#Self-proclaimed ‘witch’ charged with lying in case of missing Georgia mom Leila Cavett

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Shanon Demar Ryan’s mugshot
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A self-proclaimed witch who claimed he was the last person to see Georgia mom Leila Cavett before she disappeared last month has been charged with lying to federal officers, according to reports on Sunday.

Shanon Demar Ryan, 38, was being held in a Broward County, Florida jail without bond following his arrest by federal agents on Saturday, The South Florida Sun Sentinel reported.

Ryan — who calls himself a witch, spiritual adviser, teacher and CEO on his Facebook — posted a video stating that he was at the center of the missing mom case.

“Why is it you have a missing woman, and the last person that’s seen her, which is me, who talked to the police, you ain’t heard nothing about me,” Ryan said in the clip, according to 7News.

Cavett, 21, was last seen on July 25 in Hollywood, Florida — and her 2-year-old son was found the next day, wandering alone in Miramar, about two miles away.

In the video, Ryan claimed he had known Cavett for about a year, and even took her and her child in at one point when they had nowhere to go.

More recently, Ryan said he and the young mom reconnected and met up at a parking lot in Hollywood the day she vanished. They then stopped at a nearby RaceTrac gas station and spent the rest of the day eating out and at the beach.

Hours later, they returned to the same gas station, where, Ryan claims, Cavett and her toddler got into a car with some men.

“It’s some guys in a car that she talking to. Leila got her and her son and got in the car with those guys,” he said.

Ryan said cops searched his car and interviewed him and that “I gave the police everything that I know. Everything.”

He has been charged with two counts of lying to a federal officer.

Authorities haven’t provided any details about the allegedly false statements and it’s unclear whether the charges are connected to Cavett’s disappearance.