‘He was a guy with a lot of light’
That night, the teen died in his sleep.
‘It’s a little bit difficult to know that he doesn’t exist physically anymore,’ Portillo’s uncle,
Oscar Castillo told Denverite.
‘He was a guy with a lot of light.’
It’s not known what caused his death, but the doctor’s office informed his family two days later that he had tested positive for the virus.
‘It just took us by surprise how it happened,’ Castillo said.
‘We will never find out what caused his death.’
Portillo’s parents brought him to the United States when he was five. Two years later, his parents returned to their homeland,