A Florida woman has been found dead in a shallow grave in Alabama after she disappeared last week following a meeting with her daughter's father, according to police.
Cassie Carli was found on Saturday after she had met with the father of their 4-year-old daughter, her ex-boyfriend Marcus Spanevelo, according to Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson.
On Sunday, during a press conference, Johnson shared that Spanevelo was arrested in Tennessee and charged with tampering with evidence, destroying evidence, and giving false information concerning a missing person investigation.
Following the autopsy results on Monday, Spanevelo could face additional charges when her cause of death is determined.
When Carli first went missing, an investigation was opened, and Johnson said that Spanevelo was "totally uncooperative" with the search.
"Think about it, it's your baby's mother, and she's missing, and you're not going to cooperate with authorities. That's kind of telltale," Johnson said. "Since we've been dealing with him, he's been acting like a dirtbag. I don't see that changing."
Spanevelo and Carli met in a restaurant parking lot on March 27 when she was picking up their four-year-old daughter Saylor.
Carli was not heard from or seen after leaving to pick up her daughter.
Investigators found and made contact with Spanevelo in Birmingham, Alabama, earlier last week before they arrested him Saturday morning in Tennessee.
Johnson shared on Sunday that they are building their case against Spanevelo.
"I think we have a great case, and he's either going to spend the rest of his life in prison, or he's going to get the needle," Johnson said Sunday. "Hopefully, the needle."
The grave that Carli was found in on Saturday was in a barn in Springville, Alabama, 30 miles northeast of where police found Spanevelo in Birmingham.
Following Carli's remains being found, her sister, Raeann Carli, shared with Fox News that she had always had a "red flag" on Spanevelo.
"Just in general, with her relationship with him, it has always been, she has had some fear of him. He's always controlling and tried to be manipulative, and she had some fear of him in the past. And what he's capable of, or planning maliciously towards her," Raeann told Fox News Digital.
The investigation into Carli's disappearance and death is still ongoing.
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