The search for Jada Justice is over. Her remains have been found by local authorities.
Here is the details of the discovery:
Engelica Castillo, 18, and her boyfriend, 24-year-old Timothy Tkachik , both of Hobart, were charged Friday 25th 2009 with murdering the 2-year-old Portage toddler. They also were charged with two counts of neglect of a dependent, battery and false informing.
The story of how she went missing was a lie!..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 drove back to Hobart, leaving Jada's body exposed in the burned-out hole, he said.
The next day, after purchasing materials from a Merrillville hardware store, the couple drove back to Westville where Tkachik placed Jada into a blue plastic tub, poured concrete in and waited for it to harden, records state. After it had dried, he chipped away the tub, dropping her concrete-encased body into a nearby swamp, records state.
He later directed police to the spot, records state.
A Lake County coroner's spokesman said Friday that Jada's death was a homicide by blunt force trauma.
Jada was sadly beaten to death, with number of skull fractures, bruises and bumps all over her little body & eventurly passed away. All this done by the hands of someone she trusted, someone who she thought loved her.
Both Castillo and Tkachik each could face up to 65 years in prison if convicted. Castillo and Tkachik both are being held in Lake County Jail without bond.
My deepest sympathy goes out to Jada Justice's family. What a cruel and senseless end to a little life.
The Lakeesha Alert was designed to bring attention to missing Black children. People of color are not the focus of MSM attention when they are missing. Afrospear bloggers are committed to helping spread the word about missing children or adults.
The group that formed to help in the search for Jada Justice is going to continue working on other cases of missing children. You can learn more information about this effort by visiting the forum on Facebook. (link)
For more information on missing Black people please visit Black and Missing But Not Forgotten. There is information posted on missing persons nationwide.
3 comments:
Tragic.
Thanks for sharing the facebook link. I pray her tragedy will be the key that frees other minority children from abusive situations.
This case is just heartbreaking. I may be reading into it based on what I now know, but just look at that photograph. Perhaps the camera just caught little Jada in a rare unsmiling moment. Or perhaps the sadness in her eyes reveals the pain this little one had already experienced.
How ironic that her name is "Justice." I hope she is at peace, and that justice will come soon.
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