Prosecutor: 'Baby Lollipops' was abused, killed by his mom

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida mother brutally abused her toddler before fatally beating the boy officers called "Baby Lollipops" in a case that riveted Miami decades ago, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday.

Prosecutor Reid Rubin said in his closing argument at the third murder trial of 56-year-old Ana Maria Cardona that she killed 3-year-old Lazaro Figueroa and hid his body in bushes in November 1990.

The boy was beaten throughout his short life and was starving to death, weighing just 18 pounds. His body was covered in bumps and bruises and cigarette burns. His skull had been fractured, and his left arm was permanently bent at a 90-degree angle. The medical examiner called it child torture.