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Posted: 12:21 AM Sep 19, 2009
Ind. seeks life for babysitter charged with murder
Crown Point Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence without parole for a baby sitter charged with killing a toddler whose body was burned, encased in concrete and dumped in a swampy area near LaPorte.
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Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence without parole for a baby sitter 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 unsuccessfully to burn it before it was encased in concrete in a plastic tub.
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