How Man Impregnated His Niece And Killed Her To Escape Family Alienation -- Jury

 A 38- year old man identified as Johnathan Quiles, has been found guilty of first degree murder in Florida, United States after he impregnated and killed his teenage niece, Iyana Sawyer.

 After the Florida jury deliberated on the matter for about an hour, Johnathan Quiles was also found guilty of sexual battery and the murder of the teen's unborn child.

Iyana Sawyer was 16-years-old when she went missing 2018, with her body never found.

Despite not finding her body, the jury  concluded that her Uncle Quiles killed her and her unborn child sometime in December of that year.

 

Sawyer last seen last on December 19, 2018 when she left her high school during her lunch period when she traveled to a junkyard, the location of Quiles working place at the time.

The Police are of the belief that Quiles killed the girl, put her body in a dumpster and hid or destroyed it at a landfill.

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The attorneys representing Quiles opined that she may still be alive, even as they tried to bar the prosecutors from using the word "victim" to describe Ms Sawyer.

The the jury passed a guilty verdict on Johnathan Quiles after the prosecutors used six days to provide evidence, which included other family members testifying to him sexually assaulting and inappropriately messaging them .

 Quiles' brother, Joseph, a star witness in the case, said Quiles told him that he murdered the girl and disposed of her body.

“He said he took the young lady and had her sitting in a vehicle, waiting, he tried to strangle her, it didn’t work out, he couldn’t stomach it, so he shot her in the chest. And he put the body, transporting it in a dumpster, and destroying the vehicle,” Joseph Quiles said.

Johnathan Quiles was said to be afraid he would be banished from his family if the girl gave birth to their child.

The prosecutors wants Quiles to be sentenced to death, with the jury set to reconvene on Monday, September 25, to pass sentence.

 

While reacting to thr verdict, Sawyers' family members said:

“Today, a nearly 5-year nightmare ends with another measure of justice,” John Phillips, an attorney representing the family, said. 

“We thank the jury, law enforcement and judge, as well as all of our friends and family who reached out when we needed it most."