Texas, Michelle Warner 31

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31 -year-old mother missing in Houston

Houston Chronicle | Thursday, September 27, 2012 | Updated: Thursday, September 27, 2012 1:26am

Family and friends fear the worst as a search continues for a 31-year-old Houston mother, reports say.

Michelle Warner vanished on Saturday after an argument with her estranged boyfriend, officers tell KHOU-Channel 11. The two, who share a 3-year-old son, reportedly lived together in a southwest Houston apartment. Warner was last seen around midnight Saturday at the Regency Square complex, in the 7200 block of Bellerive, KTRK-Channel 13 says.

The boyfriend told authorities that Warner left the home after the dispute, and he and the child traveled to the Odessa area to stay with relatives, according to KHOU.

But loved ones say it's not like Warner to disappear without contacting anyone.

"It doesn't make sense," Russell Johnston, Warner's uncle, tells KHOU. "There's a lot of things that Michelle would do but nothing like that."

Relatives told KHOU that detectives said the apartment's carpets had been cleaned with bleach.

www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/31-year-old-mother-missing-in-Houston-3897725.php

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Volunteers search for missing mother

Michelle Warner has history of drug problems

Published On: Sep 27 2012 08:37:37 AM CDT
Updated On: Sep 27 2012 06:34:37 PM CDT

Volunteers are searching for a mother of two who disappeared almost a week ago without a trace.

The family contacted Texas EquuSearch Wednesday after last hearing from Michelle Warner, 31, on Sept. 21.

Warner's loved ones said she would never just disappear on her own. She has an 11-year-old daughter and a 3-year-old son.

Warner started a new job as a paralegal just two weeks ago and was eager to get her first paycheck.

She reportedly left her apartment at the Regency Square Apartments, 7222 Bellerive Dr., in the Sharpstown area, without her purse and without her car.

"She doesn't have her car. She doesn't have her phone. She doesn't have her keys and she's not here," said Ashley Peterson, Warner's cousin. "We love her and she's a huge part of our family. We want to bring her back, bring her home.

Her family said she lived in the apartment with her son and her son's father, but the two were not currently in a relationship. They lived together because she had been out of work for about 18 months.

Warner went to dinner with a friend, Scott Russell, the night she disappeared. He dropped her off at the apartment complex and left. She has not been seen since.

"It's surprising, shocking," Russell said. "I'm scared. I'm worried. Everybody just wants answers. They just want to know if she's OK and where she's at."

Warner's brother said Warner and her son's father got into a fight shortly before she disappeared. Russell said he saw Warner and her son's father argue on Thursday.

Investigators said the 3-year-old's father rented the apartment, but he has not been found. Warner's relatives said he may be in Odessa, Texas.

Warner's 11-year-old daughter lives with her father in Baytown.

Texas EquuSearch began canvassing Warner's complex Wednesday evening. The volunteers spoke with a few residents but told Local 2 they didn't come up with any substantial information.

"We kind of drove the area tonight to get a little bit familiar with it," said Texas EquuSearch director Tim Miller. "It's pretty congested, a pretty populated area."

Warner's brother said he saw large bleach spots on the carpet in the bedroom and hallway of Warner's apartment.

Homicide investigators searched Warner's apartment on Thursday. Detectives said that is simply protocol and their involvement does not mean foul play is involved. Investigators said they found nothing suspicious.

Warner does have a criminal record. She has served in time jail for drug possession. She has also been convicted of theft and credit card abuse.

"There's been some recent information that may show she could have slipped back into that addiction," Sgt. Brian Harris said. "We don't know that for sure, but best-case scenario, we're hoping that that, unfortunately, would be the case, and that she's alive out there."

Warner is white, 5 feet 6 inches tall, 125 to 130 pounds with blue eyes and dark brown hair with a slight red tint. She has a dolphin tattoo on her shoulder and a small butterfly tattoo on her foot. She also has a small stud nose ring on her right nostril.

Anyone with information regarding Warner's whereabouts is asked to call Texas EquuSearch at 281-309-9500.

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Was missing mother-of-two harmed by 'psychotic' ex-boyfriend? Friends and family fear the worst after 'bleach stains are found inside apartment'

PUBLISHED: 18:31 EST, 27 September 2012 | UPDATED: 05:06 EST, 28 September 2012

Texas police and volunteers are searching for a mother of two from Houston who vanished over the weekend after a fight with her ex-boyfriend, who then left town with the couple's young son.

Friends and family say Michelle Warner, 31, was seen last Saturday night at the apartment of her estranged boyfriend, Mark Castellano, where the two lived with their three-year-old son, Cayden.

Castellano told police that he and Warner had an argument, and the 31-year-old stormed out of the apartment, leaving her car behind.

Following Warner's disappearance, her former boyfriend and their toddler son left for Odessa, located eight hours away from Houston, to stay with relatives, ABC News reported.

People close to Warner described her as very bubbly and talkative, and said that she would have never severed communication with friends or taken off without her son.

Warner's cell phone has been off since her disappearance, and no one in her circle has heard from the mother of two since Friday night, raising concerns for her safety.

‘She would never ever go this long without talking to somebody,’ long-time friend Stefanie Helton said. ‘She loved to talk. We’ve pretty much talked to everyone she knows, and no one has had contact with her.’

Warner’s uncle, Russell Johnston, told KHOU, ‘It doesn't make sense. There's a lot of things that Michelle would do but nothing like that.’

Warner, who also has an 11-year-old daughter who lives with her father, started a new job as a paralegal just two weeks ago and was excited about working again after spending the last 18 months unemployed, Click2Houston reported.

Her family said Warner moved in with Castellano for financial reasons, but the two were not currently dating.

Helton, who has been friends with Warner since grade school, told ABC that the relationship between Warner and Castellano has 'never been a good situation.'

Helton said the two met when all three of them were working for a home health care provider. In 2008, Warner became pregnant with Cayden, but the relationship with the father of her child was not going well because Castellano had 'psychotic spells.'

'He had episodes, he tried suicide ...,' she told ABC. 'He's done other crazy things. Nothing extra-violent; he's push[ed] her up against the wall, that type of thing. He's threatened her.'

Helton said that according to her friend's family member, at around 7pm last Saturday, Castellano and Warner got into a fight, during which the man threw their pet car against a wall.

The mother of two got upset and hit him before storming out of the rental unit at Regency Square Apartment Homes on Bellerive Drive, leaving her car and purse behind.

According to the woman's brother, fresh bleach stains were found on the carpet inside the unit leading from the bedroom through the living room and out the front door.

Police have not confirmed this information, only saying that the hard drive was missing from Warner's computer inside Castellano's apartment.

Officer Danny Do said Castellano told police that he had taken the hard drive so he could get some information from it.

‘All I know is that I’m scared that something terrible has happened,’ said Scott Russell, who described Warner as a close friend.

The night of her disappearance, Warner went to dinner with Russell. He dropped her off at the apartment complex afterward and left. She has not been seen since.

‘It's surprising, shocking,’ Russell said. ‘I'm scared. I'm worried. Everybody just wants answers. They just want to know if she's OK and where she's at.’

Officer Do said Castellano has been cooperative with police, and that they spoke with him Thursday morning.

'This is still a missing-person case; we don't have any other evidence at this time,' Do said.

Eric Moore, the shop manager at Sugar Land PC in Houston where Castellano worked, said that as of last week, he was no longer employed there.

Texas EquuSearch, an organization dedicated to searching for missing people, has joined in the search for Warner.

Warner is five-foot-six, weighs around 125lbs and has blue eyes and dark-brown hair. She has a dolphin tattoo on the backside of her shoulder and small butterfly tattoo on one foot.

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Sure seemed was gonna end this way. Sad she chose to live with this estranged, psychotic boyfriend rather than with family.


Michelle Warner Body Found: Mark Castellano Leads Texas Police To Former Lover's Corpse



Michelle Warner, 31, went missing on Sept. 22

Authorities have recovered the body of a 31-year-old Houston mother who went missing last week after an argument with her ex-boyfriend.

A statement to police from Michelle Warner's former lover, Mark Castellano, led investigators to her corpse, dumped approximately 500 miles away in Odessa, Tx., ABC News reports.

On Sunday, Castellano, 37, told officials that he went to stay with family near the Odessa-Midland region after disposing of the body, only to fly back to Houston on Sunday where he issued his confession, according to Click2Houston.

Warner disappeared on Sept. 22 from an apartment where she lived with Castellano and their 3-year-old son, Cayden. Castellano initially told authorities that Warner stormed out with her bag and phone following a fight, according to KTRK.

Stefanie Helton, Warner's close friend of 20 years, characterized Castellano as someone prone to "psychotic spells."

"He had episodes, he tried suicide ...," she said, according to ABC News. "He's done other crazy things. Nothing extra-violent; he'd push her up against the wall, that type of thing. He's threatened her."

Around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Houston police contacted the Midland County Sheriff's Office with information that led to Warner's body. Investigators found Warner's body in a "partial grave" four hours later, MyWestTexas reports.

Murder charges against Castellano are pending as police continue their investigation, according to KTRK.

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Michelle Warner: Body of missing Texas mother found after boyfriend confesses to her murder, police say

October 01, 2012

HOUSTON -Police have located the body of missing 31-year-old Texas mother Michelle Warner after her estranged boyfriend admitted to her murder, reports CBS affiliate KHOU.

Body of missing Texas mom found According to the Midland County Sheriff's Office and the Houston Police Department, Warner was found partially buried on private property just after 6 p.m. Sunday.

Police say Warner's ex-boyfriend, Mark Castellano, confessed to her murder and was taken into custody in Harris County, KHOU reports. He reportedly told investigators where to look for the woman.

Castellano had originally told police Warner stormed out of their apartment after an argument the Friday before last.

He then left town to stay with family members near Odessa and took their three-year-old son with him.

KHOU reports that the boy, Cayden, is now safe and in Houston.

Authorities have not yet said how Warner was killed.

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