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Defense for man accused of killing niece argues 16-year-old is still alive

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Attorneys for a man on trial and accused of raping and killing his 16-year-old niece, whose body was never found, argued on Friday that Iyana Sawyer is still alive.

said Friday in a motion hearing that prosecutors never said where Sawyer was allegedly killed, which contends it’s a matter of if she was killed at all.

Police believe the 16-year-old was shot and killed and placed into a dumpster that was taken to the Otis Road Landfill. Investigators looked through 5,500 tons of trash, but her body was never found. Defense lawyers repeatedly blamed Gov. Ron DeSantis for getting the new law passed, citing his anger over the jury in the Parkland school massacre not giving Nicholas Cruz the death penalty.Chris Fallgatter, an attorney unaffiliated with the case, said the motion might not be something the judge sides with.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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