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The body of missing Florida mother Cassie Carli was found in a shallow grave Saturday evening at an Alabama barn, according to deputies.Carli’s body was found during a search warrant nearly one week after she went missing, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office said during a Sunday press conference. When authorities searched the barn, they found signs of a body under a patch of dirt that was disrupted.Investigators were called in to uncover Carli’s body where they initially identified her via a tattoo on her right foot, the St. Clair County coroner told 8 On Your Side.Carli was last seen on March 27 in the parking lot of Juana’s Pagodas in Navarre, Florida, when she was supposed to pick up her daughter Saylor from her ex-boyfriend, Marcus Spanevelo, during a custody exchange.Authorities found Carli’s car in that same parking lot, but she was still missing. Her purse was left behind in the car.“There were things in the purse … we don’t think she would just up and leave,” Sheriff Bob Johnson said during a press conference earlier in the week. “Usually you don’t go four days without hearing from them, or them using a credit card, cellphone … so yeah, we’re concerned.”Both Spanevelo and Saylor were found the following day in Birmingham, Alabama, with Saylor being returned to her mother’s family.Several days later, Spanevelo was arrested in Tennessee on charges of tampering with evidence, giving false information concerning a missing persons investigation, and destruction of evidence.Carli’s family told WFLA Now’s JB Biunno Friday that the missing mother was concerned about Spanevelo as they worked through custody problems.“Cassie’s been telling me for the last two years that has been threatening her,” said her brother, Anthony Carli. “She’s always said, ‘if anything happens to me, it’s him.’”Deputies said an autopsy is scheduled to take place Monday in Huntsville, Alabama, where Carli’s cause of death is expected to be determined. Spanevelo could receive additional charges depending on the finding of the autopsy.“Once the autopsy is done and you see the charges filed you’ll understand,” Sheriff Robert Johnson said. “I think is going to spend the rest of his life in prison or he’s going to get the needle. Hopefully the needle.”
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ala. —
The body of missing Florida mother Cassie Carli was found in a shallow grave Saturday evening at an Alabama barn, according to deputies.
Carli’s body was found during a search warrant nearly one week after she went missing, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office said during a Sunday press conference. When authorities searched the barn, they found signs of a body under a patch of dirt that was disrupted.
Investigators were called in to uncover Carli’s body where they initially identified her via a tattoo on her right foot, the St. Clair County coroner told 8 On Your Side.
Carli was last seen on March 27 in the parking lot of Juana’s Pagodas in Navarre, Florida, when she was supposed to pick up her daughter Saylor from her ex-boyfriend, Marcus Spanevelo, during a custody exchange.
Authorities found Carli’s car in that same parking lot, but she was still missing. Her purse was left behind in the car.
“There were things in the purse … we don’t think she would just up and leave,” Sheriff Bob Johnson said during a press conference earlier in the week. “Usually you don’t go four days without hearing from them, or them using a credit card, cellphone … so yeah, we’re concerned.”
Both Spanevelo and Saylor were found the following day in Birmingham, Alabama, with Saylor being returned to her mother’s family.
Several days later, Spanevelo was arrested in Tennessee on charges of tampering with evidence, giving false information concerning a missing persons investigation, and destruction of evidence.
Carli’s family told WFLA Now’s JB Biunno Friday that the missing mother was concerned about Spanevelo as they worked through custody problems.
“Cassie’s been telling me for the last two years that [Marcus] has been threatening her,” said her brother, Anthony Carli. “She’s always said, ‘if anything happens to me, it’s him.’”
Deputies said an autopsy is scheduled to take place Monday in Huntsville, Alabama, where Carli’s cause of death is expected to be determined. Spanevelo could receive additional charges depending on the finding of the autopsy.
“Once the autopsy is done and you see the charges filed you’ll understand,” Sheriff Robert Johnson said. “I think [Spanevelo] is going to spend the rest of his life in prison or he’s going to get the needle. Hopefully the needle.”