2-year-old Jada Justice (Courtesy: CBS 2)
Life sentence sought in toddler's death
Woman charged with killing child, dumping body
Updated: Friday, 18 Sep 2009, 9:18 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 18 Sep 2009, 9:18 PM EDT
CROWN POINT, Ind.(AP) - Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence without parole for a
babysitter charged with killing a toddler whose body was burned,
encased in concrete and dumped in a swampy area near LaPorte.
They filed paperwork Thursday seeking the life sentence if
Engelica Elisa Castillo, 18, of Hobart is convicted in the June
death of 2-year-old Jada Justice of Portage. It's based on an
aggravating circumstance they would have to prove, that Castillo
killed the girl.
Castillo and her live-in boyfriend, Timothy Tkachik, 24, each
are charged with murder, two counts of neglect of a dependent,
battery and false informing.
Tkachik has told police Castillo fatally beat the girl and
tried unsuccessly to burn it before it was encased in concrete in a
plastic tub.
A tentative plea deal has been struck that would waive the teen accused of …
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