Fanstin Hida was a 23-year-old migrant farm worker found with severe head trauma in Immokalee, Collier County, Florida, on June 7, 2003. He was taken to a local hospital and died of blunt force injuries; his death was ruled a homicide. At the hospital he initially gave a false name, reportedly identifying himself as Irraglo Faustino, and investigators later established his true name as Fanstin Hidalgo-Castillo and that he was a Mexican national who had been repatriated in 1997 after a prior Border Patrol apprehension.

Investigators have struggled to reconstruct Hida’s life and possible motives. No family members were located initially, and the Collier County Sheriff’s Office has worked with the Mexican Consulate to try to find relatives. The transient nature of agricultural work and the use of a false identity have complicated the probe. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced.

Does anyone who worked or lived in Immokalee in 2003 have information that could help investigators connect Hida to people, places, or events from that time?