Police Seek Woman Who Dated ATL Murder Victim

ATLANTA, GA — Atlanta Police are looking for a woman they believe went on a date with a murder victim before he was shot in the head in the driver's seat of his car.

Rodrigo Castillo, 33, had gone on a date Thursday night, before he was found dead shortly after midnight Friday morning, police say. He was found with a gunshot wound to the head in the driver's seat of his car on Interstate 20 West at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

The was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital where he died, according to police.

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Police spokesman Sgt. John Chafee said Tuesday that the woman is not suspected in Castillo's death, but that investigators want to talk to her to see if she can provide any helpful information.

The two appear to have met on the dating app Bumble and investigators believe she may be a graduate student at Emory University, Georgia State or another local school, Chafee said. They also believe she may be Colombian, he said.

Anyone who thinks they may know the woman, or has other information in the case, is asked to call APD homicide investigator Young at 404-895-1083 or 404-546-2589 or call the Atlanta Police Department's homicide unit at 404-546-4235.

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