Skip to main content
EVERY REGISTERED McKINLEY COUNTY VOTER CAN VOTE BY MAIL.
Request mail ballot
Mail ballot request deadlinein 2 days
Election Dayin 16 days
Emergency Exit
IF VICTIMS DESERVE BETTERTHE RECORD · THE QUESTIONS · THE TRUTH

Featured story · 02Naples, Florida

Terrance Williams & Felipe Santos

Two disappearances. Separate encounters. The same sheriff’s deputy.

Sources reviewed

They disappeared months apart—not together.

Felipe Santos disappeared in Naples in October 2003 after a minor traffic collision. Terrance Williams disappeared in January 2004 after a separate encounter with law enforcement. Both were last seen with Collier County Sheriff’s deputy Steven Calkins. WGCU’s investigative series The Last Ride recounts the encounters and the families’ search for answers. Listen to the reporting

Felipe Santos
October 2003 · Naples, Florida
Terrance Williams
January 12, 2004 · Naples, Florida

Published accounts describe them as young adult men. WGCU reports Santos was 23 and Williams 27. The Charley Project continues to list both as endangered missing. WGCU · Terrance’s profile · Felipe’s profile

Some source details differ. The sheriff’s archived October 2008 announcement gives October 14, 2003 for Santos; his Charley Project profile gives October 1 and a different age. This feature uses October 2003 rather than treating the conflicting dates as settled.

Calkins said he dropped each man at a Circle K.

According to The Last Ride, Calkins said he gave each man a ride to a nearby Circle K. Their families were left trying to establish what happened after the encounters. The series examines the deputy’s statements, dispatch calls, polygraphs and the investigation. The Last Ride episode guide

WGCU’s January 2024 reporting says both men were last seen in Calkins’s patrol car and that he was fired after his account changed under questioning. Calkins denied wrongdoing. That reporting identified him as the person of interest and did not report criminal charges. His dismissal does not establish what happened to either man. Read WGCU’s dated account

A mother kept searching.

Terrance’s mother, Marcia Williams, spoke with WGCU near the twentieth anniversary of his disappearance. Her interview centers the person missing and the continuing cost of not knowing. Listen to Marcia’s interview

The public record is more than an officer’s explanation. It includes witnesses, calls, timelines and the people still waiting for their loved ones. Those pieces deserve to be preserved and examined together.

The records should answer these questions.

  • What establishes each man’s last independently confirmed location?
  • Do dispatch calls, reports and vehicle records support the deputy’s account of each encounter?
  • What was documented when Felipe was not booked into jail, and who reviewed that decision?
  • Which inconsistencies led to the deputy’s dismissal, and how were they investigated?
  • What investigative steps remain open, and how are the families informed?

These are accountability questions, not findings of criminal guilt. The reviewed sources do not establish either man’s fate.

Read the sources and follow the records.

The sheriff’s records page is linked as the original destination identified by WGCU. Its content could not be retrieved for this review. We have not independently inspected the complete internal-affairs file or original recordings. The dated reporting and missing-person profiles above are the basis of this feature.

Keep their names in view.

Terrance Williams. Felipe Santos. Families deserve answers that can be checked against the record.

#TerranceWilliams #FelipeSantos #MissingPersons #Naples #CollierCounty #Florida #TheLastRide #PoliceAccountability #ColdCase #MissingAndNotForgotten #IVDB #IfVictimsDeserveBetter