Overview
- A detention deputy found him unresponsive during routine checks around 8 p.m. Saturday at the Broward Sheriff's Office main jail in Fort Lauderdale.
- Jail staff attempted life-saving measures before he was taken to Broward Health Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 38.
- A sheriff’s spokesperson told MMA Junkie he was discovered with a sheet around his neck, and investigators report no signs of foul play.
- Castro had been held since a June 30 arrest on domestic-violence-related charges, including alleged kidnapping and strangulation, while pleading not guilty.
- A former TUF Brazil teammate posted that Castro took his own life, while the alleged victim’s attorney urged respect as standard inquiries proceed.