Action News Jax sources: Uncle confesses to involvement in missing pregnant teen's disappearance

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Action News Jax sources say pregnant teen Iyana Sawyer was murdered and that Iyana Sawyer's uncle, Johnathan Quiles, confessed to his involvement in her disappearance.

Sources tell Action News Jax, police were searching for evidence in the disappearance of 16-year-old Iyana Sawyer, a pregnant teen last seen leaving Terry Parker High School in December 2018.

In the weeks after Iyana Sawyer’s disappearance, Sky Action News Jax was over the scene as investigators searched the business where the teen’s uncle worked.

Action News Jax sources confirm investigators are looking into other people who may be connected to Iyana Sawyer’s disappearance.

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The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said they are no longer searching a landfill located on Otis Road.

Action News Jax sources confirm text books from Terry Parker High School were found in the landfill where JSO had been searching for weeks.

Sources say Johnathan Quiles is cooperating with the detectives into the investigation of Iyana Sawyer. Sawyer disappeared in December. Quiles is the only named suspect in Sawyer's disappearance. @ActionNewsJax at 5:00 pic.twitter.com/sbt26mDWSs
— Bridgette Matter (@bridgetteANjax) February 12, 2019

Only on @ActionNewsJax at 5:00 sources reveal troubling new details related to the disappearance case of Iyana Sawyer. Sawyer was last seen leaving Terry Parker High School in December. pic.twitter.com/hti4BRNEum
— Bridgette Matter (@bridgetteANjax) February 12, 2019