Update - June 26, 2009

It was a devastating day for family, friends, and an entire community as Jada Justice's uncle confirmed that a body found Thursday is in fact his niece.

The news comes on the same day that Jada's 18-year-old cousin is charged in the little girl's murder.

As we told you Thursday night, Jada's body was found off U.S. 421 in rural LaPorte County.

On Friday, the LaPorte County Coroner's Office ruled her death a homicide.

Authorities say Jada had likely been encased in concrete in shallow water for days.

For nine days, police and the community searched for Jada, who was reported missing by her cousin Engelica Castillo.

On Friday, 18-year-old Castillo and her boyfriend Tim Tkachik, 24, of Hobart, were each charged with murder and other charges.

The two are held without bond in the Lake County Jail.

A two-year-old Indiana girl has been missing for 9 days.

Now, police are saying they've likely found her body in rural LaPorte County.

Jada Justice was last seen on June 16th.

Her 18-year-old cousin and babysitter reportedly left her in the car that evening, and came back to find Jada missing.

Police say they have two people in custody.

Even before the news...tears.

"It is with deep sadness that I report this morning that investigators discovered what are believed to be the remains of Jada Justice"

The first words out at this press conference--the last friends and family wanted to hear

"Couldn't believe it, I'm still in shock," says on family friend.

Shock, after news that a 2-year-old girl missing for almost two weeks, won't be coming home.

Friends sorry, and police still at work. Whose investigation has shifted from that of a missing person to a murder.

On Thursday, police blocked off the road just north of I-80 and Highway 421.

Officials wouldn't say how her body was found--or who found her.

"A lot of family members are hoping that it's maybe not her but at the same time, in reality, we have to accept that it is probably indeed Jada," said one family member.

At the gas station where Jada Justice was reportedly last seen, a crowd gathers to remember.

They want others to think and remember too. Remember that this was a child, and could have been anyone's child.

A young child, gone missing.

Whose very last name -- Justice -- so absent from her last days.

There have been reports that 18-year-old Castillo, the babysitter who last saw Jada, aas under the influence.

But again, no confirmation on whether she -- or her boyfriend -- are the two people in custody.

Police say they notified the parents they'd found a body earlier in the afternoon.