The mother of Angelina "Angie" Resendiz, the 21-year-old Navy sailor whose body was found near her Norfolk, Virginia, base on June 9, days after she was reported missing, is pushing the Navy for accountability as the suspect charged in her daughter's murder awaits his trial.Esmeralda Castle spoke with "ABC News Live Prime" from her home in Brownsville, Texas, where she reflected on her grief and healing journey and claimed that the Navy mishandled her daughter's disappearance and the investigation into her death."There is an injustice happening in the way that service members are treated and the way the family is treated," Castle told ABC News on Thursday, alleging that a culture steeped in silence has prevented her from getting answers about her daughter's case.Navy sailor Angelina "Angie" Resendiz, a culinary specialist who was stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, went missing on May 29, 2025 and her body was found on June 9, 2025.Esmeralda CastleAsked about those allegations, the Navy declined ABC News' requests for comment."I've been thinking about Angie and her service.What she represented was something good," Castle said, reflecting on her fight for justice.
"She represented service at its highest.She's giving herself and all that she is, all her talents and strengths and abilities, her mind, her youth, to the military, to this branch -- for us.
And that's an honorable thing."Angie's disappearanceResendiz, who was from Mexia -- a city in central Texas that is located about 30 miles outside of Waco -- was a culinary specialist stationed at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia."She comes from a family of service members.My brother and sister, they're in the Army.
Her father was a Marine," Castle said, adding that her daughter loved to cook and wanted to be a chef, so joining the Navy in a culinary role was a dream."It was 'a calling' is what she said, like recruiters were at the high school and they talked to her and she felt it," she added.A photo of Angelina Re...