A defense attorney says his client didn’t intend to kill a toddler whose body was found encased in concrete in a swampy area of northwestern Indiana.
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — A defense attorney says his client didn’t intend to kill a toddler whose body was found encased in concrete in a swampy area of northwestern Indiana. Testimony began Wednesday in the trial of 19-year-old Engelica Castillo of Hobart, who is charged with murder for the June 2009 death of a 2-year-old cousin she was baby-sitting. Jada Justice was the subject of a 10-day search after Castillo reported the girl was missing from the car after she went into a Gary convenience store. Defense lawyer Lemuel Stigler told jurors that testimony would show Jada didn’t die as portrayed by Castillo’s then-boyfriend, Timothy Tkachik. He has pleaded guilty to neglect of a dependent charges. Prosecutor David Urbanski said the two were going to Chicago for heroin when they realized Jada wasn’t breathing. Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
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