Who is "D Castro" and where did his 24 sided unilluminable room really come from?

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The Mathworld page and Wikipedia page for the illumination problem both describe a 24-sided room, which they attribute to "D Castro".

Mathworld's citation is simply:

Castro, D. "Corrections." Quantum 7, 42, Jan. 1997.

This citation has been copied into a few papers and websites. But I can't find any evidence that this paper, the author, or even the journal exists. Where did this polygon really come from?

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This is taken from the journal cited:

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