NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – 10 On Your Side has obtained a Department of the Navy memo responding to questions by members of Congress regarding the disappearance of sailor Angelina Resendiz.

The memo contains new information regarding the timeline leading up to Resendiz’ disappearance and offers the most extensive details released by the Navy regarding the case.

According to the memo, Resendiz was on authorized liberty May 29, meaning she had no assigned duties on USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) and was not required to muster with her chain of command.

However, the memo also states that Naval Station Norfolk Base Police conducted a wellness check at 5:45 a.m. on May 29 after an E-4 assigned to the Williams reported he could not locate Resendiz after she contacted him requesting to be picked up at the barracks. At 10 a.m., the Navy says in the memo that an E-7 assigned to the Williams located Resendiz during a wellness check on another sailor assigned to the same ship. This is the last reported sighting of Angelina Resendiz.

The following day, May 30, Resendiz was expected to muster at 7:30 a.m. on USS James E. Williams but did not report. She was listed on the warship’s daily absentee report, according to the memo.

At 9:30 a.m. on May 30, “two members of USS James E. Williams conducted a wellness check on the barracks room of CSSN Resendiz and the room of the Sailor with whom she was last seen on 29 May 2025. Both rooms were entered, and neither Sailor was located.”

The memo states that “NCIS commenced investigative steps on 31 May 2025, after being notified by Norfolk Police Department (NPD) on 31 May 2025 of a missing persons report pertained to both CSSN Resendiz and the Sailor with whom she was last seen in the barracks on 29 May 2025.”

The two-page memo includes details regarding Resendiz’s mother, Esmeralda Castle, and the timeline of communication she received while her daughter was absent. It states Castle called ship at 7 p.m. “requesting information on her daughter’s whereabouts.”

The E-7 who last saw Resendiz in the barracks on May 29 spoke to Castle and confirmed he saw her on May 29, and that “the Navy was actively working to locate her daughter.”

Castle has been outspoken about the Navy’s lack of transparency regarding the disappearance of her daughter, criticizing the chain of command for not doing enough to keep her safe. The memo states that “1 June 2025 NCIS contacted and spoke with Ms. Castle,” and thereafter had daily contact with Ms. Castle between June 1st and June 11th, with June 7th being the “only exception.”

It wasn’t until Resendiz had been absent for four days, on June 2, that the commanding officer of USS James E. Williams called Castle to inform her that the chain of command was concerned about the well-being of her daughter and were “actively working to locate her along with law enforcement.” According to the memo, “Navy policy requires such a notification to next-of-kin on Day 5 of a Sailor’s absence.” Castle was notified on day four.

On June 9, a body was found in a Norfolk neighborhood. The next day, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) identified the body as Resendiz’.

The Navy confirmed they have a sailor in pre-trial confinement in connection to Resendiz’ death. NCIS has not released this sailor’s name, but the attorney representing Castle told WAVY his name is Jermiah Copeland.