In an attempt to counter that, assistant public defender Melisa McNeill and her team have made Cruz's history their case's centerpiece,birth to a hard-drinking, crack-smoking Fort Lauderdale prostitute,And nowhere was that more apparent than in the home Roger and Lynda Cruz built in Parkland, an upscale Fort Lauderdale suburb. They adopted Nikolas at birth in 1998 and, in 2000, Zachary, who had a different birth father.
But by preschool, Cruz showed extreme behavior. Neighbors and teachers testified he hit and bit other children and didn't socialize. He was anxious, fell when he ran and couldn't use utensils. Nikolas started seeing psychiatrists and psychologists at age 3 and didn't fully talk or become potty trained until 4.family's den. That left Lynda Cruz alone in her mid-50s with two sons who would have challenged a much younger couple.
Friends gave conflicting testimony over whether Lynda Cruz really was financially strapped or had wealth she didn't want to spend. Steven Schusler testified that shortly after moving nearby, his landlord called over the Cruz boys and pointed at Nikolas, then about 10.
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