Missing Since: October 1, 2003 from Naples, Florida
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: January 1, 1979
Age: 24 years old
Height: 5'7
Weight:150 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics:
Hispanic (Mexican) male. Black hair, brown eyes. Santos wore his hair in a ponytail at the time of his disappearance.
He is a Mexican citizen and speaks limited English.
Some agencies give his date of birth as May 26, 1980.
Details of Disappearance:
Santos was last seen in Naples, Florida on October 1, 2003. He was driving to work with two of his brothers when, at 6:30 a.m., his white 1988 Ford hit another vehicle near the Green Tree Shopping Center at Airport-Pulling Road and Immokalee Road. No one was hurt in the accident and damage to the cars was minor. A Collier County sheriff's deputy, Corporal Steven Henry Calkins, arrived at the scene and cited Santos for reckless driving and for driving without a license or insurance. He then put Santos in the patrol car and drove away.
Later that day, Santos's boss contacted the local jail to bail him out and found out he had never been booked. When questioned, Calkins said he had changed his mind about taking Santos to jail and had instead given him a ride to a Circle K convenience store about a mile away from the site of the accident. He last saw him walking towards the pay phones. Santos has never been heard from again. After his disappearance, his brother filed a complaint against Calkins with the sheriff's office, but Calkins was quickly cleared of any wrongdoing.
Oddly, Calkins was also the last person to see Terrance Williams, who disappeared in January 2004, a month after Calkins was exonerated in the Santos case. Calkins says he dropped Williams off at a Circle K convenience store in Naples....
Investigating Agency:
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Collier County Sheriff's Office 800-780-8477
Read more about Felipes case on his MySpace page at:
http://www.myspace.com/findfelipesantos
