Ind. judge dismisses charges against Melissa Swiontek

June 27, 2013 (CHICAGO)

Melissa Swiontek is the mother of Jada Justice, 2.

Justice was murdered in 2009. She was beaten, killed and left in a local swamp.

The girl's babysitter and her boyfriend were convicted in the murder, but Swiontek faced neglect charges in her death.

On Thursday, a Lake County Criminal Court judge ruled she had no reason to foresee Justice's death.

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