FBI agents search landfill for body of missing mom, 21, who traveled from Georgia to Florida to sell her pick-up truck to a 'witch' who has been charged with her kidnapping

The FBI began searching a landfill in Florida on Thursday as the hunt continued for a missing mother who traveled from Georgia two-months ago to sell her pickup truck to a self-labeled witch.

In August, the agency announced a $10,000 reward and released surveillance footage showing the last known images of Leila Cavett, 21, whose two-year-old son Kamdyn was found wandering alone outside a Miramar apartment complex in July.

The Miramar Police Department, Hollywood Police Department and the Broward Sheriff’s Office are also investigating the woman's disappearance but none of the agencies would reveal what tip may have taken the search to the Monarch Hill Landfill in Pompano Beach.

Shannon Ryan, 38, was charged with kidnapping in August as it's believed he dropped off Kamdyn in the area he was found. Authorities believe he intended to collect a ransom, reward or other benefit by holding Cavett. 

The FBI began searching the Monarch Hill Landfill in Pompano Beach, Broward on Thursday

Leila Cavett, of Atlanta, was last seen on the night of July 25, just hours before her son, Kamdyn (pictured together), was found wandering alone in a shirt and diaper outside a Miramar apartment complex

Shannon Ryan, 38, and charged him with kidnapping with the intent of collecting a ransom, reward or other benefit. Ryan is a self-labeled witch

Cavett's family members said they last talked to her on July 17 and have no idea why she would've traveled to Florida. 

'I FaceTimed her on July 17. We were on the phone for about an hour and she was fine,' one of her sisters told reporters a few weeks ago.  

'She didn’t have any plans to come to Florida, so we’re very confused right now.' 

Court documents said Ryan told investigators he has known Cavett since around January 2019. 

Ryan claimed that she had come to Florida to sell him her pickup truck. 

Investigators from the FBI also said that Cavett was seen at a Cracker Barrel in Vero Beach near Interstate 95 on July 24, the day that she traveled from Georgia to Florida with her son. 

According to the complaint, Ryan said Cavett met him at a gas station in Hollywood on July 25 before heading to the beach with the toddler in Ryan's gold Lexus.

Cavett, of Atlanta, was last seen on the night of July 25, just hours before her son was found wandering alone in a shirt and diaper. 

The video clips shows Cavett's Chevrolet pickup truck traveling from one side of a gas station to another on the afternoon of July 25. 

Another clip shows her getting out of a Lexus sedan at the gas station that afternoon, along with two shots of her inside the convenience store, first at 3.09pm and again at 10.16pm. 

The second time she was seen walking into the store holding her son Kamdyn. 

Authorities didn't say what tip may have led to the search location. Law enforcement previously recovered shovels with small droplets of a red substance on them

Her son Kamdyn was put into care while authorities looked for his mother missing two months now

The FBI has released surveillance footage in August showing the last known images of missing Leila Cavett. Cavett is seen standing near the door of a gas station on the afternoon of July 25 and in the nighttime

In video footage obtained by law enforcement, Ryan was spotted parking his vehicle near the trash bin on July 26.

He said that when they returned to the gas station, they parked at the pumps and she and Kamdyn then got into a vehicle with several Black males. That was around 2.30am on July 26.

But investigators said surveillance video from the gas station doesn't show Ryan's car at the pump. In a criminal complaint filed in Fort Lauderdale on Monday, the FBI said video evidence does not support Ryan's claims that he saw Leila and her son get into another person's vehicle at a Hollywood RaceTrac gas station.  

Investigators also say he bought odor eliminator, duct tape and extra-large garbage bags around the time of her disappearance.

A federal search warrant executed on Ryan's phone shows that he had made various Google searches, including 'What day does commercial garbage pickup for Hollywood, Florida?' and 'Does bleach and alcohol make chloroform?' 

Law enforcement also recovered shovels with small droplets of a red substance on them. 

The complaint said several employees at the gas station were interviewed by investigators. One recognized Ryan, and had seen him near the trash bin. 

Another employee remembered seeing women's clothing and children's toys in the trash and recognized a pair of floral pants worn by Cavett, the complaint said.

Cavett is seen getting out of a Lexus outside a gas station in Florida in July

Her white truck is also seen outside a store driving from one end of the parking lot to another

Her vehicle was found unattended July 28 in Hollywood. 

Previously, Ryan shared a number of recent social media that appeared to be directly or potentially about the case.

On Facebook, Ryan declared that he is a spiritual adviser, CEO, a teacher and a witch.

'Stop thinking like muggles,' he wrote in one post. 'A witch putting a hex on someone does not mean that person is going to die or be killed. Why would a Witch kill anyone they want to suffer? 

'There is no suffering in death, only the living suffer. You need flesh, bones and a beating heart in order to feel pain.' 

'A Witch is not a spiritual assassin. We do not take death contracts. Death has already contracted us all, unless you got an extension,' he added. 

In a 51-minute video shared August 9, titled 'Who is Leila Cavett and What is My Connection to her Disappearance,' he directly references the case and claims to be the last person to have seen her before she vanished.

'Leila's separation from her son is completely out of character. Her family and others in our community are very concerned about her safety and well-being,' FBI Miami Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro said.

Authorities said Cavett is about 5 feet 3 inches tall with shoulder length hair. She has a fish tattoo on her right wrist and another tattoo that says Kamdyn on her right arm. 

Cavett's son is in the custody of Child Protective Services as police continue their investigation. Her family is in Alabama. 

Anyone with information about her disappearance should call 1-800-CALL-FBI or go to fbi.gov/tips.

Ryan claimed that Cavett had come to Florida to sell him her pickup truck

According to a complaint, Ryan said Cavett met him at a gas station in Hollywood on July 25 before heading to the beach with the toddler in Ryan's gold Lexus