Sentencing of man in Jada Justice case is again reset

CROWN POINT | Friday's hearing for a Hobart man awaiting sentencing in the death of Portage toddler Jada Justice was again continued.

Life sentence tossed for Jada Justice killer, Supreme Court sets 65-year term

INDIANAPOLIS | Engelica Castillo was ordered to serve 65 years in prison instead of life for murdering her 2-year-old cousin, Jada Justice. The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Castillo's original sentence of life without the possibility of parole was inappropriate.

Ind. Supreme Court ruling in Castillo v. State

Neglect trial for Jada Justice's mother scheduled for Feb. 25

CROWN POINT | The mother of slain Portage toddler Jada Justice is expected to go to trial Feb. 25.

Status hearing reset for June for man in Jada Justice case

CROWN POINT | A status hearing Friday for Timothy Tkachik, co-defendant in the 2009 slaying of Portage toddler Jada Justice, was continued until June 29.

DCS: Slain toddler's mother neglected her disabled child in 2000

A region woman who one relative described as a "great mother" has twice been accused of neglecting her children, one of whom died in a high-profile homicide case, state records obtained by The Times show.

Court hearing delayed for mother of slain toddler Jada Justice

CROWN POINT | An omnibus hearing Thursday for the mother of slain Portage toddler Jada Justice was continued to April 25.

Heroin suspect linked to Jada Justice case given probation

HAMMOND | A woman arrested with the two suspects in the killing of Portage 2-year-old Jada Justice was sentenced on federal heroin charges Thursday, court records state.

Jada Justice killer seeks reduced sentence

INDIANAPOLIS | It was wrong to sentence Engelica Castillo to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of her 2-year-old cousin, Jada Justice, because Castillo's co-defendant likely will receive a much shorter prison term.

Court delays sentencing in Jada Justice case

CROWN POINT | Friday's sentencing of Timothy Tkachik, co-defendant in the Jada Justice case, has been continued until April 8.

Tkachik sentencing delayed again as prosecutors investigate another possible suspect in Jada Justice killing

CROWN POINT | Sentencing for Timothy Tkachik, co-defendant in the 2009 slaying of Portage toddler Jada Justice, has been continued to Jan. 21 because prosecutors are looking at another possible suspect in the case.

Castillo gets life without parole in Jada Justice murder

CROWN POINT | Near the conclusion of a 2 1/2-hour hearing Thursday, Lake Criminal Court Judge Thomas Stefaniak Jr. imposed a sentence of life without possibility of parole on Engelica Castillo, 20, for the murder of her cousin, 2-year-old Jada Justice.

Tkachik: He, Castillo left Jada dead in car during drug buy

CROWN POINT | Timothy Tkachik took the stand Thursday in the trial of his ex-girlfriend, Engelica Castillo, who faces a possible sentence of life without parole if convicted of murder in the death of her 2-year-old cousin, Jada Justice.