Cassie Carli case: Body of missing Florida mom found in shallow Alabama grave
4/3/22
The body of missing Florida woman Cassie Carli was found this weekend in Alabama.
Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson on Sunday said Carli’s body was found Saturday in a shallow grave. The sheriff did not say where the body was found but named the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office and the Springville Police Department as assisting in the search.
He said the body was identified by a tattoo and said an autopsy will be performed in Huntsville.
Johnson said a search warrant was carried out at the undisclosed location. The property is linked, the sheriff said, to Carli’s ex-boyfriend Marcus Spanevelo, who has been living and working in the Birmingham area in recent months.
Spanevelo has not been charged in Carli’s death, but is charged with tampering with evidence, giving false information concerning a missing persons investigation and destruction of evidence. The tampering charge, Johnson said, deals with Carli’s cell phone.
Spanevelo was taken into custody in Tennessee. He remains there awaiting extradition.
The sheriff said he expects more charges against Spanevelo.
Johnson said Spanevelo has not been cooperative in the investigation and has said only one word - “lawyer.”
“He’s been acting like a dirt bag,’’ the sheriff said.
Carli disappeared March 27 after meeting Spanevelo in a restaurant parking lot in Navarre, Florida to turn over their daughter, Saylor, to him for a visit
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