Cassie Carli: Missing mother found buried in shallow grave as ex boyfriend arrested

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The ex-boyfriend of missing Florida mother Cassie Carli sent chilling text messages to her father before she was found buried in a “shallow grave” in Alabama, it has been revealed. Text messages cited by The Sun showed Mr Spanevelo had contacted Ms Carli’s father the day after she vanished and said she had asked him to drop her off “in the middle of nowhere” in the Florida city of Destin to stay with a friend named Stacey. He has been charged with tampering and destruction of evidence after he “got rid of” Carli’s phone, Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson said at a news conference. “It’s your baby’s mother and she’s missing and you’re not going to cooperate with authorities -- that’s kind of tell-tale.” Of the body discovery, the sheriff said: “It’s not the ending that we wanted obviously, but we’re hoping to provide a little closure to the family.” Mr Johnson told reporters that the Major Crimes Unit had traveled over 1,500 miles looking for Carli and found her body “while executing a search warrant in Alabama”.