Can't get rid of deleted user space

Hi -
I deleted a user using "delete immediately" in the delete user dialog, but the space the user used on the disk hasn't been cleared and I can't find any remnant of the user's area on the disk. I need to recover that disk space but can't find where the user's data is still residing. It was a FileVault user. Can't find the data using the root user either.
Thanks in advance for any ideas you may have!

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