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State: Lonzie had rib injuries prior to death

The State Attorney said Friday that Lonzie Barton, the missing Jacksonville toddler who is believed to have been found dead in January, had rib injuries before he died. 
The state said the injuries were "healing fractures," meaning Lonzie Barton was injured before he even vanished last July 24. 
Ruben Ebron led investigators to the body believed to be Lonzie's in January. Because of the body's condition, the state said the cause of death is unknown. However, Ebron told officials the boy was found face-down in a bathtub. 
"[Ebron] was remorseful and took us to the body," State Attorney Angela Corey said. 

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In the days before Lonzie vanished, he had a bruise to the back of his head and yellow fluid coming out of his ears. Police said the boy was lethargic and was throwing up. 

"Despite getting into an argument over how it occurred without a real satisfactory explanation, and all those other factors I just laid out, she left Lonzie and her 5-year-old in the care, custody and control of someone who may have done something to her child and went to work at Wacko's," Chief of Investigations Tom Hackney said last August.

Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Chief Tom Hackney said the Department of Children and Families had previously cases involving them, but didn't elaborate.

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