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| Jada Justice, 2, is missing from Gary, Indiana. (FBI Indianapolis) |
Posted: Tuesday, 23 June 2009 8:23AM
No leads in search for missing 2-year-old girl
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CROWN POINT, Ind. (STNG) - The search for 2-year-old Jada Justice continued Monday, but officials say they have no leads on the whereabouts of the Portage girl reported missing seven days ago.
Staff from the U.S. Department of Justice, FBI and police from Hobart and Gary met at Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter's office Monday morning.
FBI spokeswoman Wendy Osborne said there are no new leads in the case. Police began an intensive, eight-hour search June 16 after the girl's babysitter reported Jada had disappeared from a car parked at a gas station in Gary's Glen Park neighborhood.
Gary police have said they have doubts about the story told by the baby sitter, Angelica Castillo, the 18-year-old cousin of Justice's mother, Melissa Swiontek.
Castillo told police she left Jada in a car seat in her unlocked Cadillac Fleetwood about 9:40 p.m., while she went into the gas station to buy milk. When she returned, she said the girl was gone.
Police dogs did not pick up Jada's scent near the car
Police found bloody sheets in Castillo's home in Hobart, but concluded the blood came from a dog in heat. Castillo was held at the Lake County Jail for child neglect, but was released when prosecutors
Anyone with information about Jada Justice should call the FBI at (800) 225-5324, Cmdr. Anthony Titus at (219) 881-1237, Detective Chris Rodriguez at (219) 881-1210 or Detective James Nielsen at (219) 881-1229
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