2 year old Jada Justice brutally murdered by babysitting famliy member high on Heroin [Archive]

SoUncool

June 17th, 2009, 09:27 PM

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From NCMEC

June 17, 2009 -- Police in northwest Indiana are searching for a missing 2-year-old girl.

The toddler disappeared after being left alone in a car while her babysitter ran into a gas station convenience store.

The search for Jada Justice began on Tuesday night. Her babysitter reported her missing around 9:30 p.m.

Jada will be 3 in August. She was staying with an adult cousin from Hobart for the last eight days, according to her mother.

Gary police were told that a little girl was taken from a gas station in Gary on Tuesday.

"I don't know what could be happening to her or where she's at or who she's with, if she's scared," said Melissa Swiontek, mother of missing child.

Two-year-old Jada Justice was with her babysitter on Tuesday night. The babysitter says she disappeared.

"She's saying she just went into the service station to purchase a gallon of milk at 9:30 last night and when she came back out she's saying Jada was gone," said Gabrielle King, Gary police.

"It's shady. It don't add up," said Clarence Justice, the baby's father.

Police in both Gary and Hobart have been searching around the gas station and the babysitter's home in Hobart.

The babysitter's neighbors say they noticed searches late last night.

As the search continues, baby Jada's mother pleads for help.

Relatives say that the babysitter and the baby-sitter's boyfriend have been questioned by police. ABC7 has learned that the searchers were able to cover a lot of ground. They had help from police recruits as well as a mountain biking class.

Gary police have reached out to other agencies, including the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the F.B.I.Source (http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6870550)

NCMEC (http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewChildDetail&LanguageCountry=en_US&searchLang=en_US&caseLang=en_US&orgPrefix=NCMC&caseNum=1125154&seqNum=1)

nurseronda

June 17th, 2009, 09:30 PM

Let me guess....Babysitter got angry at kid and killed her then disposed of the body...then came up with the kidnapped story. I say torture the babysitter untill the truth comes flying out and hits the torturer in the face.

Whisper

June 17th, 2009, 09:45 PM

This is exact same story as Tangena Hussain that was 2,moms boyfriend said he left her in car came out and she was gone!I just cant believe some people are stupid enough to think people believe them.But there are stupid people that still do leave kids in cars.I really hope this has a good outcome but not holding my breath.Ty SU for the story hopefully someone sees her reading this thread & the story out there and saves her

Silvahalo

June 17th, 2009, 09:50 PM

NR, I feel the same way, but I'm hoping this is not the case. Little Jada is missing and I sure as hell want her found.....alive and well, please.

That babysitter would have another thing coming to her if I had my hands on her. I am up to here reading about these disappearing babies only to find them dead and having a lying bitch all along tell a diff. story.

Where are you Jada? Your mama misses you.

hotcnymom

June 17th, 2009, 10:23 PM

please god let her be found alive and ok and that the babysitter gets battery acid dumped on her face if she is involved....

Thinkgoat

June 17th, 2009, 11:16 PM

After reading the comments, I feel much better! I just thought, damn TG, you're so cynical! I guess it's reading the same stories accompanied by the same excuses all the time that does it.

Gallon of milk for the baby or a 40 for the babysitter?

ineedanap

June 18th, 2009, 10:48 AM

Relatives say that the babysitter and the baby-sitter's boyfriend have been questioned by police.

My hinky meter is up on this one. I agree w/Whisper, it sounds like the Tanguena (sp) Hussein case. I wonder if they were able to get any surveillance footage from the convenience store?

DarkPrincess

June 18th, 2009, 10:53 AM

I'm hoping cameras caught this, if it happened. Honestly I don't believe it.

~Absynthe~

June 18th, 2009, 10:54 AM

Garybis the murder capital of Indiana.

Valasca

June 18th, 2009, 10:55 AM

Lots of farm land out there. Lots of places to hide a tiny body.
Sometimes I wish we used torture to get the truth out of people, but that's iffy. "Witches" of past times confessed just to stop the torture.

Peeperann

June 18th, 2009, 11:07 AM

People don't even try to come up with a better excuse. They just use copy cat excuses. I don't believe the babysitter for a second. And now they are questioning the babysitters boyfriend? Yep, hinkey meter just went off....

Rockin Ma

June 18th, 2009, 02:37 PM

[quote]Forget it

Rockin Ma

June 18th, 2009, 02:42 PM

From the first frantic call about a missing toddler Tuesday night, police had suspicions about the baby sitter’s version of events.

A day later, Jada Justice, almost 3, has not been found, despite a massive search that spanned two neighboring cities and more than 18 hours.

The FBI has joined the search for Jada Justice, 3, a missing toddler who vanished from a car Tuesday while her baby sitter went into a convenience store in Gary. The FBI says the girl was apparently abducted.

Hobart K-9 officer William Granzow and his dog "Acky" search a wooded area Wednesday for the missing 3-year-old Jada Justice near 39th Avenue and Missouri Street in Hobart.

Anyone with information about Jada Justice, 3, should call Cmdr. Anthony Titus at 881-1237, Detective Chris Rodriguez at 881-1210 or Detective James Nielsen at 881-1229.
The baby sitter, Angelica Castillo, 18, of 3925 Missouri St., Hobart, is in custody facing charges of neglect of a dependent. She is a cousin to the missing girl's mother, Melissa Swiontek of Portage.

Castillo told Gary police she went to Glen Park Gas at 1401 E. Ridge Road about 9:40 p.m. Tuesday to buy milk, leaving Jada in her car seat with the doors unlocked.

When she returned, Jada wasn't there, Castillo said.

But other customers told police they saw no one around Castillo's 1991 maroon Cadillac Fleetwood while it was parked in the lot.

And police dogs brought into the search found no scent in the immediate area.

Nonetheless, Gary police devoted the next six hours looking for the girl in a wooded area south of the gas station. Cmdr. Jon Cooros and Sgt. Greg Martin flew the city’s helicopter through the top of trees as Gary Fire Department lights illuminated the scene, Cmdr. Anthony Titus said.

"We are leery of the baby sitter's accounting of the facts, but right now that's all we have to work with," Titus said.

Gary police contacted the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, but learned the case involving Jada did not meet the criteria for an AMBER Alert because investigators do not have detailed information on a suspect.

About 3:30 a.m., police called off the search and focused on Castillo. Hobart police obtained a search warrant for her home, where they found bloody crib sheets.
Hobart investigators determined the blood came from a dog in heat, and shifted the investigation back to Gary. Police did find evidence of drug use at the house and members of the FBI-led Gang Response Investigative Team were at the home for a time Wednesday afternoon.

Hobart Chief Rod Gonzalez couldn't say how the blood was tested to convince detectives it wasn't human. "I don't know anything about that," he said. "I'm fairly certain the crime happened in Gary," he added.

All day Wednesday, police recruits attending the Northwest Indiana Law Enforcement Academy traipsed through muddy woods, fighting swarms off mosquitoes and turning over logs and brush in their search of the area between the gas station and Castillo's home.

Gary police also questioned Castillo's boyfriend, who complained he had suffered some serious burns recently.

Police would not comment on the 23-year-old man's condition. He was released Wednesday.

Investigators said the FBI and the U.S. Marshal's Service have joined Gary police in the search.

Swiontek could not be reached by telephone Wednesday evening.

Contact Lori Caldwell at 648-3258 or lcaldwell@post-trib.com. Comment on this story at www.post-trib.com

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1627856,gmissing0618-1.article

AngelFire

June 18th, 2009, 03:31 PM

Yes, I too agree with all the posters. This smells just as the other stories of disapperaing babies. I am so fed up with hearing these types of events. I am going to stay positive, although my brain is telling me otherwise. So sad.

jus shaking my head

June 19th, 2009, 01:53 PM

Gary police also questioned Castillo's boyfriend, who complained he had suffered some serious burns recently.

??? Perhaps they should be searching for a fire pit.

Tazzzz

June 19th, 2009, 02:06 PM

Here is Melissa Swiontek ("Jada Justice", Bio-Moms) , Myspace page, Lots of people going there to leave hopefull messages of support.

http://www.myspace.com/swiontek

Melissa Swiontek
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/111/l_672d56158dff44829f521b77c07f0161.jpg

A LIL ABOUT MYSELF...MY NAME IS MELISSA I'M FRM HMD, BUT BEEN IN PORTAGE FOR A WHILE, I'M A MOTHER N A NURSE, SO IF U NEED SOME HEALIN I GOT U,LOL!! I AM A NEWLY SINGLE WOMAN, N LOVIN IT!!! , I LOVE 2 GET OUT WIT THA GIRLZ N SPEND TIME WIT MY KIDS. I'M ON HERE JUS 2 KINDA PASS TIME N STAY CONNECTED WIT MY PEPS, N MAY B MEET SOME NEW FRIENDS ;) NOT REALLY LOOKN 4 NE THING SERIOUS BUT I'M OPEN 4 WUTEVER MAY COME MY WAY. I HATE DRAMA N AINT UP 4 PLAYN GAMES, BEEN THERE 4 TOOOO LONG!!! SO ONLY MATURE, FUN, EDUCATED, DRAMA FREE PEOPLE NEED APPLY!!!

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Bunch of picts of Jada and family members
http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Jada%20Justice/

I hope you come home soon, safe and sound Jada
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Tazzzz

June 19th, 2009, 02:15 PM

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The baby sitter, Angelica Castillo, 18, of 3925 Missouri St. in Hobart, Ind., is in custody facing charges of neglect of a dependent. She is a cousin to the missing girl's mother, Melissa Swiontek, of Portage.

Hobart investigators determined the blood came from a dog in heat, and shifted the investigation back to Gary. Police did find evidence of drug use at the house and members of the FBI-led Gang Response Investigative Team were at the home for a time Wednesday afternoon.

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/Cops_Doubt_Sitters_Story_On_Toddler

Tazzzz

June 19th, 2009, 02:32 PM

There was some confusion at first about Engelica first name but its been straightened out..Its a Latino thing, her proper name is Engelica , the english version of it is Angelica. But they both sound the same when you speak them.

Angelica Castillo aka Engelica Castillo myspace page

http://www.myspace.com/119348892

2006 photo
http://b7.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/01286/74/87/1286527847_l.jpg

Newer pict from Melissa Swiontek myspace page
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/66/l_273101f5d4c7f1e3a45b2e025dc0f2b0.jpg

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Vine link Info.

Offender ID: 0908053
Offender Name: ENGELICA ELISA CASTILLO
Date of Birth: 09/06/1990
Age: 18
Custody Status: In Custody
Scheduled Release Date:
Location of Offender: Lake County Jail
Race: Hispanic
Gender: Female

FlamingFox

June 19th, 2009, 02:35 PM

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Gas Station

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Mike & Melissa

More pics at Source. (http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Jada%20Justice/?evt=user_upload_approve&sort=ascending)

Silvahalo

June 19th, 2009, 02:50 PM

I think this is "Engelica", the cousin who was babysitting Jada at the time of her disappearance. Tho papers have her name listed as "Angelica" Castillo.
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Jada's little brother Jaylan
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I want to know more about this boyfriend who was with her at the time she was babysitting Jada. Anyone have a name?

Where are you little Jada?
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EDIT: I see you posted her pic Tazzzz... oh, well, I need to get faster in posting!

Tazzzz

June 19th, 2009, 02:59 PM

Near as I can tell from all the peoples Myspace pages, Engelica's boyfriend was named Herman, but that could be an old boyfriend.

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Clarence Justice

Here is a pict of Jada's Bio-Dad Clarence and Elizabeth Justice ( Elizabeth is step Mommy)
http://media1.post-trib.com/multimedia/619justice4.jpg_20090619_09_05_34_1111-281-400.imageContent

Clarence Justice
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Jada%20Justice/033.jpg

Tazzzz

June 19th, 2009, 03:22 PM

Right now there is some confusion about Engelica's arrest and charges. Personally I think the cops jumped the gun a bit with her arrest, I think it was meant to scare her into a confession. The DA refused to press charges on her till they get more evidence as to what happened. I can totally understand the cops reasoning, they are wasting man hours looking for a little girl who is probly buried in the ground some were. All Engelica did is lead them on a wild Goose chase.

There was some talk about things found in her back yard, but it turns out to be stuff buried there for months now, what ever the hell it is.

Castillo was expected to be released from jail Thursday night after Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter rejected charging information presented by Gary police...

Jada's father, Clarence Justice, his wife, Elizabeth, and other members of his family spent Thursday at the gas station on Ridge Road passing out fliers and talking to customers. The family is offering a $5,000 reward for Jada's safe return.

Elizabeth Justice, Jada's stepmother, said the girl spent "every other weekend" at the couple's Hammond home.

"She loves McDonald's. We usually take her to the playground inside. She loves cheeseburgers and chicken nuggets," Justice said. "And she's tough. She sticks up for her little brother."

The FBI and U.S. Marshal Service joined Gary's investigation Wednesday as agents knocked on doors at every building and residence in the Glen Park-Hobart area where Jada was supposedly last seen.

Castillo claimed she went to the store to buy milk and left the girl in her car seat with the doors unlocked. She returned minutes later and Jada was gone.

But witnesses told police they saw no one near the car and tracking dogs didn't identify any scent outside of Castillo's Cadillac.

Castillo was expected to be released from jail Thursday night after Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter rejected charging information presented by Gary police. Police arrested Castillo after she related her story of the toddler's disappearance and hoped to obtain a felony charge of neglect of a dependent.

http://www.post-trib.com/news/1630265,gmissingfolo0619.article

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Shortly after their search began, the family learned someone had found suspicious items in the back yard of Castillo's home at 3925 Missouri St. in Hobart.

Federal agents joined Hobart police who used shovels in their search.

Investigators dug a small area in the easement behind Castillo's home but determined most of the dirt had not been disturbed recently and halted the search there after about an hour. They took some evidence but declined to provide details.

http://www.post-trib.com/news/1630265,gmissingfolo0619.article?plckCurrentPage=1&sid=sitelife.post-trib.com

FlamingFox

June 19th, 2009, 03:34 PM

Authorities dug for evidence Thursday in an alleyway behind the Hobart home of missing 2-year-old Jada Justice's baby sitter.

What they found appeared to have no relation to the child's disappearance, Hobart police Lt. Steve Houck said.

"We don't believe it's related at all," Houck said.

Police detectives and FBI agents armed with shovels spent about an hour Thursday evening behind the home in the 3900 block of Missouri Street, where 18-year-old Engelica Castillo had been baby-sitting Jada, Castillo's cousin.

The search centered on an area in the alley where dirt appeared to have been disturbed, Houck said. The ground underneath turned out to be intact, he said.

Police bagged some items but wouldn't say what they found.

Clarence Justice, Jada's father, said police told him they'd found an old rusted knife that apparently had been in the ground for some time and was unrelated to Jada's disappearance.

Castillo was herself a subject of a missing child scare five years ago.

According to Times articles, in April 2004, Castillo's mother, Rita Rincon, told police she believed her then-13-year-old daughter had run off with a 21-year-old suspected gang member.

About a week after Rincon reported her missing, police found Castillo with the suspected man in Merritt Island, Fla., just south of Cape Canaveral.

At the time, Rincon said her daughter had a history of running away from their then-Hammond home. At the time she was picked up, Castillo also tried to give a false name and had been held in Brevard County, Fla.'s juvenile detention center on a false informing charge, Rincon said in 2004.

Jada's uncle Mike Valdez confirmed Thursday that Castillo had run off during a troubled time in her past. Rincon could not be reached for comment Thursday.

Source (http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2009/06/19/news/top/docd7c31ef7fb2f20f3862575da00128e19.txt)

FlamingFox

June 21st, 2009, 12:12 AM

Silvahalo

June 21st, 2009, 12:25 AM

Hubby told me tonight that Jada's body was found burned in an alley or something like that. He said it was in yeasterday's paper and a friend at work showed it to him. I asked if he actually seen the paper and he said yes, but he didn't read it. I have been searching to see if this is true (I sincerely hope not) but have not found any new updates yet. Some news sites take a day or so to get their news posted online.

I'm seriously hoping that is error in information your hubs got there....

I haven't been on today except for now, this is the only thing I turned up for updated news as of today, Saturday, 6/20.

Search continues for Jada Justice (http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2009/06/20/updates/breaking_news/doc4a3d48b414d6f638777543.txt)
Armed with water bottles and fliers, family members and supporters spent the hot Saturday spreading the word about missing Portage girl Jada Justice.

Nearly 3-year-old Jada has been missing since Tuesday night, when her babysitter and cousin Engelica Castillo said she was taken from a Gary gas station.

"Everybody's just racking their brains," Stephanie Floyd, former stepsister of Jada's mother, Melissa Swiontek, said Saturday.
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White said there no new leads in the case, but that his department continued to work with Gary police and the FBI in the search.

White said his department and the other agencies are expected to meet with Lake County prosecutor Bernard Carter's office Monday to discuss the case.

Makes me feel so anxious and sad. She's been gone since Tuesday....we know the odds on that.

Be found safe and alive little Jada.

FlamingFox

June 21st, 2009, 12:31 AM

Armed with water bottles and fliers, family members and supporters spent the hot Saturday spreading the word about missing Portage girl Jada Justice.

Thanks, Silva. That proves right there it's just a freaking rumor. I hate it when people say shit that's not true, especially about a missing child.

Whisper

June 21st, 2009, 12:41 AM

as of 7 hours ago they are still searching for her,,http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2009/06/20/updates/breaking_news/doc4a3d48b414d6f638777543.txt

Tazzzz

June 21st, 2009, 05:12 AM

Thanks, Silva. That proves right there it's just a freaking rumor. I hate it when people say shit that's not true, especially about a missing child.

I think the confusion was the stuff they dug up in the alley. At first I thought it was her body as well. All the new articles I found said the same thing whisperswing and FF said, they were all at the gas station all day praying for Jada.

Clarence Justice
http://images.townnews.com/nwitimes.com/content/articles/2009/06/21/news/top/docdb1fc6eb6ee23b77862575dc0009c3b2.jpg

For four full days, Jada's family and friends have canvassed the region begging for the little girl's return. Her family was sweaty and exhausted Saturday, but still clinging to hope.

"You have to believe, you have to pray," Jada's mother, Melissa Swiontek, said. "I can't think the worst."

Swiontek said she was overwhelmed by the community's support. The group held its prayer vigil Saturday in the parking lot of the gas station where Jada was reported missing.

"I don't have a bad feeling," Jada's grandmother, Lisa Huerta, said. "I have to be realistic, but I really think she's going to come back."

Huerta said the family has no ill feelings toward Castillo, who was watching Jada when she reportedly disappeared.

http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2009/06/21/news/top/docdb1fc6eb6ee23b77862575dc0009c3b2.txt?

donegaveup

June 21st, 2009, 05:19 AM

I hope Jada's grandmother is right and Jada does come back.

Tazzzz

June 21st, 2009, 05:29 AM

Tim Tkachik.http://images.townnews.com/nwitimes.com/content/articles/2009/06/20/news/top/doc2b1a3b50579bc9db862575db0008f13a1.jpg

Engelica Castillo
http://images.townnews.com/nwitimes.com/content/articles/2009/06/20/news/top/doc2b1a3b50579bc9db862575db0008f13a.jpg

Damn , he got fucked up bad. The cops let Engelica go for now but she and her crispy critter boyfriend are #1 suspects.

Investigators on Friday released photos of Castillo and boyfriend Tim Tkachik. They asked people to contact the FBI if they saw the toddler since Sunday, or if they saw Castillo or Tkachik -- with or without Jada -- Sunday through Tuesday.

Anyone who may have seen Jada Justice since last Sunday, or who may have seen Engelica Castillo or boyfriend Tim Tkachik, with or without Jada between June 14 and June 16, is asked to call (800) CALL-FBI. Castillo drives a 1991 maroon Cadillac Fleetwood, and Tkachik generally drives a 1999 red Chevrolet Tahoe

http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2009/06/21/news/top/docdb1fc6eb6ee23b77862575dc0009c3b2.txt?

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He asked people to call (800) CALL-FBI if they have seen Jada Justice since Sunday or if they have seen Castillo or her boyfriend, Tim Tkachik, with or without the toddler Sunday through Tuesday.

Castillo drives a 1991 maroon Cadillac Fleetwood, and Tkachik generally drives a 1999 red Chevrolet Tahoe. "All sightings are extremely important to this investigation," White said in his statement.

Castillo had been held by the Gary Police Department as a person of interest but was released Thursday and not charged, Gary police Cmdr. Anthony Titus said. Titus, who joined White at the news conference, said police remain skeptical about details surrounding Jada's disappearance.

"At this point, it's still where it was Tuesday night," Titus said. Police are not currently pursuing charges against Castillo, Titus said, but he did not rule out the possibility.

He said police have not ruled out any leads or potential suspects or interested parties. "Everybody's a suspect until we can say they're not," Titus said.

He said blood found at Castillo's home in Hobart is still included as possible evidence to investigate. "I don't think anything has been nipped in the bud," Titus said.
http://www.nwi.com/articles/2009/06/20/news/top/doc2b1a3b50579bc9db862575db0008f13a.txt

Whisper

June 21st, 2009, 01:55 PM

I dont fucking get it,the little girl was wanted and loved by her mom from the looks of it.What reason was there for these 2 to harm her?If they were tired of babysitting call mom or grandma and come and get her!!UNLESSThe boyfriend molested her or the babysitter or both??Did she get cranky and in return they got cranky and rough and go over the edge of no return>??Id really like to reserve my judgement but Im having a hardtime anymore especially after Tori and Nevaehs stories so recent

Whisper

June 21st, 2009, 03:39 PM

this is dated as todays early edition of the paper June 21, 2009 Sunday
Early Edition
Missing girl's cousin is released in Gary

An 18-year-old cousin of a toddler reported missing Tuesday who had been held on possible child neglect charges was released Friday by Gary police without being charged.

Angelica Castillo had been in custody for 48 hours and questioned in connection with the disappearance of Jada Justice, 2. Officials close to the investigation said Castillo refused to take a polygraph test.
The investigation into Jada's disappearance continued, police said.

They issued a statement late Friday asking the public to report any sightings of Jada between Sunday and Tuesday.

Castillo told police that Jada disappeared at about 9:40 p.m. Tuesday when she left the toddler alone in a car to get milk at the Glen Park Gas Station in Gary.

Jada is described as 2 foot 2, 35 pounds, black hair, brown eyes and light brown complexion. She was last seen wearing an orange skirt, white tank top with orange and green stripes and white sandals. Jada will be 3 in August.

Anyone with information should call 1-800-CALL-FBI.
http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=574&topicId=100020825&docId=l:993189962&start=1
June 21, 2009

Tazzzz

June 21st, 2009, 04:06 PM

Near as I can piece together the days events. The mom (Melissa) had gone out of town that weekend with the boyfriend and wasn't going to be back till the middle of the week. I didn't see anything about why the dad (Clarence) didn't take her.

Tim was in the hospital for some reason after he Flambéed his ass. He got out of the Hospital the same day as Jada's disappearance. From looking at his photo he had to have been high as a kite on meds or was in a lot of pain from the burns. Heck even the meds wouldn't have helped 100% with that. I highly dought he was in any mood to deal with kids.

The cops found a blanket with menstrual dogs blood on it, so there was a dog there as well in "HEAT". I am going to go out on a limb and guess its a Pit Bull, nothing personal about it just a logical guess.

Because of the amount of days gone by and the obvious lies told by both Engelica & Tim, I am assuming Jada was killed accidentally or from abuse of some kind. I don't see any possibility she was taken or kidnapped, there was only a 90 second window of opportunity to take her and Engelica drove by quite a few other store to get to that one. It just doesn't add up.

I feel pretty sorry for both the mom and the dad, Hoping and praying for her return. I am sure Melissa will spend the rest of her life regretting ever going away for a few days. Thats a hard thing to live with , but nobody's fault. A parents entitled to a little her time, especially a hard working one.

Whisper

June 21st, 2009, 05:40 PM

I agree with you Tazzz on the Pit Bull ONLY(before anyone jumps me)a married couple in Detroit here last month had their pit bull 5 yrs and they tried for 17 YEARS TO GET PREGNANT and they were playing with the baby boy he was 11 months old and the pit bull grabbed the babys head and the dad shot him 5 times to get him off the baby.But the baby died!!And Im not saying only pits b/c I have a rescue and we arent allowed to have pit bulls in the city or counties anymore.So at first we were swarmed with people dumping them,I was lucky I found a rescue for pits only in London (150 miles away) but some rescues began re naming them weird mixed breed names lol.I am not saying pits are worse then the rest everyones entitled to their own opinion.Before all the controversy with pits we had one when my son was 4.His name is Casey and we got so sick of everyone asking him where Finnigan was,so he got a puppy named it Finnigan(Mr.Dress.Up)And we gave him a bath one day and were going shopping and Heaven was 5 let him out the back door and we didnt know.So whenever anyone asked Casey where Finnigan was after that he would say "hes dead my dad killed him with the car"!!I just went back and re read the story of the baby in Detroit it was a Pit Mix heres the link if anyone wants to read it ,but its completely possible the dog attacked,,,http://www.detnews.com/article/20090423/METRO03/904230375/1409/METRO/+Miracle++baby+dies+after+mauling+by+family+s+pit+ bull

Whisper

June 21st, 2009, 08:20 PM

Whisper

June 22nd, 2009, 01:46 AM

Missing toddler from Portage, Ind., still a mystery
Tribune staff report
June 22, 2009

Police and FBI agents in Indiana plan to meet with the Lake County prosecutors on Monday to review the case of a missing 2-year-old Portage girl.

Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter said his office would sit down with police representatives from Gary, Hobart and Portage, as well as the FBI, to decide how to proceed in the case of Jada Justice, who disappeared Tuesday outside a Gary convenience store.

"We want to talk about the case in its entirety," Carter said. "We would like to find the child. Once we know the status of the child, that will help us decide how to proceed with the case."

Jada's 18-year-old cousin and baby-sitter, Angelica Castillo, told police she left the girl in the car while running into a Gary convenience store to grab a gallon of milk Tuesday night. When she returned to the car, Jada was gone, Castillo said.

Police presented Carter's office with a request for a charge of neglect of a child this week against somebody connected with the disappearance, but the prosecutor declined to approve the charge.http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-missing-girl-22-jun22,0,6465205.story

Tazzzz

June 22nd, 2009, 04:25 AM

John Walsh, picked up the story about Jada Justice on his web site "America's Most wanted" . They are suppose to be running a segment on her in the next few weeks.

http://www.amw.com/missing_children/brief.cfm?id=66317
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Here is some background on Tim, He came from a very abuse home, his mom finally got up the courage, after years of abuse, to leave her husband. When she went back with her sister to get some stuff, Daddy dearest killed them both, then blew his brains out. That was back in 2003, six years ago.

An Otis man apparently shot his wife and sister-in-law to death in a domestic dispute Tuesday and then turned the gun on himself.

According to a statement released this morning by the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Police, a preliminary investigation appears to indicate that Barry L. Tkachik, 41, of 10833 W. Division Road, used a shotgun to kill his wife, Michelle Tkachik, 39, of the same address, and his wife’s sister, Jean M. Dakin, 38, of 3640 Ash St. in Portage.

Two deputies were initially dispatched to the Tkachik residence at 1:20 p.m., when the LaPorte County E-911 Center received a “panicked call” from a male subject asking police to check on the welfare of individuals at that location following a report of gunshots there. At 1:35 p.m. the deputies arrived at the scene and discovered the bodies of Michelle Tkachik and Jean Dakin, one in a Chrysler mini-van parked in the driveway and the other on the ground outside the vehicle. Police said they appeared to have suffered fatal gunshot wounds.

At 1:48 p.m. EMS personnel arrived at the scene and were unable to find vital signs in either victim. Meanwhile, the deputies established a security perimeter around the residence and attempted unsuccessfully to contact anyone inside the home by loudspeaker. LaPorte County and Indiana State Police emergency response teams were subsequently mobilized and at 4:45 p.m. ERT members entered the home and after a brief search found Barry Tkachik’s body in an upstairs bedroom.

Police said that Barry Tkachik appears to have committed suicide by a self-inflicted shotgun blast.

“Although the exact sequence of events is still under investigation, it appears some type of domestic disturbance culminated” in the double-murder and suicide, police said.

The investigation of the incident is continuing, police said. Posted 2/19/2003

http://chestertontribune.com/PoliceFireEmergency/double_murder_and_suicide_report.htm

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Barry Lane Tkachik dies at 42

Barry Lane Tkachik, 42, of Otis, died Tuesday, February 18, 2003 at his residence. He was born January 9, 1961 in Morris, Illinois, the son of Ronald Tkachik, who survives in Valparaiso and Jacqueline Conger (Shearon), who survives in Clearwater, Fla.

He was married to Michele Hill, who is deceased. He is survived by Nicholas and Timothy Tkachik, both of Otis; a brother, Mark (Joyce) Tkachik and a sister, Traci (John) Rader both of Plainfield, Ill.

He was a lifelong resident and employed as a laborer with Local #81. Cremation will be at Heritage Crematory, Portage. Visitation is scheduled from 4-8 p.m. Friday at Edmonds and Evans Funeral Home Portage Chapel, 6941 Central Ave., Portage.

http://chestertontribune.com/Obituaries%202003/barry_lane_tkachik_dies_at_42.htm

Jada Justice
http://media2.myfoxchicago.com//photo/2009/06/20/Jada_Justice_20090620170829_320_240.JPG

Whisper

June 22nd, 2009, 05:31 PM

Nearly 100 Tips on Missing Portage, Ind. Girl2-Year-Old Girl Missing Since Tuesday4:03 PM EDT, June 22, 2009
FBI officials say they've received nearly a hundred calls on a tip line established to help find a missing 2-year-old Portage, Ind. girl.

The FBI set up the hotline on June 16 after they became involved with the case of Jada Justice, who disappeared that day when a baby-sitter left her in a car outside a Gary convenience store.

FBI Special Agent Wendy Osborne said dozens of investigators are reviewing the 89 tips placed on a FBI hot line devoted to the case. She called the case, "an ongoing investigation that has been operating around the clock.''

On Monday FBI officials met with Lake County Prosecutor Bernard A. Carter, who led a meeting with police from Portage, Gary, Hobart and Indiana State Police, along with the U.S. Attorney's office, officials said.

Jada's 18-year-old cousin and babysitter, Angelica Castillo, told police she left the girl in the car while running into a convenience store to grab a gallon of milk. When she returned to the car, Castillo said, Jada was gone.

Some family members and police officials have expressed skepticism with Castillo's account. Castillo was questioned by Gary police but was released Friday afternoon.

Police presented Carter's office with a request for a charge of neglect of a child this week against somebody connected with the disappearance, but the prosecutor declined to approve the charge.

"We weren't interested in that," Carter said. He declined to say who the requested charge was against.

Saturday morning, detectives in Hobart canvassed the neighborhood around Castillo's home, police said.

(The Chicago Tribune contributed to this report)

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/topic/wgnam-missing-girl-062209,0,2623681.story theres a video also at the link

Tazzzz

June 22nd, 2009, 06:24 PM

I keep finding conflicting storys about Tims burns, so I am not sure about them at this time. Some people are saying there fresh burns that he self treated and self medicated. Originally it was reported the burns were about something not related to the case.

I am not sure at this time when was the last time some one saw or talked to Jada, well some one besides Tim and Engelica. I guess at a minimum it could have been 24 to 48 hours before the Tuesday disappearance. Thats allot of cover your ass time.

I do know they called off the search on Sunday and are having a big Pow Wow today with everyone all together so they can all be on the same page as far as the info goes. I am pretty sure there not going to find Jada's body anywere near that mini mart. It was just a decoy.

They issued a statement late Friday asking the public to report any sightings of Jada between Sunday and Tuesday

Officials close to the investigation said Castillo refused to take a polygraph test.

Other concerns involve fresh burns on the boyfriend’s arms and face for which he has not given a reasonable explanation. The boyfriend and babysitter are still being questioned by Gary, Indiana police.

According to the child’s mother, the babysitter is her cousin and her daughter has been staying with the cousin for about eight days. She says the last time she spoke to her daughter it was either Thursday or Friday.

Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter said his office would sit down with police representatives from Gary, Hobart and Portage, as well as the FBI, to decide how to proceed in the case of Jada Justice, who disappeared Tuesday outside a Gary convenience store.

"We want to talk about the case in its entirety," Carter said. "We would like to find the child. Once we know the status of the child, that will help us decide how to proceed with the case

Whisper

June 22nd, 2009, 06:38 PM

Rockin Ma

June 22nd, 2009, 06:44 PM

Wheres Eqqusearch?

They should come join the search.

Whisper

June 22nd, 2009, 07:24 PM

Wheres Eqqusearch?

They should come join the search.
I agree but I can only imagine how many tearful parents or relatives call them for help.To bad there wasnt funds to expand that company so its not all on one poor man that probrably relives his daughters murder each case he does.I dont mean he regrets the cases he gets,I mean he must think of her(Laura) each time he speaks to a parent and knows what they are facing and feeling.

penelopejo

June 22nd, 2009, 07:26 PM

The caylee search took all their money

Although, I do have to ask, where was mom? Why was she with cousin for so long?

Rockin Ma

June 22nd, 2009, 07:27 PM

They have other places, I just don't know where. I know they have a trained team in FL now.

Rockin Ma

June 22nd, 2009, 07:28 PM

The caylee search took all their money

Although, I do have to ask, where was mom? Why was she with cousin for so long?

I believe she and her boyfriend took off somewhere on a planned trip.

Tazzzz

June 22nd, 2009, 07:58 PM

You know what Im wondering about and this is just guessing on my part.He was burned but obviously not in the apt they shared.I know from reading and watching diff shows they tend to cook meth out in the open in tent camps kinda thing so the smell isnt noticed as much.Drugs were found but Im not sure what kind of drugs.Do you think he couldve been burnt making meth,b/c I know alot are burnt from the chemicals being mixed and heated??Maybe the baby was near and was also burned and they panicked?Im not defending at all Im just thinking out loud??

It didn't cross my mind, that his burns could have been from a meth fire. I do know he was wearing a back wards baseball like cap and squinting when the fire went off in his face. you can tell that from the burn patterns on his face. That kind of made me think, he was trying to lite a fire that had a bit more flame than he expected. I thought maybe he was trying to burn up her body and used to much accelerate.

Whisper

June 22nd, 2009, 09:34 PM

It didn't cross my mind, that his burns could have been from a meth fire. I do know he was wearing a back wards baseball like cap and squinting when the fire went off in his face. you can tell that from the burn patterns on his face. That kind of made me think, he was trying to lite a fire that had a bit more flame than he expected. I thought maybe he was trying to burn up her body and used to much accelerate.

Police did find evidence of drug use at the house and members of the FBI-led Gang Response Investigative Team were at the home for a time Wednesday afternoon.
The gang Response Team made me think of the meth b/c alot use that as income but not all meth cookers are in gangs
Gary police also questioned Castillo's boyfriend, who complained he had suffered some serious burns recently.

Police would not comment on the 23-year-old man's condition. He was released Wednesday.So shes gone Tuesday night and hes released Wed from hospital??Cant find anything saying when he was burnt,ill keep looking at work tonight

Whisper

June 23rd, 2009, 01:04 AM

if you google"chemical burns from cooking meth" his burns are consistent with either chemical burn,flash burn from mixed corrosive chemicals etc,but thats just a guess about he got his.

Whisper

June 23rd, 2009, 01:51 PM

Where's Jada? Missing Black Child Ignored by Major Media
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 3:02 pm
Two-year-old Jada Justice of Portage, Indiana has been missing now for a week. But you wouldn’t know it from watching national television news shows.

The child, a black toddler, was last seen last Tuesday when her cousin said she left the child alone in a car at a Gary, Indiana, convenience store while she went inside.

Justice is now listed on the Web site for the Center for Missing and Exploited Children and on the "America’s Most Wanted" Web site. Television stations, radio stations and newspapers around Gary and Chicago have followed the story and shown photos of Justice with numbers to call to alert authorities if she is spotted.

But unlike the recent cases of Kaylee Anthony of Orange County, Florida and Haleigh Cummings of Satsuma, Florida, the search for Jada has not received the same kind of national attention.

“Unfortunately, in cases like this, it’s not until someone writes about the fact that there is no national attention that they start doing stories,” said Eric Deggans, media and television critic at the St. Petersburg Times.

Gary, Indiana is technically part of the Chicago media market, which is actually larger than the markets where others have lived whose cases of either abduction or exploitation were featured prominently on national television, Deggans said. Major networks often pick up stories from their affiliates in those markets and develop national stories.

“If there were reporters who cared about this, they could be all over it,” Deggans told BlackAmericaWeb.com.

Yanick Rice Lamb, associate professor at Howard University and editorial director for Heart & Soul magazine, said missing children cases are something that people care about, regardless of color.

“People are concerned about their children and their children’s safety. This is something people can relate to,” Lamb told BlackAmericaWeb.com.

There are a couple of factors that can go into a decision on whether or not to give a story national news coverage, she said.

“Who are the decision makers? How great is the public outcry? The squeaky wheel gets the grease,” she said.

Also, more than 40 years after the Kerner Commission Report pointed to the impact of a lack of newsroom diversity on coverage in urban communities, there still are issues in our nation’s newsrooms, Lamb said.

While the case has not received lots of national attention, Gary Police Commander Anthony Titus said he is getting strong support from local and federal law enforcement agencies.

Representatives from the FBI, U.S. attorney’s office and local district attorney’s office met Monday to discuss the search and investigation, Titus said Monday evening.

“We have some work going on tonight, and if they don’t turn up anything, we’ll be back out in the morning,” Titus told BlackAmericaWeb.com.

“Our goal is to get Jada back home and to see if there is anything criminal involved in her disappearance,” he said.

Angelica Castillo, 18, told police Jada was missing when she returned to the car after buying a gallon of milk.

Family members said they are suspicious about the way Castillo told authorities the child went missing.

Melissa Swiontek, Justice's mother, said, "I don't know. I don't know what to feel. I don't know. I feel there are so many speculations, there's so many things. I feel like I'm going to find her. I mean, I do feel like she can't be gone ... like this is not even happening."

Titus said the search for Jada has been ongoing. “Anytime we’re out, we’ve got helicopters. We’ve got bodies on the ground,” he said.

Interviews and pictures have been posted on YouTube.com, and the Center for Missing and Exploited Children has developed fliers that family members and friends have been distributing in the Gary area.

“All I ..... http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/10384 And Page 2 Is At>>>>>>> http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/10384/2

Whisper

June 23rd, 2009, 02:16 PM

$10,000 Reward Offered in Search for Jada

The search continues for a toddler missing in Northwest Indiana, and the reward for information leading to her return is up to $10,000.

Jada Justice, 2, has been missing for seven days, but her family and friends has not given up hope of finding her safe, the Times of Northwest Indiana reports Tuesday.

Jada has been missing since June 16, when her baby sitter -- and cousin -- Engelica Castillo said Jada was taken from a car at the Glen Park Gas station in Gary, the paper says.
On Monday, volunteers went door-to-door handing out flyers and asking residents to keep their eyes and ears open for anything that might lead to the little girl.

"It's a beautiful thing," Jada's father, Clarence Justice, said of the volunteer effort. He said the support the family has received has touched him.

The NWI Times reports:

(Clarence) Justice said he plans to come back to the Gary gas station every day to continue to inform people about his missing child.

"I'll keep doing that until Jada comes back," he said

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31504618/ updated 1:48 p.m. ET, Tues., June 23, 2009

Silvahalo

June 23rd, 2009, 02:28 PM

It's been a fuckn' week now. Come on, give it up, just tell us where Jada is!! I'm sick to death of this stupid game. Give her at least that much, that the truth be known....that we know exactly where she is.

(Clarence) Justice said he plans to come back to the Gary gas station every day to continue to inform people about his missing child.

"I'll keep doing that until Jada comes back," he said Sadly, I do not believe little Jada is ever coming back. Mr. Justice, whatever you need to get through the days, I do not envy your anguished existence right now. I hope I am entirely wrong, and this will be one of those miraculous moments and you once again have your baby in your arms again.

Where are you Jada?

Rockin Ma

June 23rd, 2009, 08:49 PM

Rockin Ma

June 23rd, 2009, 08:50 PM

Right after I typed that they started talking about it. She claims she parked on the side because another car was in the front.

Whisper

June 23rd, 2009, 09:57 PM

I didnt only b/c when my cousin Janie and I were 3 or 4 we were in my grandads car and he didnt know we had climbed into it.Hes looking all over and we shifted the gear,car rolled down the driveway and hit a front porch across the street!!But I remember ladies in my town going to grocery store and leaving sleeping babies outside in buggys!!And I remember I was stunned,small tiny town or not,it was also a tourist town so many strangers passing through all the time.

Whisper

June 24th, 2009, 02:27 AM

Police: Baby sitter appeared high during 1st interviewJune 24, 2009

Jada Justice's 18-year-old baby sitter appeared to be under the influence of some sort of substance the night she reported the 2-year-old girl missing, Gary police Cmdr. Anthony Titus said Tuesday.

"We know there was something she was intoxicated with," Titus said, without going into further detail. "I can't say it was cocaine, but there was something. ... It was obvious."

But police will never know for sure because they never tested the baby sitter, Engelica Castillo, Titus said.

He said police feared any tests would have meant stopping the interview, strapping handcuffs on the girl and getting her to consent to be tested. And that could have meant a lack of cooperation in trying to find the toddler, who remained missing Tuesday, one week after the initial report.

Castillo couldn't be reached for comment following multiple attempts Tuesday.

"Our concern was with finding the missing child," Titus said of why police failed to test her for the use of any substances.

Castillo, who initially was held by Gary police as a person of interest, later was released without being charged.

Titus said Castillo also has been interviewed by Hobart police and the FBI.

Castillo, who had been baby-sitting the Portage toddler in Hobart, reported Jada missing on the night of June 16.

She told Gary police she had driven from her Hobart home to the Glen Park Gas station, at the intersection of Louisiana and Ridge Road in Gary, to buy some milk and cigarettes.

Jada, who was left inside the car, was missing when Castillo came out of the grocery store after making her purchases, she reported to police.

Titus said Gary police have sent via computer a nationwide notice of Jada's disappearance to other police agencies.

He said a meeting Monday among local police, Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter, the FBI and the U.S. attorney's office went well but he would not elaborate further.

"We wanted to make sure everybody is on board with the communication. ... We want to make sure that everyone who needs to be involved is involved," Titus said.

Investigators, who on Friday sought information from the public, did receive quite a few leads, he said.

"We're still following any leads, and we're still doing searches," Titus said.

Police are asking anyone who has information about the case to call (800) CALL-FBI. http://www.nwi.com/articles/2009/06/24/news/top/doc0c8f5880d6e7bcc7862575de00829045.txt

donegaveup

June 24th, 2009, 04:32 AM

That's interesting about the babysitter being under the influence. It's also a bit chilling as it gives this all a different slant. The way these bits of info trickle out is maddening to me. It seems like this has already been going on for a month and it's just at a week.

The mother hasn't said anything publicly yet has she? Not that I am faulting her if she has or hasn't, I'm just wondering about her. I'm just thinking she may be way too upset to talk and is stressed out to the max by all of this.

Whispers....you naughty thing teasing your grandpa like that!! Used to be pretty common for babies to be left outside the stores in their strollers. There is a thread about that very thing and the young boy who was abducted while waiting outside the store with his baby sister while his mom grabbed a couple of things. It has been 50 years I believe since he went missing. Scary.

Whisper

June 24th, 2009, 11:12 PM

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Lakeesha Alert: 2-Year Old Jada Justice is Missing

The Amber Alert system isn't working for our nubian toddler, Jada Justice. It is time to see if the Lakeesha Alert system can make a difference.

The search for a missing northwestern Indiana toddler has entered its second week as the FBI and police continue to investigate her disappearance.

Authorities say 2-year-old Jada Justice of Portage was apparently abducted from a car June 16 while her 18-year-old cousin who was baby sitting her went into a convenience store in Gary. The cousin was briefly held as a person of interest but has since been released.

Melissa Swiontek, Justice's mother, said, "I don't know. I don't know what to feel. I don't know. I feel there are so many speculations, there's so many things. I feel like I'm going to find her. I mean, I do feel like she can't be gone ... like this is not even happening."Clothes worn at time of abduction: Jada was wearing an orange skirt, a white tank top with orange and green stripes, white sandals and purple underwear.

Circumstances: She was last seen on June 16, 2009. Jada may be with an adult companion. She was last seen wearing an orange skirt and a striped shirt.

Gary police are searching for a young girl who disappeared when a cousin who was taking care of her left the toddler alone in a car to get milk at a gas station.

Jada Justice, who turns three in August disappeared from the car at a gas station near the intersection of East Ridge Road and Louisiana Street in Gary about 9:30 p.m.

Jada was in the back seat of the car when her cousin stopped at the gas station about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 16. When the cousin returned to the car, Jada's car seat was still there, but Jada was missing.

Jada had been staying with her cousin temporarily, but was due to return to her mother on Saturday. No family member is involved in a custody dispute with the mother over Jada, and there's no reason to believe a family member may have taken her.

Anyone with information is asked to call 1-800-CALL-FBI, or Gary police Cmdr. Anthony Titus at (219) 881-1237, (219) 881-1229, (219) 881-1209 or (219) 881-1210.http://www.edpadgett.com/blog/2009/06/lakeesha-alert-2-year-old-jada-justice.html

Whisper

June 24th, 2009, 11:25 PM

Search for Jada 'hopeful'
* Team of local officers, FBI agents sifting through tips on missing 2-year-old.June 24, 2009

By Andy Grimm, Post-Tribune staff writer

The search for Jada Justice enters its second week today, as a joint team of local police and FBI agents continued following leads in the disappearance of the 2-year-old.

Justice was reported missing June 16 by 18-year-old cousin Eugelica Castillo, who told police she left the toddler in her car while she went to buy a gallon of milk from a gas station on Ridge Road in Gary. When she returned, the girl was gone.

A team of two dozen police from Hobart and Gary, and FBI agents are working around the clock, exploring tips flowing into a special FBI toll-free number, and this after a six-hour search that involved police dogs, helicopters and sent more than 100 police officers scouring through the wooded, one-mile area between the gas station and Castillo's home in Hobart.

"In all my years in police work, I have never seen these kinds of resources dedicated to anything like (the search) for Jada," said Hobart Deputy Chief Jeff White, who said investigators now need more information from the public to close out the investigation.

"Statistically, a lot of time passing is not good for the victim," White said. "But we are hopeful and our goal remains to return Jada to her family."

Tuesday night, Justice's father, Clarence Justice of Hammond, was to appear on the CNN show "Nancy Grace" to discuss the case.

Gary police said last week they were "leery" of Castillo's account. Castillo had been watching Justice since June 8 while Jada's mother, 27-year-old Melissa Swiontek, was on a trip. White said investigators have been frustrated with a lack of cooperation from Castillo and her live-in boyfriend, 24-year-old Timothy Tkachik.

White declined to comment on specifics Tuesday, saying only: "If I was responsible for someone else's child and she had disappeared while in my custody, I would have done everything and anything to help find them.

"Let's just say that has not been the case."
Police last week circulated photographs of Jada, Castillo and Tkachik. Tkachik's photograph appears to show multiple burns on his face, though police have not said how Tkachik explained his injuries.

Police had canvassed the neighborhood between Castillo and Tkachik's home and the gas station twice by Tuesday, and FBI agents had interviewed registered offenders living in the vicinity.

Last week, investigators searched Castillo's home, where they discovered bloodied sheets and dug up an area in the back yard. The blood was determined to have come from a female dog in heat, and police stopped digging after determining the soil didn't appear to have been disturbed prior to their search.

White said anyone with information about the whereabouts and movements of any of the three, or the 1991 maroon Cadillac Castillo was driving on June 16 or the days before and after Jada's disappearance can help investigators.

"There is no doubt in my mind someone out there knows where Jada is," White said. "Their conscience, their religion, whatever, needs to come through and have them call us."

Anyone with information can contact investigators on the FBI tip line at (800) 225-5324.http://www.post-trib.com/news/1636313,jadafolo.article

totallytoddler

June 24th, 2009, 11:38 PM

I will admit, I left my kids in the car lots of times to get a pack of cigarettes. I don't know where she was parked but I'm curious because everytime I ever did that I parked right in front of the doors even though it was a no parking area.

I heard today...she parked on the side of the gas station....and it was very dark...no lights on that side...which investigators found suspicious....why would she not park right in front...if she was telling the truth?

It was on HLN...that I heard this...dont know if anyone has mentioned or linked...sorry if this has already been posted.

totallytoddler

June 24th, 2009, 11:44 PM

The baby sitter, identified as Engelica Castillo, told authorities that when she came out, Jada -- who had been in the back seat of the car and in a car seat -- was gone.
Asked by HLN's Nancy Grace if she questioned why Castillo left Jada in the unlocked car -- which was parked to the side of the gas station, not in front -- Jada's mother, Melissa Swiontek, said Tuesday, "I've asked her, and she just keeps telling me 'I don't know, I don't know. I was just running in real quick.' "
Prosecutors met Monday with authorities to review the case, but are waiting to see how the case plays out before taking action, said Diane Poulton, spokeswoman for the Lake County prosecutor's office.
"Nothing's been rejected," she said. "Nothing's been filed."

This is just from a sight called "In Session"...kinda like this one. This is quoting from CNN though.

http://boards.insessiontrials.com/showthread.php?p=13221983

Unamused Cat

June 25th, 2009, 12:39 AM

I find it odd that the mother has only spoken to her babysitting cousin/suspect only once, by phone, and that was when she was being shielded by her lawyer. I would be at her house pounding on the door.

Silvahalo

June 25th, 2009, 12:47 AM

White declined to comment on specifics Tuesday, saying only: "If I was responsible for someone else's child and she had disappeared while in my custody, I would have done everything and anything to help find them.

"Let's just say that has not been the case."

That says it all for me. The bitch and boyfriend know and they are not talking only to suffer everyone who cares about Jada.

It sickens me more than I could ever express. I hope that mother finds the nerve to walk up to this woman and demand she tell her. Demand it woman, this is your baby girl!.....fuck sake....

Whisper

June 25th, 2009, 02:23 PM

Heres a video off on CNN/CRIME discussing the babysitter being high when questioned. But what I want to know is where the hell were these cops trained??You have a missing baby,a man with full facial burns,a sham of a story that makes no sense,a high babysitter in your interrogation room and you dont do a drug test b/c she might cut the interview short???Cmon Im really getting sick of these Barmey Fyfe cops everywhere lately http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2009/06/25/ng.sitter.high.cnn

Whisper

June 25th, 2009, 02:35 PM

Indiana girl, 2, missing more than a week)June 25 2009 --
The mother of a missing 2-year-old Indiana girl said police are working "around the clock" to find her daughter, who was apparently taken from a parked car while her baby sitter was in a convenience store.

Jada Justice was last seen about 9:40 p.m. on June 16 when her cousin stopped at a convenience store.

Jada Justice was last seen about 9:40 p.m. on June 16, when her 18-year-old babysitter and cousin stopped at a Gary, Indiana, convenience store to buy milk and cigarettes.

The baby sitter, identified as Engelica Castillo, told authorities that when she came out, Jada -- who had been in the back seat of the car and in a car seat -- was gone.

Asked by HLN's Nancy Grace if she questioned why Castillo left Jada in the unlocked car -- which was parked to the side of the gas station, not in front -- Jada's mother, Melissa Swiontek, said Tuesday, "I've asked her, and she just keeps telling me 'I don't know, I don't know. I was just running in real quick.'
Prosecutors met Monday with authorities to review the case, but are waiting to see how the case plays out before taking action, said Diane Poulton, spokeswoman for the Lake County prosecutor's office.

"Nothing's been rejected," she said. "Nothing's been filed."

Swiontek told Grace she had spoken with the attendant at the gas station, who confirmed Castillo was there, and said her demeanor was normal until she left and then returned "hysterical."

Authorities have received more than 100 tips, and leads are being followed, Wendy Osborn, spokeswoman for the FBI's Indianapolis, Indiana, office, said on Wednesday.

Swiontek said Tuesday she and Jada's father had taken polygraph tests in the case. The two get along well, she said, and Jada's father has regular visitation with her.

Castillo had not taken a polygraph test as of Tuesday, Swiontek said. Asked whether authorities had requested that Castillo take a polygraph, Swiontek said, "They couldn't tell me for sure they asked, but I'm assuming if they asked me and him, they asked her."

Swiontek said Jada had never opened a car door and Swiontek said she didn't believe Jada could have opened the door of Castillo's car, which Grace reported was a 1991 Cadillac.

Jada is described as an African-American child about 2 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 35 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and a light brown complexion. At the time of her disappearance, she was wearing an orange skirt, a white tank top with orange and green stripes, white sandals and purple underwear, the FBI said.

To offer assistance in the case, call 1-800-CALL-FBI (225-5324http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/24/missing.indiana.girl/index.html

runecire

June 25th, 2009, 02:42 PM

Pete Bondurant

June 25th, 2009, 02:45 PM

Nobody kidnaps black people, so...you know...the baby-sitter probably just concocted this story to cover-up a misdeed of some sort.

biteme

June 25th, 2009, 02:49 PM

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say the babysitter knows what happened to the child. The child will not be found alive because something tragic happened to her while in this girls care, and the BS is trying to cover it up.

I have to agree, babysitter knows

Whisper

June 25th, 2009, 08:11 PM

Babysitter/cousin has known from day 1 whether its something she witnessed or is protecting that flaming retard she calls her boyfriend.Either way if I were Jadas mother they would peeling me off of them until they came clean.When Laci Peterson was still missing her mother had to keep her eyes on her hubby 24/7 b/c he and his brothers wanted to tie Scott Peterson up by his hands hanging and very slowly cut a strip of flesh off every so often until he confessed and I would love to see that.I bet that baby or her body would turn up fast!And Im sorry to say I have a feeling its going to be a body,look at the numbers,Elizabeth Smart -1,Danielle Van Damm,Caylee Anthony,Nevaeh Buchanan,Samantha Runnion,etc,etc-0

Rockin Ma

June 25th, 2009, 08:20 PM

HOBART, Ind. (AP) - A prosecutor says a body found in rural northern Indiana is believed to be that of a 2-year-old Portage girl who vanished more than a week ago.

Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter said he's quite certain that the body found Thursday afternoon in rural LaPorte County near the town of Otis, Ind., is that of Jada Justice.

But he said a formal identification still needs to be done. An autopsy is scheduled to be performed Friday on the body.

Justice was apparently abducted from a car June 16 while her 18-year-old cousin who was baby sitting her went into a convenience store in Gary.

Carter said two people are in custody in connection with the toddler's June 16 disappearance.

He said that charges are expected to filed Friday in the case.

http://www.wxix.com/Global/story.asp?S=10598215

Rockin Ma

June 25th, 2009, 08:24 PM

Investigators believe they have found the slain body of missing 2-year-old Jada Justice in rural LaPorte County and have taken two suspects into custody, Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter said Thursday.

"We have reason to believe that we have recovered the body of Jada Justice but we do not know from forensic standpoint," Carter said. "We feel very comfortable that we do, in fact, have Jada Justice."

Carter said two people are in custody in relation to the murder investigation into the toddler's June 16 disappearance. He would not confirm the identities of those in custody, saying it was still an active investigation.

However, other sources with knowledge of the investigation said Thursday that the baby sitter Engelica Castillo and her boyfriend Tim Tkachik were arrested at a rural Porter County residence near Valparaiso Wednesday night in connection with the case.

Carter said charges are expected to filed in the case Friday.

LaPorte County Coroner John Sullivan told The Times Thursday that he was aware police were searching an area near U.S. 421 in rural LaPorte County in connection with the Jada Justice case, but he said he could not comment on the matter as it was not his agency's case.

As of 4:30 p.m. Thursday, police and FBI agents had closed off Snyder Road, just north of the toll road and one-half mile west of U.S. 421 near Otis, Ind.

Sullivan said the recovery is a LaPorte County case, but an autopsy on the remains will be performed Friday in Lake County.

Authorities believe Tkachik burned his face when he tried to burn Jada's dead body, a source close to the investigation said. Mug shots released by authorities clearly show blistered and burn-damaged skin on Tkachik's face.
The source said Jada did not die of those burns, and authorities believe Jada may have died two weeks ago Saturday -- several days before Castillo reported the toddler's disappearance.
Interviewed near the rural Porter County residence where Castillo and Tkachik were reportedly arrested, Jamie Napier, of Portage, said her estranged boyfriend, Castillo and Tkachik along with three others were arrested during a police raid of the house. She said she was told by FBI agents Thursday that she could come to the house, where her estranged boyfriend lives, and collect belongings for her sons, ages 5 and 7. Napier said she shares custody of her children with the estranged boyfriend.

Napier said she first learned of the raid at the cottage when a neighbor called her Wednesday evening. She said she then drove to the house and saw her estranged boyfriend, Castillo and Tkachik being arrested.

Investigators had been searching the area near the 3900 block of Hobart's Missouri Street since June 16, when the 18-year-old Castillo reported the little girl missing.

Gary police investigators, who also are involved in the case, have since said that Castillo appeared under the influence of a substance when she spoke to police.

Castillo's mother, Rita Rincon, denied police criticism that Castillo has been uncooperative with authorities in the investigation.

Rincon said Castillo and Tkachik -- both questioned by police -- have been out with other volunteers passing out fliers with Jada's information, trying to find the girl.

"We've been doing everything we can," Rincon said. "That's all of us."

http://www.nwi.com/articles/2009/06/25/updates/breaking_news/doc4a43a1384f183585438698.txt

Rockin Ma

June 25th, 2009, 08:26 PM

I can't get the article but the summary indicated she was found about 30 miles away from home.

Whisper

June 25th, 2009, 10:01 PM

TY Rockin,why am I not shocked?Hope they finish burning both of them(engelica and tim) at the stake,, alive,,then stop a bit and redo over and over again not letting them die,just suffer

DarkPrincess

June 25th, 2009, 10:12 PM

TY Rockin,why am I not shocked?Hope they finish burning both of them(engelica and tim) at the stake,, alive,,then stop a bit and redo over and over again not letting them die,just suffer

Send them to Silent Hill. They know how to deal with evil there.

totallytoddler

June 25th, 2009, 10:14 PM

:sad:

Tazzzz

June 25th, 2009, 10:19 PM

Damn, I had a gut feeling they were going to find her today or late yesterday and she was going to be crispy from something Tim did to try and get rid of the remains. I had a goggle search open all day but was afraid to use it. I am glad some one did, thanks Rockin Ma. I imagine the whole family it total devastated by the news especially the burning. The Dad pretty much knew , but I don't think the Mom did, or more like want to.

If I was either parent I dont know what I would do, but I would sure want to hurt that cunt Castillo for not coming clean from the get go and she was family for fucks sake. Stupid bitch.

I hope you didnt suffer much Jada, God bless you and your family.

Tazzzz

June 25th, 2009, 11:44 PM

Engelica Castillo's (Mom) , Rita Rincon has been trying to cover her Fuck Tard daughter ass the last few days. She filed a police complaint on Clarence Justice, ( Jada's Dad) for intimidating Engelica. Bitch is lucky, if it was me it would be a hell of allot more than intimidation.

Also the 2 murdering Fuck wads, have been with the rest of the family handing out flyer's and pretending to actively search for Jada. Geeze, again I cant tell you how pissed I would be about that, what a betrayal it would be to me, to have them there the whole time while they both knew she was dead. I hope Engelica's Mom get a charge for something now. I think she is Mellisa's Aunt or something like that.

Also today before they found Jada, the family, requested that Texas EquuSearch (TES) provide assistance. TES is a mounted search and recovery team that joined search efforts for Caylee Anthony, Haleigh Cummings and Stacy Peterson, to name a few.

Castillo's mother, Rita Rincon, said she has filed a police complaint against the father of the missing girl, alleging he has intimidated the babysitter.

Clarence Justice, the father of 2-year-old missing girl Jada Justice, said he has done no such thing. Rincon, spoke out in support of her daughter Thursday, saying information about Castillo is being misunderstood or misconstrued.

"She wants the baby home," Rincon said of her daughter. "We all want her home."
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Rincon said Jada's father, Clarence Justice, has threatened Castillo, once named a person of interest in the case.

Rincon filed a complaint with Hammond police on Sunday, claiming she was a victim of intimidation that night.

Justice denied the threat accusation on Thursday, saying, "That's not true."

http://www.nwi.com/articles/2009/06/25/updates/breaking_news/doc4a43a1384f183585438698.txt

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Castillo's mother, Rita Rincon, denied police criticism that Castillo has been uncooperative with authorities in the investigation.

Rincon said Castillo and Tkachik -- both questioned by police -- have been out with other volunteers passing out fliers with Jada's information, trying to find the girl. "We've been doing everything we can," Rincon said. "That's all of us."

Silvahalo

June 26th, 2009, 12:15 AM

And this is why I felt uneasy about reading on Jada today....as some of you have said, had a feeling today.

"We have reason to believe that we have recovered the body of Jada Justice but we do not know from forensic standpoint," Carter said. "We feel very comfortable that we do, in fact, have Jada Justice."
I'll wait for confirmation to post her picture and that will give me time to take this all in.

I knew she was gone by now, but I was holding on for a bit of hope....so very sorry baby Jada, I was hoping to see your smile. Rest in peace sweet one.

Tazzzz

June 26th, 2009, 12:30 AM

FYI: When they confirm it was Jada they found, the thread will be moved to "True Crime Scene ", since she isnt a missing child any more. Just a heads up.

Whisper

June 26th, 2009, 12:31 AM

Also the 2 murdering Fuck wads, have been with the rest of the family handing out flyer's and pretending to actively search for Jada. Geeze, again I cant tell you how pissed I would be about that, what a betrayal it would be to me, to have them there the whole time while they both knew she was dead.Thats very .very common Tazzz,with our murder trial we spent 10 days with the murderer,he slept on our couch when we werent out searching.They just have to be in there to make themselves look better.And like I told judge in ours,extra jail time should be tacked on for being there and putting people through that knowing full well where they dumped the body

Tazzzz

June 26th, 2009, 04:53 AM

Thats very .very common Tazzz,with our murder trial we spent 10 days with the murderer,he slept on our couch when we werent out searching.They just have to be in there to make themselves look better.And like I told judge in ours,extra jail time should be tacked on for being there and putting people through that knowing full well where they dumped the body

I cant say how I would handle that kind of thing Whisper. Your right it should be a crime and extra time for that.

mjmsepm

June 26th, 2009, 09:42 AM

http://www.nwi.com/articles/2009/06/25/updates/breaking_news/doc4a43a1384f183585438698.txt
2 weeks from saturday.....they didnt even have that lil girl for very long before they killed her!!! RIP sweet angel!

scorpiogirl

June 26th, 2009, 11:25 AM

Poor baby, may you rest in peace angel.

Whisper

June 26th, 2009, 11:57 AM

Yeah I have no clue why they do that but the detective in our case said they video tape search parties and even arsonists seem to go back and enjoy the flames etc.I dont understand it at all.But murderer searched,he worked with murdered so he kinda gave hints where they hung out etc,etc.Just totally mental that they know where the body is and watch and COMFORT People knowing they have the body hidden!!

RaVen Blackehart

June 26th, 2009, 12:01 PM

A body has been found in Indiana that may be the remains of 2-year-old Jada Justice. She disappeared last week.

Police were called to search an area of western LaPorte County Thursday morning based on information they had received in relation to the missing girl. A coroner was called to the scene early Thursday afternoon, after police found a body in the fields there.

Police will only say at this point that it appears that the body is the remains of 2-year-old Jada Justice. The little girl has been missing since a week and a half ago when her cousin told police she had disappeared.

Jada's cousin, Angelica Castillo, 18, of Hobart, was watching the girl at the time she disappeared. Castillo said she left Jada in a car while she went to buy some milk at a gas station in Gary. And when she came back Jada was gone.

"It is with deep sadness that I report this morning investigators discovered what are believed to be the remains of Jada Justice in rural LaPorte County east of Highway 421," said Chief Rod Gonzalez, Hobart Police Dept.

"You always have a hunch of what's going on. A mother knows, I'm a mother my own self, and when stories aren't adding up and stuff like that you just know something. And for it to happen like this, it's devastating right now," said Angie Balboa, family friend.

Police said they have two people in custody at this point. They have not charged them, however, so they are yet to release the names of those two people. They say if the investigation goes as anticipated, charges could be filed by Friday afternoon.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6884673

runecire

June 26th, 2009, 12:19 PM

Valasca

June 26th, 2009, 12:38 PM

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/05/18/crimesider/entry5022355.shtml
Body Of Jada Justice Found, Prosecutor Certain

Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter said he's quite certain that the body found Thursday afternoon in rural LaPorte County near the town of Otis, Ind., is that of Jada Justice.

buggysmommy

June 26th, 2009, 01:23 PM

God bless you little baby...I will whisper your name as I rest tonight and hope that you are at peace in a better place...I will hug my daughter and tell her that was for Jada Justice-because she needs it today...

God rest your precious little soul...:dong:

Silvahalo

June 26th, 2009, 01:40 PM

Per Amazon's link.

But he said a formal identification still needs to be done. An autopsy is scheduled to be performed Friday on the body.

~Absynthe~

June 26th, 2009, 02:14 PM

http://icial: Body might be missing Portage girl, 2 Associated Press Posted: June 26, 2009 * Read Comments(11) * Recommend * E-mail * Print * Share * A A HOBART, Ind. -- A prosecutor says a body found in rural Northern Indiana is believed to be that of a 2-year-old Portage girl who vanished more than a week ago. Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter said he is certain that the body found Thursday afternoon in rural LaPorte County, near the town of Otis, is that of Jada Justice. Advertisement But he said a formal identification needs to be done. An autopsy is scheduled for today. Jada apparently was abducted from a car June 16 while an 18-year-old cousin, who was baby-sitting her, went into a convenience store in Gary. Carter said two people are in custody in connection with the little girl's disappearance. He said charges are expected to filed today. Next PageNext undefined PreviousPrevious Page In Your Voice | Read reactions to this story Show Comments Hide Comments User Image InnerCityMom wrote: Replying to GODzilla138: Maybe cases like this could be solved quicker if the media were willing

~Absynthe~

June 26th, 2009, 02:33 PM

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Silvahalo

June 26th, 2009, 02:58 PM

Per Flamingfox's link posted earlier. Album owner named, "crankycrankerson" (JadaJusticepictures photobucket (http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Jada%20Justice/?evt=user_upload_approve&sort=ascending)). This person has posted a lot of pictures and comments looks like from the beginning of Jada's disappearance. Where the source info is coming from I'm not sure. I'd sure like to know as posted info is not from anything I have read.

Fuck, in a container with concrete...how original. It was very hard reading this. I am so very happy this bastard Tim will be scarred for life having tried to burn Jada's body.

If anyone has read a news source to confirm this information please post it. Otherwise, we can't really take this as fact until details are released.

She was in a container with concrete poured in it, dumped in shallow water. Before that, Tim tried to burn her body.
He burned his face for a constant reminder of Jada burned on his nasty face. (http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Jada%20Justice/?action=view&current=014-1.jpg&sort=ascending)
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Jada%20Justice/014-1.jpg

penelopejo

June 26th, 2009, 03:06 PM

http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2009/06/26/updates/breaking_news/doc4a44fc57f2214539662866.txt

The arrested 18-year-old baby sitter of slain Jada Justice now has a lawyer.

Engelica Castillo's family has hired Merrillville defense attorney T. Edward Page, Page confirmed Friday.

Page said the family retained his services Thursday night after Castillo was taken into custody.

Castillo is being held in Crown Point, awaiting possible charges in Jada's case.

The nationally publicized search for Jada came to a gruesome end Thursday, as investigators said they believe they discovered the missing Portage girl's remains near rural Otis, Ind.

A source close to the case said they found the remains in a concrete-laced plastic bin in a shallow waterway in LaPorte County that they believe are the toddler.

The remains have not been positively identified as those of Jada, but an autopsy was scheduled for this morning in Lake County.

Police had cast doubt on Castillo's account of the toddler's disappearance since Jada was reported missing 10 days ago.

Castillo reportedly had been baby-sitting Jada in her home in the 3900 block of Hobart's Missouri Street on June 16. She told police she left Jada in her unlocked Cadillac about 9:30 p.m. that day outside Gary's Glen Park Gas Station.

It breaks my heart that she was found dead. Her curly hair reminds me of my daughter.:dong:

Tazzzz

June 26th, 2009, 03:18 PM

Per Flamingfox's link posted earlier. Album owner named, "crankycrankerson" (JadaJusticepictures photobucket (http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Jada%20Justice/?evt=user_upload_approve&sort=ascending)). This person has posted a lot of pictures and comments looks like from the beginning of Jada's disappearance. Where the source info is coming from I'm not sure. I'd sure like to know as posted info is not from anything I have read.

If anyone has read a news source to confirm this information please post it. Otherwise, we can't really take this as fact until details are released.

Silva, thoughs picts and folder are from another web crime site (WS). They were using most of thoughs picts to run some kind of Crime Astrology thing they do over there. They make Astrology charts on all the people then Analise them for uhhh , hmmm its hard to explain really. It kind of tells you the probability of events and if the person might be the murder or more like the probability of them being it. Like I said its hard to explain.

mjmsepm

June 26th, 2009, 03:20 PM

do they not realize with the whole neveah case concrete helps secure evidence? that poor baby what she had to endure!!! RIP lil angel why cant all these fucktards be washed off the face of earth!

Silvahalo

June 26th, 2009, 03:28 PM

Silva, thoughs picts and folder are from another web crime site (WS). They were using most of thoughs picts to run some kind of Crime Astrology thing they do over there. They make Astrology charts on all the people then Analise them for uhhh , hmmm its hard to explain really. It kind of tells you the probability of events and if the person might be the murder or more like the probability of them being it. Like I said its hard to explain.

Thanks Tazzzz and PJ, interesting what you said Tazzzz, I guess there are all kinds of people following cases like this.

I'm still reeling from the reality that this poor baby Jada will never see her 3rd birthday and others to follow. Wtf could this sweet child done to have anyone react so violently?? I know we are dealing with a perverted mind....still, and this cousin, how did she come into play with her demise? it all is so sick, just sick.

I wonder how the mother is coping...I can't imagine very well at all. Her baby was stolen and killed, nonetheless by someone she entrusted her with. Sick bastards.....

Rest in peace sweetheart.

Tazzzz

June 26th, 2009, 04:36 PM

This article says they are both being charged with murder and that Jada was dead 3 days before that bullshit fake out at the store. Wonder how come the death penalty isn't on the table???

By looking at the charges it almost looks like Jada died as the direct result of Babysitter stupidity. Though there is a battey charge so that could mean she got beat by one or both of them.

Engelica Castillo, 18, and her boyfriend, 24-year-old Tim Tkachik , both of Hobart, were charged Friday with murdering the Portage toddler. They also were charged with two counts of neglect of a dependent, battery and false informing.

Both Castillo and Tkachik each could face up to 65 years in prison if convicted.

A source close to the case has said investigators believe Jada had been killed and dumped into the waterway three days before she was reported missing.

http://nwi.com/articles/2009/06/26/updates/breaking_news/doc4a452d88851ca193114268.txt

Tazzzz

June 26th, 2009, 04:41 PM

So they are saying that Jada's mom last spoke to her daughter on the 12th ( Friday) and she either died that night or the next day. So that was only 4 damn days she had her.

Jada's mother, Melissa Swiontek, has said she dropped her daughter off with Castillo on June 8, having planned to travel out of town. Swiontek said she last spoke to her daughter June 12.

The next day, Jada -- placed in a plastic bin in which concrete was poured -- was dumped into a shallow waterway near the small LaPorte County town, according to a source close to the case.

Three days later, on June 16, Castillo reported Jada missing from the Glen Park Gas station in Gary. Soon, the FBI joined the investigation with Gary and Hobart police departments.

http://nwitimes.com/articles/2009/06/26/news/top/docd6cdf7a3632f9d20862575e1000c00de.txt

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CROWN POINT | Jada Justice was killed, an autopsy performed in Lake County Friday revealed. LaPorte County Coroner John Sullivan ruled Jada's death a homicide.

He said he knows the 2-year-old's cause of death, but cannot release the details until arrest warrants are issued. He could not elaborate early Friday afternoon.

Jada's body had not been positively identified by the family early Friday, but Sullivan said he expected the family to arrive at any moment.

Investigators on Thursday were called around noon to rural Otis, Ind., to collect the remains.

Charges are expected to be filed related to the case sometime today against Jada's 18-year-old baby sitter Engelica Castillo, and her boyfriend, 24-year-old Tim Tkachik.

http://nwi.com/articles/2009/06/26/updates/breaking_news/doc4a451d72d8e13473504991.txt

Tazzzz

June 26th, 2009, 05:16 PM

I am not quite sure whos house they were both arrested at, Maybe Tims????

http://tribalmask.net/dreamin-demon2/Jada-map00.jpg

1) Glen Park gas Station
The gas station where Engelica Castillo says Jada Justice was taken is at the intersection of Ridge Road and Louisiana Street in Gary.

2) Engelica Castillo's home
The baby sitter - Engelica Castillo - lives on the 3900 block of Missouri Street in Hobart.

3) Jada Justice's home
Jada Justice's home is at the intersection of Clydia Street and Lyndell Avenue in Portage.

4) Arrests made
Jada Justice’s baby sitter, Engelica Castillo, 18, and her boyfriend, Tim Tkachik, were arrested in a rural home near Valparaiso.

5) Jada's body found
Human remains, possibly of Jada Justice, were found encased in concrete near Otis in LaPorte County.

Silvahalo

June 26th, 2009, 05:41 PM

My thanks is MIA, so thanks for this update Tazzz....

CROWN POINT | Jada Justice was killed, an autopsy performed in Lake County Friday revealed. LaPorte County Coroner John Sullivan ruled Jada's death a homicide.

He said he knows the 2-year-old's cause of death, but cannot release the details until arrest warrants are issued. He could not elaborate early Friday afternoon.

I was hoping to read the death penalty is a possibility in this case, as you asked Tazzzz, wonder why not? I hope they g

Every family member who defended these fucks I am sure are just beside themselves. I understand a mother not wanting to believe her child is capable of such a heinous act, but anyone who defended them with such questionable facts and uncooperative stance on their part, fuckem' I say. These baby killers do not deserve a moment of sympathy. Not a single fuckn' moment. I hope they cry like babies and get no compassion.

I do not know what Jada's last moments were like, but I'm sure she cried for mama and got death instead.

Tazzzz

June 26th, 2009, 05:49 PM

My thanks is MIA, so thanks for this update Tazzz....

I was hoping to read the death penalty is a possibility in this case, as you asked Tazzzz, wonder why not? I hope they get the 65 years, but then, they may not live long enough being baby killers and all. A brutal death would be justice.

They still might get the Death penalty, guess we have to wait and see what the real cause of death was from. Also I forgot about the grand jury thing, like the woman who tossed her 2 kids off the bridge, they didn't put that on the table till after the incitements. So I guess its still a possibility , but it probly is still dependent upon how she actually died. And we dont know that yet. At least we dont have to worry about the insanity plea in this case.

Silvahalo

June 26th, 2009, 06:42 PM

Sweet Jada, I was looking to read today, by some chance of hope, you were found safe and sound. Tho, in my heart, I think I knew you were already gracing the heavens days back.
http://i510.photobucket.com/albums/s341/silvahalo68/Fallen%20angels/jj-jadajjusticemissing6-16-09.jpg
Life didn't work out fair for you little one. A cruel and most terrible ending as your life was stolen. I wish I could tell you why, tho my attempt to answer you would feel empty. It breaks my heart that your cries went unheard by those who loved you....I know you cried for mama...I hope your suffering was brief. Kisses Jada from all who will miss you and wonder what may have become of you.

Rest in the heavens sweet one, an angel amongst angels.

Whisper

June 26th, 2009, 06:47 PM

After the day I have had (spent in grave yard with about 250 babies graves right beside me) I will gladly carry out the DP for both.I know I have to believe innocent until proven guilty,but sometimes its hard.I watched balloons tied to baby tombstones and little cars,dolls teddys left at the graves by grieving parents/family.And I thought of Nevaeh,Jada,Caylee,Haileigh and all the others including mine thats buried and I grabbed my nephew (hes 2) and hugged the crap outta him and cried and took him with me and left everyone else there).Its sickening the babies being buried every damn day it seems.Laws need to be changed bigtime.

nurseronda

June 26th, 2009, 06:56 PM

Sweet Jada, I was looking to read today, by some chance of hope, you were found safe and sound. Tho, in my heart, I think I knew you were already gracing the heavens days back.

Life didn't work out fair for you little one. A cruel and most terrible ending as your life was stolen. I wish I could tell you why, tho my attempt to answer you would feel empty. It breaks my heart that your cries went unheard....I know you cried for mama, I hope you didn't cry long and felt no pain. Kisses Jada from all who will miss you and that which you might have become.

Rest in the heavens sweet one, an angel amongst angels.

I was so sorry that I was exactly right on this little girl, but once I heard babysitter....I guess that I have been a member of DD too long to hope that this child would have just been kidnapped from a vehicle driven by a babysitter and be found in the backyard of the convenience store playing with something that interested her.

Her cries didn't go unheard....I just hope these idiots who killed her, remember and hear her cries each and every night they go to sleep.

FlamingFox

June 26th, 2009, 07:30 PM

Police said Castillo and Tkachik told officers Justice had been abducted at a Gary gas station June 16. In fact, according to court documents, the couple took Justice along with them to purchase heroin in Porter County. They realized while in the car that Justice wasn’t breathing. They first tried to dispose of the body by burning it in a remote location in LaPorte County.

When they failed, they encased her body in concrete and buried it in a swamp near Snyder Road in Otis, Ind.

“This tragic ending is not the outcome we were all hoping for,” Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter said. “My condolences to all the family and friends of this precious child.”

http://www.post-trib.com/news/1641265,jadaone-626.article

FlamingFox

June 26th, 2009, 07:35 PM

The babysitter, Engelica Castillo, and her boyfriend, Tim Tkachik, are charged with the murder of Jada Justice.

The details offered thus far are disturbing to say the least. According to a statement Tkachik reportedly gave to authorities, he said Castillo killed little Jada and the two of them worked on a plan to dispose of her body, first lighting it on fire and then burying it in a barrel filled with concrete.

During questioning, Castillo allegedly stuck to her original story that Jada disappeared from her car when she went to a Gary gas station. Her boyfriend, however, offered a different version of events and his information is what led authorities to her body Thursday in west LaPorte County.

"A plea of not guilty will be entered at the first opportunity, and we believe that once all of the evidence is presented to a fair and impartial jury she will be cleared of responsibility for her cousin's death," said T. Edward Page, Angelica's attorney.

Prosecutors say he said he told investigators he walked in on Castillo as she was beating and spanking Jada. They later discovered she had stopped breathing and they devised a plan to dispose of her body.
Tkachik told authorities, according to the statements, that both he and Castillo smoked marijuana before he says that Castillo beat Jada.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6886417&rss=rss-wls-article-6886417

Whisper

June 26th, 2009, 07:47 PM

I hope that baby didnt suffer.I wont even let my brain go to that place yet.I hope it was fast and she didnt suffer.I never thought Id be wishing a fast death for a child.Sick assholes need to be tortured beyond pain.

Tazzzz

June 26th, 2009, 07:51 PM

Back a bunch of posts ago, I mentions Tims past and how his dad shot and killed his mom and aunt. Well guess were it turns out Jada's body was found???? yep right near there. It the house were Tim grew up in. The murder / suicide house.

Jada Justice's body was discovered Thursday only a short distance from a six-year-old crime scene that sources close to the investigation say may help link the girl's disappearance to the boyfriend of her baby sitter.

A source with direct knowledge of the investigation said authorities believe Tim Tkachik was involved in the transport and disposal of the 2-year-old's dead body in rural LaPorte County, near Otis, Ind. "I have no belief whatsoever that my little brother could've done anything close to that," Tkachik's brother, Nicholas Tkachik, said Thursday. "That's just not him."

The brothers experienced their own family tragedy in Otis more than six years ago, an act that occurred near the rural site where sources close to the investigation say Jada's body was discovered.

The brothers' father, Barry Tkachik, is believed to have murdered their mother and aunt before turning the gun on himself in February 2003 at the family's home. Their parents were reportedly going through a divorce at the time, new reports from the time state. Neither of the brothers was home when the double homicide-suicide took place.

Nicholas Tkachik said his brother took their family tragedy the hardest because he was close to their mother, Michelle Tkachik.

Tim Tkachik was arrested three times in seven months on drug-related charges after his parents' and aunt's deaths, police and court records show. He was charged in summer 2003 for possession of marijuana, police records state. And he was charged in September 2003 with multiple criminal counts, including drunken driving, battery to law enforcement, fleeing and criminal mischief. In February 2004, Tkachik was charged again with possession of marijuana, police records state.

"Like anybody, he's made bad choices, but who hasn't," Nicholas Tkachik said of his brother. "He's definitely had the worst luck I've ever seen in my life." The brothers grew closer after their parents' death, Nicholas Tkachik said.

"He's always been there for me when I needed him," he said. "He has a big heart."

http://nwitimes.com/articles/2009/06/26/news/top/doc6fb3b60a9080798e862575e10006c8cb.txt

FlamingFox

June 26th, 2009, 07:52 PM

According to court documents, an autopsy showed Jada had numerous skull fractures.

Castillo had claimed that Jada disappeared from a car while the teenager went into a convenience store in Gary. Police and the FBI took part in the 10-day search, and the FBI opened a hot line that received more than 100 tips.

The child's remains were found Thursday encased in concrete in a swampy area near rural Westville, according to a probable cause affidavit.

"This tragic ending is not the outcome we were all hoping for," said Lake County prosecutor Bernard Carter.

According to the affidavit, Castillo told police that she routinely took care of the toddler for days and was scheduled to return the girl to her parents on June 20.

The affidavit says Tkachik told police that Castillo had beaten the child severely on the head on June 13 after they had both used heroin, and they noticed Jada wasn't breathing when they drove to buy more heroin that evening.

"I told you to stop. I told you enough is enough," Tkachik said he told Castillo, according to the affidavit. The pair allegedly repeatedly tried CPR to revive the child.

According to the affidavit, the pair took Jada home and, thinking she was still breathing, took her into the house. Once they realized she was dead, the document says, they decided to get rid of the body.

Tkachik allegedly put the body in garbage bags the next day and took it to a wooded area in LaPorte County, where he tried unsuccessfully to burn it, causing an explosion that burned his face and required hospital treatment. Tkachik blamed the burns on a propane grill, police said.

Castillo and Tkachik then took the body home again, the affidavit said, and on June 15 entombed the remains in a tub full of concrete. After the concrete dried, the pair took it to a rural area near Westville and sank it in a swamp, according to the document.

https://www.examiner.com/a-2089793~2_charged_in_death_of_missing_Ind__toddler .html

FlamingFox

June 26th, 2009, 07:55 PM

I cannot find a news source yet, but my local t.v. station is saying she was murdered because she was being potty trained and had soiled her pants.

I hope you get the Justice you deserve little Jada. RIP

FlamingFox

June 26th, 2009, 08:11 PM

Okay. Found the video.

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/jada.justice.body.2.1060476.html

WTF? She beat her with her fists and when he couldn't stop her, he went to another room to watch t.v.!!!

~Absynthe~

June 26th, 2009, 08:16 PM

2 charged in death of missing Ind. toddler
guess who??? http://www.fox28.com/global/story.asp?s=10603793

Tazzzz

June 26th, 2009, 08:31 PM

I love when the perps roll all over each other like this. Its going to make this case a slam dunk in the court room. I highly dought it will ever see a jury now. If what they are saying is true, (though they better put Timmy on a suicide watch). Instead of getting a Murder charge, he can plea deal to a few of the lesser felonys and probly get 15 to 30 years.

Engelica is totally fucked and will probly spend the rest of her life in jail. Her mom will probly be crossed off the family gatherings list and spit on, every time one of them See's her in town.

A big Kudo's to the local bumkin cops though, they knew guilty when they saw it. to bad their boss's couldn't.

I am feeling pretty damn sad for Tim's brother, Nicholas Tkachik. Poor dudes been through way to much stuff in his life. I hope he finds peace in his heart.

Rockin Ma

June 26th, 2009, 08:37 PM

Oh, he's a little of the good guy for telling her enough is enough?

I like how he cared enough about himself to go to a hospital after burning himself burning her.

scorpiogirl

June 26th, 2009, 08:41 PM

I really really really hate these people. And although I know the family is going through alot of grief and pain, what the fuck was momma thinking leaving that little one with a skanky assed drug addict? I'm sorry for her loss and I'm sure she feels plenty enough shitty as it is. But still?

At least that bitch will be in prison long enough to where she won't be of a breeding age when they let her grey haired cobwebbed cunt ass out.

Tazzzz

June 26th, 2009, 08:51 PM

Here is a link to the original "probable cause affidavit". Its has both Tards testimony for the events that led up to Jada missing. Its goes into some details about the potty training and there supposed whereabouts for the whole time Jada was there. Engelica made a shit load of mistakes, she tried to blame some black dudes for possible suspects , cops found some one who was there the whole time and saw Engelica, pull up in the car and come out of the store. Anyways its good reading and full of info.

Tim says after they finally figured out Jada was dead , he brought her to the basement and placed her into 3 different garbage bags. WTF!!!!!!

****** WARNING GRAPHIC DETAILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.nwi.com/extras/pdfs/JADAAFFIDAVIT.pdf

Engelica Elisa Castillo, DoB: 07/06/1990
Timothy John Tkachik, DoB: 07/25/1985

Silvahalo

June 26th, 2009, 09:40 PM

I tried 3X unsuccessfully to download that PDF file but it says the file is damaged....? Maybe its for the best I couldn't read it.

Potty training?? fuck, she was 2 going on 3, she's still in the early stages of potty training as it goes for most children.

I would take great pleasure in beating the life out of these two, especially the female, the bitch. The mother at least deserves a bitch slap, she had to know that her cousin and boyloser had history with drugs and shady dealings. I would NOT doubt she knew this and still handed her baby girl over. Now they can all reap the consequences of a life in shame and for some prison maybe even death. Then of course, there's Hell. I. can't. wait.

Rest in peace sweet one.

Edit: Tazzz, thanks for the html version.... Heed the warning if you haven't read it. Baby Jada went through hell before going to heaven.

Tazzzz

June 26th, 2009, 10:45 PM

Newer Mugs, of Tim and Engelica. His face burns are healing well, shes looking pretty raggety though, like somethings eating her soul up. They said grandma and the the uncle had to go down and identify the body. Not sure I could do that, Tim stuck her into 3 garbage bags, that wouldn't be something I would ever want to see, if it was my child or relative.

http://tribalmask.net/dreamin-demon2/t-n-e00.jpg

Video
http://cbs2chicago.com/services/popoff.aspx?categoryId=48&videoId=60036@wbbm.dayport.com&videoPlayStatus=false&videoStoryIds=60036@wbbm.dayport.com&videoTime=&stationName=WBBM&

scorpiogirl

June 27th, 2009, 02:53 AM

Wow, I just read that whole thing and wow.

So sorry baby girl.

AussieMum

June 27th, 2009, 08:28 AM

Oh God. I've just read through all the posts and police report linked above.
Oh God is about all I can say.

I just hope so much that little Jada passed quickly and didn't suffer.

SoUncool

June 27th, 2009, 11:38 AM

Thanks for changing the title and moving the thread. RIP little Jada. So very, very sad...

DarkPrincess

June 27th, 2009, 11:51 AM

This thing about potty training is pissing me off. I kept reading "Jada's mom needed her potty trained." I have an idea mom, TRAIN HER YOUR FUCKING SELF!

Silvahalo

June 27th, 2009, 12:58 PM

Those mugs, they show the faces of baby killers (http://www.dreamindemon.com/forums/showpost.php?p=252355&postcount=117). You can see there fuckn' putrid souls through those eyes. Today, I am far more upset at the mother than I initially was. A more caring, diligent mother, who's priorities were to protect her child from ALL possible harm. That was her job. She failed IMO. Like I have said, she had to know there was questionable things going on with that cousin, and that boyfriend, fuck, she let her baby around that creep? Mother's have got to be more involved in anything and everything they expose their children too....it could mean life or death.

And the potty training issue. You get advice and guidance, but ultimately training should be done by the parents as it is a trust issue when it comes to learning. It's really potty learning not training. Did this cousin even have children? how was she more qualified? Bitch.

What pisses me off to no end, as I have read and seen this kind of shit time and time again, is the heinous killing of children for drugs. At the end, these fuckers were using and abusing drugs and then turned on baby Jada and abused and used her like a punching bag, (I'm not convinced it was just the cousin who beat her). The killing of a child, all for the pursuit of drugs.

Children almost always lose. In this case, baby Jada loss in the highest order.

Rest in peace sweet one....you deserved a real chance at life.

Deja

June 27th, 2009, 01:55 PM

Those mugs, they show the faces of baby killers (http://www.dreamindemon.com/forums/showpost.php?p=252355&postcount=117). You can see there fuckn' putrid souls through those eyes. Today, I am far more upset at the mother than I initially was. A more caring, diligent mother, who's priorities were to protect her child from ALL possible harm. That was her job. She failed IMO. Like I have said, she had to know there was questionable things going on with that cousin, and that boyfriend, fuck, she let her baby around that creep? Mother's have got to be more involved in anything and everything they expose their children too....it could mean life or death.

And the potty training issue. You get advice and guidance, but ultimately training should be done by the parents as it is a trust issue when it comes to learning. It's really potty learning not training. Did this cousin even have children? how was she more qualified? Bitch.

Rest in peace sweet one....you deserved a real chance at life.

You're absolutely right, Silva - a 2-yr old needs to be potty trained, so mommy drops her off with her drugged out cousin for 2 weeks? THAT'S gonna work? What was SHE doing for 2 weeks? That mother is as guilty as the two assholes that were arrested...RIP, baby Jada.

DarkPrincess

June 27th, 2009, 02:21 PM

Whisper

June 27th, 2009, 04:57 PM

Is there another link I still cant get that one for the reports to open for me.Maybe I need to be on my other comp Ill try that in a bit.

Silvahalo

June 27th, 2009, 05:14 PM

I'll play devil's advocate here for a moment. Maybe mom didn't know the cousin was a druggie. There are actually places (at least where I live) that are daycare centers where they say they'll potty train your kid for you. For people who "don't have time" or IMO don't want to deal with it. Personally, I wouldn't dare leave my kid at any of those places. I wouldn't dare leave potty training to anyone else. It's frustrating enough for parents at times. Now imagine someone getting frustrated with your child. Someone who maybe just wants a paycheck and couldn't care less about your kid. I would think of these things, but a lot of people don't. Maybe the mom felt because this girl is family, that sort of thing wouldn't happen.

True DP, she may have not known she was a druggie, but considering she left Jada in her care many other times, I'm inclined to think had a clue something was up with the cuz, and she let things slide. And that boyfriend, one look at him and I would be like fuck no, but then I would have checked his background out, 'cause I don't trust no one.

The potty training thing, yeah, I know lots of parents don't want to deal with it or have the time, PT is hard shit..lol, I'm not against the help of a daycare at all, I just think the mother could have been more aware of whom she was leaving her child with, and dumping her off for potty training issues, that doesn't fly with me...but that's me.
My sister got pissed at me once as I would not leave my son to play with her son, because her asshole boyfriend & loser brother were going to be there. I sad NO, and didn't think my nephew should have ever been left in his care alone either. We got into many a fight over this subject. I don't care if its family, that certainly does NOT mean a better, safer, more trusting person, not by a long shot. A lot of the children we see killed here are killed by family. I think that is part of the problem. As family we get too complaisant and trusting, like they are not capable of mistakes or worse, so sad but true.

I'm sure there are many details we will never know about his case but I can't help but wonder, had this mother and so many others just like her taken some precautions, used some sensibilities we might just have far less dead children.

Bah........ I'm just pissed and really sad. Jada deserved life.:dong:

Tazzzz

June 27th, 2009, 05:23 PM

Jada Justice's mother, Melissa Swiontek, left, and father, Clarence Justice, speak with Wayne Millerhttp://images.townnews.com/nwitimes.com/content/articles/2009/06/27/news/top/doc99f48010ba24f8d2862575e20001eefb.jpg

Hmm , good points about Melissa, I never gave it much thought. It turns out Melissa is being investigated for "abuse or neglect". Something turned up during the investigation and "CPS" is looking into it. To me its sad, she just got hit with the worst possible news imaginable, a living nightmare. Now the state is taking away her other kids. But I do see the states reasoning behind it, not to mention if your child goes missing, and the FBI is called in, you can bet , every ones life is going to be fine combed for info and suspects.

HOBART | The Department of Child Services is investigating the mother of 2-year-old Jada Justice, a spokeswoman for the department confirmed Friday.

Child Services spokeswoman Ann Houseworth said an assessment into the safety of Melissa Swiontek's four surviving children was opened after the report of Jada's alleged abduction.

"While I can't speculate on whether the assessment was a result of her disappearance, I can say the assessment was opened as the result of a valid report," Houseworth said.

She said the allegations in the report met the level of abuse or neglect listed in the state statute.

Houseworth could not say whether that information surfaced during the investigation into Jada's disappearance. She declined further comment, citing rules of confidentiality.

Neither Swiontek nor Clarence Justice, the biological father of Jada and two of Swiontek's other children, could be reached Friday for comment. Justice's wife, Elizabeth, declined comment on his behalf.

Swiontek has said she dropped Jada off with baby sitter and cousin Engelica Castillo on June 8. Swiontek previously told The Times she intended to leave Jada with Castillo until Father's Day – nearly two weeks after she dropped her daughter off.

She said she last spoke to Jada on June 12. Swiontek called June 13 and spoke to Castillo, but not to her daughter. Castillo and boyfriend Tim Tkachik told police Jada was dropped off at their Hobart home to be potty-trained, court records state.

Both Castillo and Tkachik admitted to using drugs while they watched the toddler, according to court records.

Tkachik told police he and Castillo did several lines of heroin the night before Jada died, records state. He said he and Castillo were on their way to buy more heroin in Porter County, with Jada in the back seat, when he first realized the little girl wasn't breathing.

Castillo, who has not confessed to involvement in Jada's death, told police she and Tkachik were smoking marijuana while Jada played on the bedroom floor the day she was reported missing from a Gary gas station, records state.

Houseworth said Child Services was working with the Hobart Police Department in its investigation into Swiontek's other children.

Hobart Deputy Police Chief Jeff White said he expressed to Child Services his opinion on the timing of their investigation while the family is dealing with the loss of Jada. He acknowledged, though, that the safety of the other children is paramount. White said he has not visited Swiontek's home and could not comment on whether the surviving children lived in a safe household.

"Unfortunately it became my responsibility to inform Jada's parents of what we found," he said. "I can tell you the emotions I witnessed from both are legitimate and very real. If that's any indication of how other children in the home are being cared for, I would say, yes, (they are safe)."

White said he will meet with Child Services on Monday and intends to cooperate with its investigation. http://nwi.com/articles/2009/06/27/news/top/doc99f48010ba24f8d2862575e20001eefb.txt

Tazzzz

June 27th, 2009, 06:05 PM

This story pretty much goes over the arrest Affidavit info with a bit more info. The coroner, spared the Granny and uncle seeing the mutilated remains of Jada and just took a photo for them to identify.

Engelica is till sticking to her Tard story and is going to plead not guilty, her lawyer swears she is innocent. I noticed on the reports Engelica, only really claimed to have smoked Cannabis, I am pretty sure she never mentioned any Heroin, it was only Tim who did.

CROWN POINT | Fueled on heroin and fear, Jada Justice's baby sitter and her boyfriend tried to burn the toddler's lifeless body before encasing her in concrete and dumping her into a swamp, authorities charge.

Engelica Castillo, 18, and her boyfriend, Tim Tkachik, 24, both of Hobart, were charged Friday with murdering the 2-year-old Portage toddler. They also were charged with two counts of neglect of a dependent, battery and false informing.

"This tragic ending is not the outcome we were all hoping for," Prosecutor Bernard Carter said Friday in a statement. "The relentless efforts by all involved shows that Northwest Indiana has a big heart."

In their case against Castillo and Tkachik, prosecutors describe the two in a frantic, two-day spree of varying attempts to dispose of Jada while making intermittent stops to purchase and use heroin and marijuana.

Jada's mother, Melissa Swiontek, told investigators that she dropped her daughter off with Castillo, Jada's cousin, June 8 for a two-week stay. Though Castillo and Tkachik's accounts surrounding Jada's death differ, both admit to using drugs while she was in their care.

In his testimony to police, Tkachik blamed the girl's death on Castillo, saying the girl died hours after Castillo beat her in the head with her knuckles and after the girl struck her head against a table.

Tkachik said Castillo spanked Jada in an attempt to potty train the girl, but that it escalated June 13 into harsher beating that he claimed to have tried to stop.

That night, the couple realized Jada wasn't breathing in a car seat in the back of Tkachik's car on the way to Porter County to buy heroin, Tkachik told investigators.

The two stopped the car, tried administering CPR to the girl, but realized she was dead, court documents state. "'I told you to stop,' Tkachik told investigators he said to Castillo. 'I told you enough is enough.'"

They returned to Hobart where they left Jada covered in the back seat of Tkachik's car for hours while driving Castillo's car to Porter County, then to Chicago and back to Hobart, records state. Back in Hobart, Tkachik placed Jada -- covered in bumps and bruises -- in garbage bags in the home's basement before he and Castillo went to sleep, court records state.

The next day, in the couple's attempt to burn Jada's body in a hole in the ground in rural Westville, Tkachik badly burned himself trying to ignite the fire, he told police. The couple then drove to Hobart, leaving Jada's body exposed in the burned-out hole, he said.

The following day, the couple drove back to Westville, where Tkachik encased Jada in a slab concrete and dumped her into a nearby swamp, records state. A Lake County coroner's spokesman confirmed Friday that Jada died of blunt force trauma. Numerous skull fractures were revealed during the girl's autopsy, charging documents state.

Jada was positively identified Friday by a family member from a photograph, LaPorte County Coroner John Sullivan said. He said he wanted to spare the family from seeing Jada's body in person. Sullivan could not determine when the girl had died.

"This probably ranks as one of the most difficult cases of my professional career," he said.

Castillo's lawyer, T. Edward Page, said Castillo plans to plead not guilty to the charges.

"We believe that once all of the evidence is presented to a fair and impartial jury at trial, she will be cleared of responsibility for her cousin's death," Page said. "She is distraught over her cousin's death and distraught that she has been accused of it."

It was unclear Friday if Tkachik has retained a lawyer.

Castillo and Tkachik each could face up to 65 years in prison if convicted. The two were arrested Thursday, the same day investigators found Jada's remains in rural LaPorte County.

According to charging documents, Jada was still wearing an orange skirt and tank top with orange and green stripes, the outfit described in national broadcasts of her disappearance.

Police had cast doubt on Castillo's account of the toddler's disappearance since she was reported missing June 16 -- 11 days ago -- and as the hunt for Jada grew volunteers and gained national attention.

Court documents show that while Tkachik revealed gruesome details of the toddler's final moments, Castillo relied on the story of a possible abduction at Gary's Glen Park Gas station.

She drove to that particular station instead of several others nearby, she said, for fear of driving in Hobart without a license.

According to charging information, Castillo showed investigators the route she claims to have driven June 16 from her Hobart house to the station, and pointed to three male black patrons in the station's lot at the time.

She told police Jada was missing around 9:30 p.m. from her unlocked Cadillac after she went inside to buy milk and cigarettes.

When police accused her of lying, appearing calm and showing no emotion, Castillo became combative and slapped away a picture of Jada they had shown her, court documents state.

"'You are lying and don't know what your (sic) talking about,'" police say Castillo said. When questioned further, she told police, "'God is taking care of her, God is watching over her,'" records state.

Castillo and Tkachik are being held in Lake County Jail without bond.

They are expected to appear in court Monday.http://nwi.com/articles/2009/06/27/news/top/doc4c12ce588f925c78862575e200063c6d.txt

Silvahalo

June 27th, 2009, 06:43 PM

Hmm , good points about Melissa, I never gave it much thought. It turns out Melissa is being investigated for "abuse or neglect". Something turned up during the investigation and "CPS" is looking into it. To me its sad, she just got hit with the worst possible news imaginable, a living nightmare. Now the state is taking away her other kids. But I do see the states reasoning behind it, not to mention if your child goes missing, and the FBI is called in, you can bet , every ones life is going to be fine combed for info and suspects.

You know, since reading the affidavit report, the part where the boyfriend tells of Englica pulling Jada's hair and beating her, and she didn't cry, continued to beat her and still she didn't cry....if there is ANY truth to the not crying part, as I think she would, children that have a history of abuse start to not cry as easily and don't respond to pains so quickly because they are used to being treated as such. Got me thinking. I would not be surprised there was a history of abuse. I hope nothing turns up.

Indeed it is very, very sad what should be private days of mourning a child, is turned upside down. That's the least you an expect when a baby is killed under such circumstances. Sorry for those who truly loved baby Jada, my sympathies and heartfelt prayers.

Tazzzz

June 27th, 2009, 07:49 PM

A glass door is covered with plywood at the home federal authorities and the Porter County SWAT Team stormed into Wednesday night to bust a heroin drug dealing operation
http://images.townnews.com/nwitimes.com/content/articles/2009/06/27/news/porter/doc1dd1415b1d650611862575e1007939ce.jpg

http://images.townnews.com/nwitimes.com/content/articles/2009/06/27/news/porter/doc1dd1415b1d650611862575e1007939ce1.jpg

I was wondering about the house were Tim and Engelica got busted at. Its #4 on the map I posted. It turns out, that Her and Tim went there to stay after she reported the kidnapping, the cops were all over her house (#2) so they went there, to hide out (#4) and get away from her home.

Fucking Dumbass Tards, went and hid out in a Heroin Drug dealers house. The fucking FBI was called in to help, What kind of idiots were these 2????? . They said Tim was the one supplying Chris Osborne and Susan Yamashita with the Heroin they were selling out of the house.

FYI: "Visiting a common nuisance" equates to knowingly being present where unlawful activity is taking place.

VALPARAISO | The house where 2-year-old murder victim Jada Justice's baby sitter, the baby sitter's boyfriend and two others were taken into custody Wednesday night was a known heroin dealing house, according to the Porter County Drug Task Force.

Task force Coordinator Robert Taylor said neighbors reported drug deals at the house – at 5402 2nd St., along Edgewater Beach Road in the Valparaiso area – about a month and a half ago. He said the task force arranged two undercover heroin buys there in recent weeks.

The renters of the home, Chris Osborne and Susan Yamashita, were involved in the drug operation, which was fairly prolific, according to Taylor.

He said the pair apparently were getting their heroin from Tim Tkachik, the boyfriend of Engelica Castillo, who was baby-sitting Jada when she died and then allegedly was falsely reported to have been abducted from outside a gas station. Tkachik and Castillo apparently wanted to escape the pressure that developed once Jada was reported abducted in Lake County, so they moved into the basement of Osborne and Yamashita's home, Taylor said.

Taylor said the drug-dealing evidence the task force developed against Osborne and Yamashita allowed federal authorities and the Porter County SWAT team to raid the house Wednesday night.

Task force Supervisor Jeff Biggs, who also is team leader of the SWAT team, said the SWAT team used "flash-bang" devices and raided the house without incident.

Police said Osborne was taken into custody and faces federal drug charges. They said Yamashita was not at the home, but she also faces federal drug charges.

Police said Tkachik and Castillo also were taken into custody at the home, him for questioning about Jada's disappearance and her on a visiting a common nuisance charge. They were charged Friday with murdering the 2-year-old girl. They also were charged with two counts of neglect of a dependent, battery and false informing.

Two others were at the home, one of whom – Matthew A. Hewitt, 25, of Valparaiso – was arrested on a failure to appear in court warrant. "It went really smooth," Biggs said of the raid. "No one got hurt and people were taken into custody, and it aided in the overall case."

Aside from the recent drug investigation into Osborne and Yamashita, Taylor isn't aware of any other reported drug activity at the home. Taylor said the task force stopped a drug dealing operation at a home near Osborne and Yamashita's home in the fall, and he said there have been complaints about a few other residents of that area.

http://nwi.com/articles/2009/06/27/news/porter/doc1dd1415b1d650611862575e1007939ce.txt

FlamingFox

June 27th, 2009, 11:37 PM

Okay. She'll be on the front page tomorrow. Just wanted to say a BIG Thank You to all of you who helped contribute to this thread by finding the information and sharing your thoughts on the murder of this precious child. She's been haunting my dreams a lot lately as I'm sure she has been in yours. I know we all wanted her to be found safe and alive, like all the missing children we hear about, but that is not the way this fucked up world always works, so at least we have gotten her story out there for the world to see and know. I appreciate all your guys' help. I could not have done it without you! Thank you so much!

Jaded

June 28th, 2009, 01:30 AM

This one is being featured up front now....

http://www.dreamindemon.com/2009/06/28/the-brutal-murder-of-jada-justice/

Whisper

June 21st, 2010, 06:56 PM

Guilty plea in death of NW Indiana toddler
June 21, 2010 (PORTAGE, Ind.) (WLS) -- One of the two people charged in connection with the death of Portage, Indiana, toddler Jada Justice entered a guilty plea Monday.

Timothy Tkachik pleaded guilty to two counts of neglect of a dependent.
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Tkachik agreed to cooperate with prosecutors and testify against his girlfriend Engelica Castillo. She is the cousin of Justice and is accused of beating the toddler.

Police say both were babysitting Justice for several days last year when the girl was killed. http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7511639&rss=rss-wls-article-7511639

badfish76

June 21st, 2010, 07:46 PM

I hope this guilty plea brings no mercy for this murderous POS.

RIP Baby J.J. I hope that you have found comfort and love in heaven's warm embrace.

Whisper

June 22nd, 2010, 12:54 PM

Man Pleads Guilty To Encasing Toddler's Body In Concrete
Body Dumped In Swampy Area
CROWN POINT, Ind. -- A 24-year-old man has pleaded guilty to charges in the death of a toddler whose body was encased in concrete and dumped in a swampy area of northwestern Indiana.

Timothy Tkachik, of Hobart, pleaded guilty to two felony counts of neglect of a dependent during a Lake County court hearing Monday.

The plea agreement requires him to testify against Engelica Castillo, who faces murder charges for the June 2009 death of 2-year-old Jada Justice.

Jada was the subject of a 10-day search after Castillo said she disappeared from a car while the baby-sitting 19-year-old went into a Gary convenience store.

Tkachik admitted to hitting Jada's head several times, holding her down while Castillo hit her with a belt and not seeking medical attention for her.

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http://www.wlky.com/news/23990246/detail.html

newsfiend

June 26th, 2010, 07:34 AM

This is soooo sad.The affidavit of those 2 made it even more sad! I hope lil'Jada has found some peace, she certainly didn't deserve all of this.

RIP Jada

Whisper

August 6th, 2010, 03:30 PM

Ex-boyfriend admits abuse in Jada Justice case
The ex-boyfriend of a Hobart woman on trial for murder and neglect of a dependent in the death of 2-year-old Jada Justice said Thursday he held the toddler as she was being struck repeatedly with a belt.
Timothy John Tkachik, 25, whose cooperation in the prosecution of Engelica Castillo, 20, was required as part of his plea agreement to two counts of neglect of a dependent, admitted he “knuckled” the child four to six times on the top of her head after Castillo began striking the girl on June 13, 2009, at their home at 3925 Missouri St., Hobart.
Tkachik faces a 50-year sentence, while Castillo could be sentenced to life in prison without parole if convicted of murder. She also is charged with two counts of neglect of a dependent and battery, each punishable by a maximum 50-year sentence.

Tkachik, an admitted drug dealer who said he regularly used heroin with Castillo, said the toddler had made a mess by getting into the refrigerator and getting out strawberries and powdered drink mix the day before. Castillo yelled at the child and spanked her.

The next morning, Tkachik said Castillo got up at about 10:30 a.m., and discovered Jada had gotten into cabinets and spilled syrup and Hawaiian Punch. Tkachik said he could hear Castillo spanking the girl and “roughing her up.” At lunch time, Castillo again became irritated because Jada was feeding her food to the dogs, so she stood her in the corner of her bedroom and began cleaning up the mess.

When Castillo discovered Jada playing with toys and sitting down instead of standing in the corner, she spanked the girl again and grabbed her by the arms to stand her up. He saw her grabbing the child by her hair and “shaking her around.” At one point, Castillo hit the child and caused her to strike her head on a table in the bedroom, leaving a small cut above her right eye.

Tkachik said Castillo asked him to hold Jada while she beat her with a belt on her bottom.

“How is it you hold down a 2-year-old child while she is being struck with a belt?” trial supervisor David Urbanski asked Tkachik.
“I don’t know — drugs. Maybe I thought it was going to be done after this,” Tkachik said. He added he didn’t think the situation would end up like it did.
That evening, he and Castillo put Jada in his Chevrolet and Castillo drove to pick up a friend in Portage before heading into Chicago to buy 10 grams of heroin for $1,000. On the way to Portage, however, Tkachik said he saw Jada’s head hanging. He jumped in the back seat and discovered she wasn’t breathing. Tkachik said he started CPR, but didn’t call 911. Instead, they drove home, switched vehicles, picked up the Portage man and bought the heroin.

A few days later, after trying to incinerate the girl’s body, during which Tkachik was burned by a fireball of gasoline and lighter fluid, they tied Jada’s body with her knees tucked to her chest and encased it in quick-drying cement. She was left in a swampy area in Otis, near Tkachik’s childhood home.
Before Jada got the cut on her head, Tkachik said he’d told Castillo to stop after noticing bruises on the girl’s arm. “Look, I’m not taking credit for none of this (expletive),” he said he told Castillo.
“She said, ‘I don’t care, I’ll say the dogs knocked her down the stairs,’ ” Tkachik recalled Castillo telling him.
[...]http://wbbm.cbslocal.com/2010/08/06/ex-boyfriend-admits-abuse-in-jada-justice-case/

AngelFire

August 6th, 2010, 04:38 PM

There better be no mercy shown to these two mother fuckers. Straight torture, hurt and pain for the rest of their miserable existence. They did not respect a human life, especially one that was as innocent as the day is long. One that could have gone so far in life, if only allowed to be a 2 year old baby.

Fuck their lives....I'd kill them myself and I wouldn't have a remorseful bone in my body. After anyone murders a child, they stop being human in my eyes.

Silvahalo

August 8th, 2010, 12:04 AM

I'll never get past those words..."they tied Jada’s body with her knees tucked to her chest and encased it in quick-drying cement..".
The putrid fucks need to die.

i wonder how her little brother Jaylan is doing? live life for the both of you little one.

sweet jesus, she was my baby boy's age...precious.
http://i510.photobucket.com/albums/s341/silvahalo68/Perp/j2.jpg

Dakota Valkyrie

August 13th, 2010, 05:49 AM

The cousin of a 2-year-old girl found burned an encased in concrete last year in LaPorte, Ind., was found guilty of murder Thursday.

Engelica Castillo was convicted of murder, two counts of neglect of a dependent, battery and false informing in connection with the death of 2-year-old Jada Justice, according to a statement from Lake County Prosecutor Bernard A. Carter's office.

The jury took about two hours to convict Castillo, 20, of Hobart, Ind., according to the statement. The jury will hear arguments Friday as to whether Castillo should be sentenced to life in prison without parole.
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http://cbs2chicago.com/local/Jada.Justice.toddler.2.1857849.html

FlamingFox

August 14th, 2010, 11:33 AM

A Lake Superior Court jury deliberated for about 90 minutes before returning with the decision about 7 p.m.

Weeping, the 20-year-old Castillo sank to her knees while her sister, Amanda Valdez, cast her head into her hands to stifle her cries.

Formal sentencing was set for Sept. 9 when defense attorney Lemuel Stigler may pursue objections he raised Friday to the jury's decision.

The jury had sole discretion to sentence Castillo to life without parole or to a specific number of years in prison. The jurors had been given a range of 45 to 72 years based on the other four charges of which Castillo had been convicted Thursday.

Link (http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/article_208436ac-2cab-5897-8a32-55ad81f150df.html)

badfish76

August 14th, 2010, 01:17 PM

I think that is a fair sentence. I hope that she sees the face of that pretty little girl everyday until she dies and goes to hell for what she did.

Not only was Jada beautiful, she was the niece of this woman; her own sister's child.

I don't care what happened to her as a child. It is no excuse to kill a child and it should have been a reason to champion all children everywhere so that others would have had a better life. That's the only way that there will be head way made against child abuse; when abusers use their pasts as inspiration to help, rather than an excuse to harm.

Sister Iroz

September 9th, 2010, 05:23 PM

CROWN POINT, IN (AP) - A judge has formally sentenced a 20-year-old northwestern Indiana woman to life in prison without parole for killing her 2-year-old cousin.

Lake County Judge Thomas Stefaniak Jr. sentenced Engelica Castillo of Hobart on Thursday. He followed the recommendation of a jury that last month convicted Castillo of murder charges in the June 2009 beating death of Jada Justice.
http://www.wave3.com/global/story.asp?s=13126825

tenntitanfan

September 11th, 2010, 12:10 AM

Weeping, the 20-year-old Castillo sank to her knees while her sister, Amanda Valdez, cast her head into her hands to stifle her cries.

While her sister.......blah blah blah - oh yeah forget our beautiful victim Jada. Let us cry for that POS Castillo. What a dumb ass Amanda Valdez is. :banghead:

Dakota Valkyrie

July 26th, 2011, 08:29 AM

Mother of Jada Justice charged with neglect

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Melissa Swiontek / Engelica Castillo / Timothy Tkachik
The Indiana mother of a toddler who was beaten to death two years ago has been arrested in connection with the case.

Melissa Swiontek, 29, of Portage is charged with neglect of a dependent resulting in the child's death.

Prosecutors say Swiontek knew she was leaving her daughter, 2-year-old Jada Justice, with known drug dealers.

Jada died in 2009 after being beaten to death by Swiontek's cousin and the cousin's boyfriend. If convicted of neglect, Swiontek faces 20 to 30 years in prison.

Swiontek was arrested at about 8 a.m. Friday by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force. Officers executed the arrest warrant at Swiontek's home in the 6900 block of Eisenhower Street and forced entry after knocking for about 10 minutes with no response, a spokesman said. She was home alone.

Swiontek's cousin, Engelica Castillo, 20, is serving a sentence of life in prison without parole plus five years for Jada's murder.

Timothy Tkachik, 25, pleaded guilty to two counts of neglect of a dependent in Jada's death and is awaiting sentencing by Lake Superior Court Judge Thomas Stefaniak Jr., on Sept. 9. He faces a maximum 50-year prison term.
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http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=8269644

nopatience

July 26th, 2011, 08:32 AM

I hope they all rot in prison and even then it just doesn't seem like enough. They will still be breathing.

badfish76

July 26th, 2011, 10:55 AM

It's about damn time!

Silvahalo

July 26th, 2011, 10:53 PM

VXIII

July 27th, 2011, 09:29 PM

Why did they wait for 2 years to charge the mother?

The woman convicted of killing her 2-year-old cousin lashed out at prosecutors who called her the "lowest of the low" during her sentencing in an Indiana courtroom on Thursday.

"How dare someone put that lable on anybody," Engelica Castillo spouted off. "You're not perfect."

Castillo was given a sentence of life without the possibility of parole for the murder of her young cousin, Jada Justice, who was found burned and encased in concrete last year.In a deal with prosecutors, her then-boyfriend, 25-year-old Timothy Tkachik, agreed to plead guilty to two counts of neglect of a dependent for his involvement in the crime in return for testimony against Castillo.

He faces 20 to 50 years in prison when he's sentenced Friday, a punishment that Castillo clearly felt was unfair when compared to hers.

"He couldn't keep his story straight. He kept adding things," said Castillo, referring to Tkachik's testimony during the trial.

Castillo testified that she felt threatened by Tkachik and was following his instructions.

"You couldn't hear... what was said to me, the things he told me," she said. "Tim told me, 'You'll be laying next to her.' I know what he's capable of."

Still, the plea had little impact on Judge Thomas Stefaniak Jr., who questioned if Castillo understood "the magnitude of what's going on here."

Aside from shaking her foot nervously, Castillo displayed very little, if any, remorse. It was a point noted in the remarks from Justice's mother, Melissa Swiontek.

"She got what she deserved. She had so many chances, but she never said, 'I'm sorry,'" said Swiontek.

A Lake County, Ind., jury last month took just two hours to convict the 20-year-old Hobart woman, who was babysitting Justice at the time of her death.

A week after the girl vanished, Tkachik led investigators to her body in LaPorte. She'd been burned and encased in concrete.

Tkachik testified that Castillo became irritated at the little girl for dumping a package of drink mix and spilling a container of syrup. Tkachik said an angry Castillo repeatedly struck the child.

He admitted to striking the girl several times on the head and holding the toddler down while Castillo repeatedly struck her with a belt. Tkachik said that Jada stopped breathing while in a vehicle with him and Castillo and they failed to get medical help for the child.

Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/justice-castillo-sentencing-102557924.html#ixzz1TMINdnBS

Video of Jada's Mother talking shit at link: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/justice-castillo-sentencing-102557924.html

Jada was a beautiful little girl, cheated of a life by a selfish bitch that should have been caring for her instead of "potty training" her... Children DO NOT NEED to be Potty trained, they will go when they are ready, they figure it out... Actually truth be told, Im not buying the potty training story for one second, Evilica was resentful she had to care for Jada while her mom went on vacation, it interupted her heroin marijuana using and fucking her boyfreind time so she took it out on Jada, and Timothy, will forever have the scars of this crime on his face... and what I find most evil about this bitch is not only did she pretend to be concerned and search for the little girl but after she found out the baby had died, she went on with her drug transaction as though nothing had happened, his the girls body in a car and went and bought drugs... how utterly uncaring and evil...
Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/justice-castillo-sentencing-102557924.html#ixzz1TMIDu4vk

Dakota Valkyrie

August 11th, 2011, 02:06 PM

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The mother of slain Portage toddler Jada Justice appeared for an initial court hearing Wednesday before Lake Criminal Court Magistrate Natalie Bokota.

Bokota entered a preliminary plea of not guilty for 29-year-old Melissa Swiontek and set an omnibus hearing for Oct. 5.
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"Melissa is innocent," defense attorney John Mark Vouga said following the hearing. "I'm confident the jury is going to agree with me."

Vouga took issue with Lake County prosecutors.

"You might ask the Lake County prosecutor's office why she wasn't charged for two full years," Vouga said.

Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter declined to comment except to say Vouga's concerns would be addressed in court.
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/hobart/article_fb6796df-6f45-5956-b51a-24b93755542f.html

Silvahalo

August 11th, 2011, 03:27 PM

"How dare someone put that lable on anybody," Engelica Castillo spouted off. "You're not perfect."
No one is perfect, no one expects perfection. But you Engelica Castillo are the very definition of wicked and flawed.
Find a hot place and hell and rot...tell it to the devil.

Whisper

August 11th, 2011, 04:32 PM

The thing about these men and women that beat, murder, rape babies, whatever seem to think that we should look at it as though "oh they had a bad day"
or "well they only did it once and couldve been stressed so really arent bad people just had a bad day"
Are they fucking kidding??
You kill a child and "your not a bad person"
Your right your not bad your fucking evil and deserve all taunts and jabs tossed at you everyday for the rest of your lives
You deserve acid poured in your cooter or your dick dipped in honey then you need to have a bee hive tied to it
It just kills me how they all think "they arent that bad they just did something wrong"

Dakota Valkyrie

February 19th, 2012, 11:04 AM

A region woman who one relative described as a "great mother" has twice been accused of neglecting her children, one of whom died in a high-profile homicide case, state records obtained by The Times show.

Melissa Swiontek faces felony neglect of a dependent charges relating to her daughter Jada Justice's death in June 2009. But nine years before Jada's death, Swiontek was chastised by the Indiana Department of Child Services for leaving her then 3-year-old disabled son at home alone in Portage, DCS records state.

The records recently were released to The Times through a public records request.

Swiontek told DCS investigators at the time that she thought it was OK to leave her son, Jesus Albanice, alone because he was immobile, DCS records state. He functioned at the level of a newborn baby, couldn't see and had a feeding tube, according to the records.

Jesus had Zellweger syndrome, a genetic disorder that affected his brain and liver. He died as a result of the disorder on Dec. 3, 2001, state records show.

Swiontek said she left Jesus home alone on Feb. 29, 2000, so she could go to the laundromat. She was arrested there after a confrontation with her ex-boyfriend's wife, DCS records state. When Portage police took her into custody, Swiontek told the officers she had a handicapped child at home.

DCS officials later substantiated neglect allegations against Swiontek for leaving Jesus by himself, DCS records show. She was ordered to take parenting classes and was supervised by a DCS caseworker for six months.

Swiontek's mother, Lisa Huerta, vigorously denies her daughter ever neglected Jesus — or any of her other children.

"She never neglected him, period," Huerta said in a recent interview with The Times.

Huerta said Swiontek took Jesus to regular doctor's appointments at Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health in Indianapolis to treat his disorder. Life expectancy for a child with Zellweger Syndrome is 6 months, but Jesus lived until two days before his fifth birthday, she said.

Huerta claims Jesus was being watched by another family member when the incident at the laundromat took place — despite DCS records that say otherwise.

Huerta said police asked her to care for Jesus when Swiontek was arrested.

She called her daughter's arrest at the laundromat "a dumb childhood thing." Swiontek, who was 18 at the time, never was criminally charged for the incident.

"Teenagers do dumb things," Huerta said. "Who hasn't as a teenager?"

Huerta said she doesn't understand why people are trying to portray her daughter as a "bad witch" when she is a victim. She said Swiontek is a single mother who put herself through college while caring for five children.

"Everything I've seen from Melissa indicates she's a very good mom," Swiontek's attorney, John Vouga, said.

Swiontek, now 30, faces felony neglect charges relating to her daughter Jada's death at the hands of a cousin and the cousin's boyfriend in June 2009, Lake Criminal Court records state. Swiontek is accused of leaving then 2-year-old Jada with Engelica Castillo and Timothy Tkachik, knowing they were drug users and dealers.

Swiontek previously told The Times she intended to leave Jada with the Hobart couple for nearly two weeks.
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http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/hobart/dcs-slain-toddler-s-mother-neglected-her-disabled-child-in/article_c89daa33-0e87-52cf-bd7b-ef532d064f8a.html