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Witness in Rilya Wilson case may also testify in "Lollipops" case
Witness in Rilya Wilson case may also testify in "Lollipops" case
The Associated Press MIAMI - The jailhouse informant and key witness in the Rilya Wilson murder case may also testify in another child murder trial, the "Baby Lollipops" case. Robin Lunceford told investigators in August that Rilya's caregiver, Geralyn Graham, gave a detailed confession in jail to the girl's death, prosecutors said. The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office also has named Lunceford as a witness against Ana Maria Cardona, who is accused of killing her 3-year-old son and dumping his body on a roadside in 1990. When Lazaro Figueroa's shrunken, scarred body was found in the bushes of a Miami Beach estate, investigators initially called him "Baby Lollipops" for the stained T-shirt he was wearing. Prosecutors would not comment Monday about Lunceford's statement in the Rilya case, or her expected testimony in the Baby Lollipops case. But prosecutors have said they did not make any plea deals in exchange for her cooperation in either case. It's not clear what information Lunceford has about Cardona, or where they may have met. Lunceford has served time at the Broward Correctional Institution, where Cardona spent almost 10 years on death row before the Florida Supreme Court overturned her conviction in 2002. A Florida Department of Corrections spokeswoman said death row inmates are kept segregated from the rest of the population. Cardona is awaiting a new trial later this year. Her lawyer, assistant Miami-Dade public defender Edith Georgi, said she has not deposed Lunceford to learn what evidence she provided. Lunceford allegedly told investigators that Graham said she suffocated or smothered Rilya in December 2000. Investigators have not found the 4-year-old foster child's body. Graham's lawyer, Brian Tannebaum, questions Lunceford's motives and her credibility. Meanwhile, Lunceford is facing armed robbery charges. If convicted, she faces life in prison. Court records show that she has been convicted of 15 robberies in three states since 1980, and has pulled off three prison breaks. http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-onlin...88VU1J00.shtml ___ "Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons, For you are crunchy and taste good with catsup." |
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