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CROWN POINT | Jada Justice's 18-year-old baby sitter and the young woman's boyfriend took drugs and schemed a desperate cover story after killing her and trying to get rid of her body, prosecutors allege.

Engelica Castillo, 18, and her boyfriend, 24-year-old Timothy Tkachik , both of Hobart, were charged Friday with murdering the 2-year-old Portage toddler. They also were charged with two counts of neglect of a dependent, battery and false informing.

"This tragic ending is not the outcome we were all hoping for," prosecutor Bernard Carter said Friday in a statement. "The relentless efforts by all involved shows that Northwest Indiana has a big heart."

Prosecutors accuse the two of abusing heroin and marijuana in the hours leading up to the girl's death, only to try more than once to dispose of her body and concoct a story about her disappearance.

In his testimony to police, Tkachik blamed the girl's death on Castillo, saying the girl died hours after Castillo beat her in the head with her knuckles and after the girl struck her head against a table.

Tkachik said Castillo spanked Jada in an attempt to potty train the girl, but that it escalated June 13 into harsher beating that he claimed to have tried to stop Castillo.

That night, the couple realized Jada wasn't breathing in a car seat in the back of Tkachik's car, on the way to Porter County to buy heroin, Tkachik told investigators.

The two stopped the car, tried administering CPR to the girl, but realized she was dead, court documents state.

"I told you to stop," Tkachik told investigators he told Castillo. "I told you enough is enough."

They returned to Hobart where they left Jada covered in the back seat of Tkachik's car for hours while driving Castillo's car back to Porter County, then to Chicago, and back to Hobart, records state. Back in Hobart, 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. Numerous skull fractures were revealed during the girl's autopsy, charging documents state.

She was positively identified Friday by a family member by a photograph, LaPorte County Coroner John Sullivan said. Sullivan said he wanted to spare the family from seeing Jada's body in person.

Sullivan said he could not determine when the girl had died, based on the autopsy.

Castillo's lawyer, T. Edward Page, said Castillo planned to plead not guilty to the charges.

"We believe that once all of the evidence is presented to a fair and impartial jury at trial, she will be cleared of responsibility for her cousin's death," Page said. "She is distraught over her cousin's death and distraught that she has been accused of it."

It was unclear Friday if Tkachik has retained a lawyer.

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.

They are expected to appear in court Monday.

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[jonnieb4eva]

wait you forgot to say how she died, where they found her etc.

[Bellarose1994]

@jonnieb4eva They aren't included in the video as it was made before her body was found.But there is information in the description of how she died.

[Jemma1487]

WOW! that is a brilliant video about Jada, I would have done one myself but I dont know how to edit videos and stuff..

Thankyou for your support on Jada's facebook group! (link in the side bar)

& if you dont mind I'm going to put this video in the group as well, just message me thanx

much love, xox

[Bellarose1994]

Glad you like the video

of course you can put this in the group

[kml40ful]

such a beautiful and precious angel! may she R.I.P

[animations234]

her cousin should have took her with her into the store soory about jada R.I.P Jada

[lovedivine40]

THIS IS THE REASON YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOU REYES ON YOUR KIDS ALL THE TIME TRUST NO ONE BUT GOD.HOW SOME ONE HURT A INNOCENT KID WHO CANT DEFEND ITS SELF.MAY GOD COMFORT THE FAMILY!!!

[yellowjag]

How could anyone murder such a beautiful little girl, I'm very, very sorry for your loss. I hope the people who did this get get what they deserve.

[kamilalimaziz]

thats sad now u know not to leave yo child in the car but may her search countunue and ill pray for her....

[BlazinBlue2]

im so very sorry for this persons loss, and i give my thoughts and prayers to the family, rest in peace Jada

[bradleysmith11]

:*( those people are monsters. how could they sleep with a baby corpse in their house and with the rest of what they did? wow. terrible 

[idiotBarbie]

This is so sad. I remember hearing about it in the news & in the papers. I was pregnant at the time. This is one of the reasons I decided to be a stay-at-home Mom. There's too many sickos in the world, and it's not that easy to tell them apart from everyone else. I'm so so so so sorry for your loss. I wish could say things will get better, but I don't know that they will. You're still in my thoughts & prayers.