Two year old Jada Justice is missing from Gary, Indiana. She was last seen June 12, by Eugelica Castillo, who had been babysitting her cousin. Castillo told police she left Jada in her car while she went inside a gas station to buy a gallon of milk and the toddler was gone when she returned.The FBI has joined the police in the search.
Gary police have questioned the account given by Castillo, who had been taking care of Jada since June 8 while the child’s 27-year-old mother Melissa Swiontek was on a trip. White said Castillo and her live-in boyfriend, Timothy Tkachik, 24, have not been cooperative.
Jada Justice was last seen about 9:40 p.m. on June 16, when her 18-year-old babysitter and cousin stopped at a Gary, Indiana, convenience store to buy milk and cigarettes. Jada’s mother, Melissa Swiontek, said Tuesday she and Jada’s father had taken polygraph tests in the case. The two get along well, she said, and Jada’s father has regular visitation with her.
Castillo had not taken a polygraph test as of Tuesday, Swiontek said. Asked whether authorities had requested that Castillo take a polygraph, Swiontek said. Swiontek said Jada had never opened a car door and Swiontek said she didn’t believe Jada could have opened the door of Castillo’s car, which Nancy Grace stated was a 1991 caddilac.
Jada is described as an African-American child about 2 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 35 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and a light brown complexion. At the time of her disappearance, she was wearing an orange skirt, a white tank top with orange and green stripes, white sandals and purple underwear, the FBI said.
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