It was July 24, 2015, when 21-month-old Lonzie Barton was reported abducted from outside his Jacksonville apartment, prompting a massive and lengthy search. All the while his mother Lonna Lauramore Barton and her boyfriend William Ruben Ebron Jr. knew it was a ruse and that the blond-headed little boy was dead.
After Barton pleaded guilty to child neglect and lying to police and agreeing to testify against Ebron, he confessed and led them to the body under a tire in some woods on Jan. 11, 2016.
Ebron was sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to aggravated manslaughter, and Barton was sentenced to five years…