Erica Burke-Castillo

Erica Burke-Castillo is the daughter of Melissa Burke-Castillo and Cory Durant, and one of their three children. Erica and her siblings were the result of Melissa and then wife Claire Burke-Castillo using an anonymous sperm donor.

Background
Erica was one of three of Melissa and Claire Burke-Castillo's triplets. They had a happy life until Claire travelled to Windenburg on a secret assignment and was killed.

Storylines
Erica first appears as a toddler with her siblings when her mother, Melissa Burke-Castillo comes to town to grieve for her wife, Claire Burke-Castillo, who died in her home. After the funeral, they leave.

Melissa returns to Claire's home in Windenburg with Erica to speak to Kay Anderson who was a cleaner for Claire at the time. Lisa comes over to the house to commiserate about Claire's death and Melissa announces she will be moving into the house with her triplets. Lisa and Melissa become friends, and when Lisa officially meets Erica, she notes that she looks exactly like her son, Cory, when he was her age. Lisa tries to question Cory on his past relationships, but he reveals he hasn't slept with a woman since Shayla Bjergsen and won't ever again, but Lisa is still convinced that Erica is his child.

When Erica falls ill and needs a bone marrow transplant, Lisa suggests Cory test himself to see if he's a match. Melissa begs Cory to get tested, and he says he will but Lisa interjects that he'll only get tested if she performs a DNA test on Erica - Melissa agrees out of desperation, but the blood test confirms that Erica is Cory's daughter, which means that Tomas and Dorinda must be, too. Cory is also a match for bone marrow, and the operation is carried out successfully.

Erica was aged into a teen.

Health and Vitals

 * Diagnosed with a rare disease
 * Had a successful bone marrow transplant thanks to her father, Cory Durant