The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has found the
remains of 21-month-old Lonzie Barton who went missing on July
24, 2015. According to a post shared by the sheriff’s office on Tuesday
January 12, the chief suspect in the disappearance, cooperated & led investigators to the remains. The post below:
"At times, 425 officers/people were searching from 38 different
agencies who assisted to help.
We continued to work this case for
the last 142 days non stop and today we believe we have located the
remains of Lonzie Barton in a wooded area near Philips Hwy and 9B.
The decisions made to find this child's body was a joint effort between
JSO and the State Attorney's Office. Our original goal was to find
Lonzie, we have done that.
This is the first step in Justice
for Lonzie. Lonzie did not need to be discarded like a piece of trash.
He will now spend eternity somewhere that is peaceful and not in a
horrific garbage heap. This case is not over.
We have worked
with the attorney's of Ruben Ebron. Ruben Ebron was at the search site
yesterday and cooperated with us. Justice is sometimes slow and
sometimes piece by piece. Finding the body of Lonzie is a very big
piece of that. The investigative efforts goal was to take Lonzie from a
place of unknown to a place of peace. We have now done that.
The Jacksonville community has become Lonzie's family. Thank you to the
media for the help in the beginning of this investigation. Helping us
get the information out and keeping the information in the forefront was
tremendous. A big thank you to the Jacksonville community for the
outpouring support and all of the great things you did for us during
this search. Whether it was a donation or you said a prayer, we can't
thank everyone in Jacksonville enough.
R.I.P. Lonzie Barton"
SOURCE:
JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF'S OFFICE/FACEBOOK
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