I AM ONE – FELIPE SANTOS – NAPLES, FLORIDA
Felipe Santos was last seen on October 1, 2003 after he was dropped off at a gas station in the vicinity of the 10900 block of Winterview Dr. in Naples, FL. 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’ boss contacted the local jail to bail him out and was told he was never booked. When questioned, Calkins said he had changed his mind about taking Santos to jail and instead gave him a ride to a “Circle K” convenience store about a mile away for the site of the incident. Calkins stated that he last saw Santos walking towards the pay phones.
Coincidentally, 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. Williams also remains missing. His parents filed another complaint against Calkins after their son’s disappearance and the deputy was subsequently fired by the police department. An internal investigation found that he had lied about the Williams case and violated agency policy.
If you have any information regarding Felipe Santos’ case, please contact the Collier County Sheriff’s Office at 239.793.9300 or CUE Center for Missing Persons at 910.343.1131; 24-hour tip line 910.232.1687. All information submitted to CUE Center for Missing Persons is confidential.
The link to Felipe Santos’ profile is: https://ncmissingpersons.org/felipe-santos/
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