A woman accused of having sex with her boyfriend as her 21-month-old son drowned in a bathtub has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Lonna Lauramore Barton, 26, was sentenced on Friday after she pleaded guilty to child neglect and lying to police, The Florida Times-Union reported.
Lonzie Barton was reported missing last summer and after months of fruitless searching, Lauramore Barton's ex-boyfriend William Ruben Ebron Jr, 32, led investigators to the boy's remains in January.
Lonna Lauramore Barton, 26, (left) accused of having sex with her boyfriend as her 21-month-old son Lonzie Barton (right) drowned in a bathtub has been sentenced to five years in prison
Lauramore Barton (pictured previously in court) was sentenced on Friday after she pleaded guilty to child neglect and lying to police. She still faces unrelated drug charges in Baker County, Florida
He pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter and is expected to be sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Lonzie's remains were too badly decomposed to determine a cause of death.
The ex-boyfriend said the child drowned while being left alone in a bathtub while he and Lauramore Barton had sex.
His admission came days after Lauramore Barton, who has had the custody of her two surviving children taken away, pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against him.
Judge Mark Borello who handed down the sentence said it was justified because Lonzie would still be alive if not for the actions of his mother.
According to prosecutors, the case is still being investigated.
During Friday's sentencing, Lauramore Barton's attorney addressed claims that she was pregnant with Ebron Jr's child.
Her attorney said she lied about being pregnant because she thought it would make Ebron Jr tell her where Lonzie was located, according to The Florida Times-Union.
However, she cannot have any more children because she reportedly had a tubal ligation procedure done after Lonzie was born to keep her from having more children.
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After months of fruitless searching for Lonzie, Lauramore Barton's ex-boyfriend 32-year-old William Ruben Ebron Jr (pictured) led investigators to his remains in January
State Attorney Rich Mantei also noted that Lauramore Barton and Ebron Jr have different versions of what happened to the boy but that neither can be refuted by evidence.
Ebron Jr's parents were in court during the sentencing on Friday, along with Lauramore Barton's parents.
'I'm never gonna dispute my son had some involvement but he wasn't alone,' William Ebron Sr told WFTV. 'True justice for this baby would be equal amount.'
Attorneys said Ebron Jr traumatized Lonzie's five-year-old sister when he made her ride in the car when he dumped dumped the boy's body.
Ebron Jr said Lonzie drowned while being left alone in a bathtub while he and Lauramore Barton had sex. His admission came days after Lauramore Barton pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against him
A defense attorney said Lauramore Barton took her son to the doctor after his sister pushed him down the stairs, according to WFTV.
On July 24 Lonzie disappeared. Ebron Jr told police he had left the boy alone in his car for a few minutes to retrieve something from the house.
He said when he returned, Lonzie and the car were gone.
But police later released surveillance video that showed Ebron's car driving past the camera, and later a man they believed to be Ebron running back the other direction.
For months, Ebron Jr denied involvement in Lonzie's disappearance, but after Lauramore Barton pleaded guilty last month and agreed to testify against him, things changed.
An emotional Ebron Jr led a convoy of investigators down a long, dark road to a wooded area in Bayard in January.
After searching for hours, an investigator saw a bone sticking out of a tire in a pile of garbage.
Ebron Jr led a convoy of investigators to a wooded area in Bayard in January (shown above). After searching for hours, an investigator saw a bone sticking out of a tire in a pile of garbage. Lonzie's remains were too badly decomposed to determine a cause of death
There was evidence that the boy's ribs had been broken previously and had healed, and there was some damage to his skull, according to the medical examiner's report.
Ebron pleaded guilty to child neglect, giving false information to police and tampering with evidence.
Lauramore Barton met Ebron, who was known as someone who could supply drugs to the women, during her time as a stripper at Wacko's Gentlemens Club.
They then began a romantic relationship that seemed to be focused on drugs, according to The Florida Times-Union.
She still faces unrelated drug charges in Baker County.
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