobody else here.’ I did it for my girls and my son because they’re my world.”
Laura Castillo.Brexar County Jail
In June of 2018, Laura Castillo,46, pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual assault and sentenced to 33 years in prison. Eusebio Castillo, 48, pleaded guilty in October and received 5 life sentences.
“These people are just evil, period, end of story,” Bexar County Criminal District Attorney Nicholas LaHood tells PEOPLE. “There’s not a lot of things that shock us, unfortunately, but this is definitely up there of the level of depravity that you hope that nobody else is ever exposed to.”
“I’m able to sleep, now without having to wake up to Rudy trying to hold me and getting scared,” she says. “I don’t do that anymore, so it feels really great knowing that I don’t have to be scared anymore, knowing that he’s never gonna get out.”
“I don’t want people to feel sorry for me,” she says. “I’m opening up for women and people to hear my story and learn from it.”
source: people.com
