The 38 Secrets

0:00 Speaker 1: The disappearance of Aana Sawyer On a quiet December morning

0:04 Speaker 1: in Jacksonville, Florida. The school day at Terry Parker High

0:08 Speaker 1: School began like any other. Students shuffled through hallways, buses

0:12 Speaker 1: lined up outside, and sixteen year old Iana Sawyer, an

0:16 Speaker 1: honors student known for her straight a's and bright future,

0:20 Speaker 1: was expected to be just another face in the crowd.

0:23 Speaker 1: But by the end of that day, she would vanish

0:26 Speaker 1: without a trace, and nothing in her life, her family,

0:29 Speaker 1: or the investigation that followed would ever be the same again.

0:33 Speaker 1: A vanishing in broad daylight. It was December nineteenth, twenty eighteen.

0:38 Speaker 1: Ayana's younger sister boarded the school bus that morning. Anna

0:42 Speaker 1: did not. At first, it seemed like a simple misunderstanding.

0:46 Speaker 1: Maybe she was late, maybe she stayed behind. But when

0:49 Speaker 1: hours passed and there was still no sign of her,

0:52 Speaker 1: panic began to spread. Her sister called home in confusion.

0:57 Speaker 1: Their mother, Kimberly Moy, was at work when she received

1:00 Speaker 1: the call that would change everything. Iana hadn't gotten on

1:04 Speaker 1: the bus, and she hadn't been seen since. Within minutes,

1:07 Speaker 1: the family was in full panic mode. Relatives called each other,

1:12 Speaker 1: someone dialed nine one one others rushed to the school.

1:16 Speaker 1: What started as confusion quickly escalated into chaos. She just

1:21 Speaker 1: disappeared in thin air. One relative said it was mass chaos.

1:26 Speaker 1: Police responded immediately, but the first troubling finding came quickly.

1:31 Speaker 1: Diana had been seen on school surveillance footage leaving campus

1:34 Speaker 1: around eleven am, and then she simply vanished into an

1:37 Speaker 1: area not covered by cameras. No one saw who picked

1:41 Speaker 1: her up, no one knew where she went. A teenager

1:44 Speaker 1: with secrets to her family, Aana was a loving daughter,

1:49 Speaker 1: a disciplined student, and a girl with big dreams. She

1:52 Speaker 1: wanted to become either a doctor or a lawyer. She

1:56 Speaker 1: was responsible, close to her family, and deeply bonded with

1:59 Speaker 1: her mind. But investigators soon learned there was more beneath

2:03 Speaker 1: the surface. Aana was five months pregnant. The family, although shocked,

2:09 Speaker 1: supported her. They had even named the unborn child Hazel Michelle.

2:14 Speaker 1: Now the urgency doubled. Police were not just searching for

2:18 Speaker 1: a missing teenager. They were searching for a pregnant girl

2:21 Speaker 1: whose time was running out. A complicated investigation. At first,

2:25 Speaker 1: investigators leaned toward a troubling but common theory. Iana had

2:30 Speaker 1: run away. There were no obvious signs of a struggle,

2:34 Speaker 1: no witnesses, no forced exit, only a missing girl who

2:38 Speaker 1: appeared to have left voluntarily, but her family insisted this

2:42 Speaker 1: was out of character. Then came a new lead that

2:45 Speaker 1: shifted everything inside IANA's home. Her mother began searching through

2:50 Speaker 1: her laptop in the recycle bin. She discovered hidden word documents,

2:55 Speaker 1: private writings filled with emotional confessions. One name stood out repeatedly, Jose,

3:01 Speaker 1: a secret love, a relationship kept hidden, and words that

3:05 Speaker 1: hinted at betrayal, confusion, and emotional turmoil. IANA's mother was stunned.

3:12 Speaker 1: She had never heard of anyone named Jose, but investigators

3:15 Speaker 1: believed this Jose might hold the key. The first suspect

3:20 Speaker 1: a forbidden relationship. Attention quickly turned to a man from

3:24 Speaker 1: IANA's past, a neighbor named Kamar Humphrey. He had previously

3:28 Speaker 1: admitted to a sexual relationship with her when she was

3:31 Speaker 1: under age. DNA evidence confirmed contact had occurred. He was

3:36 Speaker 1: registered as a sexual offender, but investigators discovered the timing

3:41 Speaker 1: did not align with the pregnancy while concerning He was

3:44 Speaker 1: eventually ruled out as a direct suspect in her disappearance. Still,

3:49 Speaker 1: one critical question remained unanswered. Who was the father of

3:53 Speaker 1: IANA's unborn child and who was Jose The family connection

3:58 Speaker 1: that changed everything. The answer came from an unexpected place.

4:03 Speaker 1: Ayana's younger sister mentioned something during questioning Jose's uncle John.

4:08 Speaker 1: That name pointed to Jonathan Quill's, a family figure, a

4:12 Speaker 1: trusted relative by marriage, known to the children as Uncle John.

4:17 Speaker 1: He was charismatic, helpful, and often around the family. He

4:21 Speaker 1: had a wife, a child, and another baby on the way.

4:25 Speaker 1: On the surface, he appeared stable and well liked, But

4:28 Speaker 1: now investigators had to ask the unthinkable. Was the family

4:32 Speaker 1: man hiding something darker? A house full of suspicion police

4:37 Speaker 1: arrived at Quill's home. He appeared calm, cooperative, even welcoming.

4:42 Speaker 1: Come in search whatever you need, he told officers. His

4:47 Speaker 1: wife defended him. She insisted he would never harm Iyana.

4:51 Speaker 1: But investigators noticed something strange Quill's new details he shouldn't

4:56 Speaker 1: have known, like exactly how many victorious secret items Ziona

5:00 Speaker 1: had taken with her when she disappeared thirty eight pairs.

5:04 Speaker 1: It was a detail never publicly released, and it raised

5:07 Speaker 1: immediate suspicion, DNA and a breaking point as the investigation

5:12 Speaker 1: intensified detectives collected DNA from Quills. It was sent for

5:17 Speaker 1: urgent analysis. Then came the breakthrough. DNA from Quills was

5:22 Speaker 1: found on IANA's underwear recovered during an earlier forensic examination.

5:27 Speaker 1: The implications were serious, but investigators still lacked proof of

5:31 Speaker 1: what happened to Iana. That is until a phone call

5:34 Speaker 1: changed everything. A brother's confession. Jonathan's brother, Joseph Quills, contacted police.

5:42 Speaker 1: He said Jonathan had called him in a panic around

5:44 Speaker 1: the time of the disappearance. According to Joseph, Jonathan had

5:49 Speaker 1: confessed something horrifying. Iona was pregnant and he feared the

5:53 Speaker 1: child might be his, and then, according to the brother,

5:57 Speaker 1: Jonathan said the words investigators would never forget. I have

6:01 Speaker 1: to get rid of the body. Later, Joseph said, Jonathan

6:04 Speaker 1: called again, calmer this time and told him it was

6:08 Speaker 1: taken care of. When pressed for details, the alleged confession

6:12 Speaker 1: became even darker. Jonathan reportedly described luring Ayana to his workplace,

6:18 Speaker 1: where surveillance was limited. He attempted to strangle her, but

6:22 Speaker 1: couldn't go through with it, so instead he shot her

6:25 Speaker 1: and then disposed of her body in a dumpster. Interrogation

6:30 Speaker 1: and denial. When confronted, Jonathan Quills denied everything. He insisted

6:35 Speaker 1: he was being framed. He said the allegations were misunderstandings, exaggerations,

6:41 Speaker 1: or outright lies. I have nothing to do with that

6:44 Speaker 1: girl disappearing, he said, But investigators were not convinced. Between

6:50 Speaker 1: DNA evidence, family testimony, and the alleged confession to his

6:55 Speaker 1: brother suspicion grew stronger. Still, there was no body, no

6:59 Speaker 1: can affirmed crime scene, only a chilling possibility arrest. Eventually,

7:05 Speaker 1: detectives made their decision. Jonathan Quills was arrested for sexual battery.

7:10 Speaker 1: As officers placed him in custody, he maintained his innocence,

7:15 Speaker 1: but the investigation was far from over, because even in jail,

7:19 Speaker 1: more evidence was coming. A jail house conversation, investigators placed

7:24 Speaker 1: an informant inside the jail, wired and instructed to engage

7:28 Speaker 1: Quills in conversation. What followed was explosive. According to recordings,

7:33 Speaker 1: Quills made statements that aligned disturbingly with earlier claims. He

7:37 Speaker 1: spoke about getting rid of the body, about fear, about panic,

7:42 Speaker 1: about cameras, and hiding evidence. He even suggested IANA's disappearance

7:47 Speaker 1: had gone further than anyone realized whether bravado or confession.

7:52 Speaker 1: The words added weight to an already mounting case, a

7:55 Speaker 1: case without closure. Despite the evidence, the most important question

8:00 Speaker 1: remains unanswered. Where is Iona Sawyer? No body has been recovered,

8:06 Speaker 1: no definitive conclusion has been reached, and a family is

8:10 Speaker 1: left trapped between grief and uncertainty. A promising sixteen year

8:14 Speaker 1: old student vanished on an ordinary school day. A pregnancy,

8:18 Speaker 1: a secret relationship, and a tangled web of trust and

8:21 Speaker 1: betrayal turned a quiet Florida neighborhood into the center of

8:25 Speaker 1: a haunting investigation. And somewhere in the middle of it all,

8:29 Speaker 1: the truth about what happened to Iona Sawyer may still

8:32 Speaker 1: be waiting to be uncovered.