Florida mom missing during daughter’s custody handover found in shallow grave in Alabama

Florida mother Cassie Carli was found in a ‘shallow grave’ in an Alabama barn on Sunday. She had been lacking for per week earlier than (Footage: Fb / WRBC)

The physique of a Florida mom who had been lacking for per week was discovered buried in a shallow grave in Alabama on Saturday.

Cassie Carli, 37, was final seen on March 27 when she met the daddy of her four-year-old daughter for a kid change within the car parking zone of a Navarre Seaside restaurant, authorities mentioned.

Authorities in Santa Rosa County had been looking for the mom since she did not return from assembly along with her ex-boyfriend, Marcus Spanevelo, to change custody of their daughter.

Carli’s physique was discovered inside a barn in Springville, Alabama, practically 300 miles north of the place she was final seen, Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson mentioned throughout a Sunday information convention.

Spanevelo was arrested in Tennessee for expenses that embrace tampering with proof, giving false data regarding a lacking individuals investigation and destruction of proof. He has ties to the property the place Carli was discovered ‘in a roundabout manner,’ the sheriff mentioned.

‘We found her physique whereas executing a search warrant in Alabama. It was in a barn, in a shallow grave,’ Johnson mentioned. Her id was confirmed by a tattoo.

The sheriff mentioned he notified Carli’s household in particular person on Sunday, including that they have been ‘crushed.’

‘It provides them some closure that they know the place she’s at now. However nonetheless it’s their daughter … daughter and sister and it's horrible,’ Johnson mentioned.

The four-year-old daughter shared between Carli and Spanevelo, Saylor, was secure with household as of Sunday, the sheriff mentioned.

The tampering with proof cost Spanevelo faces is said to Carli’s cellphone, which Johnson mentioned he ‘mainly removed it.’

When requested if the ex-boyfriend was cooperating with investigators, the sheriff replied ‘completely not.’

‘He was completely uncooperative, he by no means cooperated in any respect with us, he mentioned. ‘It’s your child’s mom and he or she’s lacking and also you’re not going to cooperate with authorities. That’s form of a tell-tale,’ Johnson mentioned.

Along with search efforts from household and associates, investigators traveled over 1,500 miles looking for proof.

Any potential further expenses are pending the outcomes of Carli’s post-mortem, which can happen Monday. No reason behind loss of life has been decided.

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