Melanie Lea Castillo, 25, was born March 23, 1993, in Abilene, Texas. She grew up in Hawley Texas with her Mother Taylor Hall and she Graduated High School in Hawley, Texas in 2011. Melanie worked in Abilene, Texas and recently got accepted to the University of Houston in Houston, Texas to work on getting her degree. Melanie was a long time resident of the West Texas Area and recently moved to the Houston Area to finish school. She loved to have a good laugh and loved her family and friends. She was a beautiful spirit. Melanie was young but lived her life to the fullest. 

Surviving Melanie is her fiancé, José Gonzalez; grandparents, Joe and Shelia Tutt, Michael and Annie Worthington; father, John Castillo; mother, Taylor Hall; two half-sisters Amelia Castillo and Story Gomez one half-brother, John Castillo.