Cassie Carli’s body identified by unique mark after she was found in grave at barn tied to ex Marcus Spanevelo, cops say
COPS revealed how a tattoo was used to identify a mom who disappeared last week before her body was found in a shallow grave on Saturday.
The body of Cassie Carli, 37, was found in an Alabama barn reportedly linked to her ex, who was also arrested on Saturday in connection with her disappearance.
The charges against him are not currently clear.
The body was found while police were executing a search warrant, said Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson.
He also said the Major Crimes Unit had traveled over 1,500 miles in a week, searching for evidence relating to Carli's disappearance.
Johnson said police were not yet revealing what led them to the location, but that the property was linked to Cassie's ex-boyfriend, Marcus Spanevelo, "in a roundabout way," reports .
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Spanevelo has been living and working in the Birmingham area in recent months.
It is currently believed that he was working as a subcontractor with an audiovisual company in the Springville area.
Spanevelo was arrested on Saturday in Lebanon, Tennessee, by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and state troopers.
He was reportedly the last person to see Cassie when she met with him to exchange custody of their 4-year-old daughter.
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When asked if Spanevelo has been cooperative throughout the investigation, Johnson answered "absolutely not" at the press conference.
“I can’t speak for his thought process,” said Johnson.
“I can tell you this, he was totally uncooperative. He never cooperated at all with us and that goes a long way.
“Think about it. It’s your baby’s mother and she’s missing and you’re not gonna cooperate with authorities - that’s kinda tell-tale.”
An autopsy is scheduled to take place Monday in Alabama where Cassie's cause of death is expected to be determined.
Cassie was reported missing on March 28. Both her father and sister reached out to Spanevelo to ask if he knew where she was.
He told them Cassie asked him to drop her off "in the middle of nowhere in Destin," so she could stay with a friend named Stacey.
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Law enforcement officials, friends, and family, searched for her in Navarre, Florida.
On Tuesday her car and purse were found on a "boat overflow ramp" near the restaurant, investigators said.
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