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A life cut short: hazing victim 'Atio' laid to rest

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/09/27/20170927-horacio-castillo-burial-2-jc.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Carmina Castillo, mother of hazing victim Horacio &quot;Atio&quot; Castillo III, sobs while hugging a mourner as family and friends gathered for the funeral mass for the slain law freshman at the Santuario de San Antonio Church in Makati City on Wednesday. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Hazing victim Horacio &quot;Atio&quot; Castillo III was laid to rest at the Manila Memorial Park in Parañaque City Wednesday afternoon as his family cried for justice. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">WATCH: Lega wearing &quot;Justice for Horacio&quot; shirt looked at Atio before the interment this afternoon |via <a href="https://twitter.com/koriquintos">@koriquintos</a> <a href="https://t.co/vwe2I4FemP">pic.twitter.com/vwe2I4FemP</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/912894595972911105">September 27, 2017</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Castillo&#x27;s family, friends, and his golden retriever Lega attended the funeral mass and burial clad in white shirts that decried the untimely death of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) law freshman, a 22-year-old who was described as a &quot;<a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/09/24/17/humble-kid-with-big-dreams-uncle-regrets-loss-of-atio">humble kid with big dreams</a>.&quot;</p><p>Castillo&#x27;s dream of becoming a lawyer ended more than a week ago in <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/18/17/ust-student-kumpirmadong-nasawi-sa-hazing-autopsy">initiation rites</a> at the Aegis Jvris fraternity, where he had hoped to find a brotherhood. </p><p>&quot;Atio,&quot; as he was fondly called by family and close friends, had told his parents that he would be attending the fraternity&#x27;s welcoming rites on Sept. 16. He never made it back home.</p><p>Severely battered, Castillo had a heart attack after sustaining &quot;massive injuries&quot; in the hands of fraternity members. He was rushed to the hospital Sunday morning but was already lifeless. His parents learned of his passing before dawn the next day. </p><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/09/27/babyatio1.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/09/27/babyatio2.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/09/27/babyatio3.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div></div></div><p>&quot;Atio was brutally murdered. Our son is a perfect son! We will miss you terribly. But we will be OK. We will fight for justice,&quot; Atio&#x27;s father, Horacio Jr., said in a speech delivered after the funeral mass.</p><p>About 250 butterflies and balloons were released as Castillo was laid to rest.</p><p>In saying their final goodbye, Castillo&#x27;s family and friends kept on reliving his life through stories about how he had <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/23/17/firefighter-who-saved-atios-life-calls-students-death-heartbreaking">survived a fire</a> when he was just 10-years old, and how he eventually graduated with a degree in Political Science in UST.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/09/27/atiofire.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Bea Garcia, one of his childhood friends, recalled how Castillo was very vocal about his dream of becoming a lawyer back when they were just kids. </p><p>Ironically, it was in law school where he met his end.</p><p>While distraught and grieving, Castillo&#x27;s family thanked the public for their continued <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/20/17/tingnan-mensahe-ng-mga-mag-aaral-ng-ust-sa-aegis-jvris">support </a>in seeking justice for the slain law student.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/18/17/justiceforhoracio-peers-decry-ust-students-fatal-hazing">#JusticeForHoracio: Peers decry UST student&#x27;s fatal hazing</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Please continue praying for us. Thank you for the love and support. Maraming maraming salamat po!,&quot; Castillo&#x27;s father said.</p><p>At a Senate hearing on Monday, John Paul Solano, the fratman who had <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/22/17/fratman-solano-denies-hitting-atio-says-he-only-provided-first-aid">tried to resuscitate</a> &quot;half-dead&quot; Castillo inside the Aegis Jvris office in Manila and later rushed him to the hospital, tagged 6 other fraternity members in the hazing death. </p><p>The Senate has yet to call another hearing to probe Castillo&#x27;s untimely demise.</p><p>Solano was released Wednesday afternoon, just as Castillo was being laid to rest. </p>

<p>MANILA - Hazing victim Horacio "Atio" Castillo III was laid to rest at the Manila Memorial Park in Parañaque City Wednesday afternoon as his family cried for justice. <br /> </p>

MANILA - Hazing victim Horacio "Atio" Castillo III was laid to rest at the Manila Memorial Park in Parañaque City Wednesday afternoon as his family cried for justice.