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July 27, 2015
The man who police say lied about a car theft and the abduction of his girlfriend’s toddler and who is charged with child neglect is now considered a suspect the disappearance of the boy
A massive search for 21-month-old Lonzie Barton who disappeared sometime between 8 p.m. Thursday and 2:20 a.m. Friday, continues, with the focus shifting Saturday to an area near Phillips Highway and Interstate 295.
“There is still some hope that we can find little Lonzie alive; although, over time, that hope fades,” Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Chief of Detectives Tom Hackney said Saturday night.
Hackney said it is especially frustrating because the man in custody, William Ebron Jr., knows Lonzie is, but he won’t tell police.
“We are not working this as a stranger abduction anymore. We’re still listing it as an Amber Alert, still working it as a child abduction with a missing person,” Hackney said.
Hackney said that over 50 tips have come in, and some leading police and a dive team Saturday to search woods and bodies of water north of Bayard, an area where the boyfriend used to live.
Detectives also took Ebron to some of the search areas to see if he would provide any new information, but he did not.
“Ebron is lying to us,” Hackney said of the original story that Lonzie as taken when Ebron’s car was stolen when he briefly back inside to get something. “He went back to the apartment to do cocaine. That turns him into part of a monster, to do that.”
Saturday afternoon, Ebron appeared on the charges and a Duval County judge set bond at $50,000 for each count. If released, Ebron is to have no contact with anyone under the age of 18, Lonzie’s mother or any of the victim’s family, and must wear a drug patch and not consume any alcohol or take any drugs, and wear a GPS monitoring bracelet. Ebron’s next court date is Aug. 17.
“We’re still going to work this as a child abduction, because, honestly, I don’t know what happened to Lonzie,” Hackney said, saying the Amber Alert for the boy will remain in place. “I don’t know if Lonzie is alive or dead.”
