FL CASSIE CARLI: Missing from Navarre Beach, FL - 27 March 2022 - Age 37 *Found Deceased* (3 Viewers)

Investigators from multiple counties are looking into a missing persons case involving a Navarre woman, Cassi Carli, and her daughter, Saylor. Carli’s father reported them missing yesterday after they failed to show up as expected Sunday evening for a child custody exchange at Juana’s Pagodas. Sources close to the family say Carli’s car was located at Navarre Beach Boat Ramp, where investigators were on scene earlier this morning. Any information should be reported to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Department via 850-983-1190.

CASSIE CARLI & daughter SAYLOR: Missing from Navarre Beach, FL since 27 March 2022 - Age 37 & 4

Investigators from multiple counties are looking into a missing persons case involving a Navarre woman, Cassi Carli, and her daughter, Saylor. Carli’s father reported them missing yesterday after they failed to show up as expected Sunday evening...

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[Summer_Breeze]

Trial, plea dates delayed for man charged with corpse abuse of Florida woman

The Florida man charged with abuse of his former girlfriend’s corpse in St. Clair County won’t face a plea or trial date until later this year.

www.annistonstar.com

• By Laura Nation, Daily Home Staff Writer, lnation@dailyhome.com.com
• Jan 11, 2024

The Florida man charged with abuse of his former girlfriend’s corpse in St. Clair County won’t face a plea or trial date until later this year.

Marcus Spanevelo, 36, who has also been indicted by a federal grand jury in the death of 37-year-old Cassis Carli of Navarre, Fla., had the court dates continued in St. Clair County Circuit Court Jan. 10.

He has been housed in the Federal Correctional Institute in Talladega since the filing of the federal charges, which include kidnapping Carli and her death.

Spanevelo’s St. Clair County case is set on a plea docket for Aug. 21 and for trial Sept. 23.

The federal charges of kidnapping and death could result in life in prison or a death sentence for Spanevelo.

The St. Clair County charges could result in a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.

Carli was reported missing shortly after meeting with Spanevelo March 27, 2022, to exchange custody of their then four-year-old daughter in a Navarre, Fla., Restaurant parking lot.

Carli was reported missing by her family March 28, 2022.

Spanevelo’s charges in St. Clair County stem from the April 23, 2022, discovery of Carli’s body left in a shallow grave inside a Springville barn April 23, 2022.

He was indicted for the abuse of a corpse charges in January of last year.

Following Carli’s disappearance, Spanevelo was first arrested in Maury County, Tenn., in April of 2022, a day after Carli’s body was discovered in St. Clair County.

He is believed to have lived on the same property at one time, according to investigators.

The charges in Tennessee included tampering with evidence, destruction of evidence and giving false information to officers.

The child was also located and reportedly not harmed during the time that passed since Spanevelo and Carli met in the restaurant parking lot, officials said.

Following the arrest in Tennessee, Spanevelo was transferred to the Santa Rosa County, Fla., Jail April 18, 2022, where he remained until he was transferred to the St. Clair County jail in October of the same year for the local charges.

The Florida charges, which included tampering with evidence, a felony; and obstructing a criminal investigation, a misdemeanor, have since been dropped by Florida officials.

 

[noZme]

2 years is enough already!

 

[GrandmaBear]

2 years is enough already!

No SH*T.

This one fought extradition which is fairly rare if I recall As well.

The length of time in these cases has gone beyond ridiculous.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

DeSantis signs 'Cassie Carli Law' honoring Navarre woman found dead after custody exchange

Cassie Carli was allegedly kidnapped by her former partner, then found dead in Alabama. The new law creates monitored safe zone for custody exchanges.

www.pnj.com

DeSantis signs 'Cassie Carli Law' honoring Navarre woman found dead after custody exchange​

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill known as "Cassie Carli Law" into law Wednesday, providing an added safety measure for parents to safely perform custody exchanges.

Named after Navarre woman Cassie Carli, who went missing during a custody exchange in 2022 and was found dead a week later in a shallow grave, the law provides more robust guidelines for judges ordering custody exchanges in the state, requiring a court to designate authorized locations for child custody exchanges "unless otherwise agreed to by both parents in writing."

The bill filed by Rep. Joel Rudman, a Navarre native, would also require each sheriff's office in Florida to "designate at least one parking lot ... as a neutral safe exchange location at which parents ... may meet to exchange the minor child."

Each parking lot must have a purple light or sign, which Rudman says was Carli's favorite color, to clearly identify the neutral safe exchange location and must include the following:

• The lot must be accessible 24 hours a day, seven days week.
• The lot must provide adequate lighting and external video that records continuously.
• The lot must have at least one camera that records an accurate date and time and can retain footage for at least 45 days.

Rudman initially filed the bill in 2023, but it later died in the Senate. In 2024, Sen. Lori Berman, D-Palm Beach County, was the only legislator to vote against the bill, according to the voting history.

The law will go into effect July 1.

 

[GrandmaBear]

It's an awesome token thing but pretty sure she agreed to meet him where she did and it won't change that. It may however help someone else in refusing to meet anywhere else than a designated spot if they insist on such. And video only helps catch someone AFTER the fact. Don't mean to be a damper but it's just fact.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

https://www.wkrg.com/northwest-florida/santa-rosa-county/department-of-justice-reviewing-death-penalty-in-cassie-carli-case/

Department of Justice reviewing death penalty in Cassie Carli case​

The United States Department of Justice is reviewing whether to seek the death penalty in the case of Marcus Spanevelo, who is charged with kidnapping resulting in death in the 2022 disappearance of Cassie Carli.

The review comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January 2025 to reinstate the federal death penalty. The order directed the DOJ to reassess capital punishment eligibility in pending cases.

Spanevelo’s trial is set for April 28, but a final decision on the death penalty has not been made.


For Carli’s loved ones, the federal review is another step in their fight for justice.

“You’re going to pay with your life; whether it’s behind bars forever or the death penalty, your life is over,” Kirsty Sullivan, a childhood friend of Carli, said.

Spanevelo remains in federal custody awaiting trial. The DOJ has not announced when it will make a final decision on whether to seek the death penalty.

Carli’s loved ones said they will be watching closely.

 

[GrandmaBear]

It certainly is a case the DP is deserved in. I'm glad it was reinstated federally.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

https://www.pnj.com/story/news/crime/2025/10/07/cassie-carli-case-marcus-spanevelo-faces-federal-death-penalty/86565186007/

Prosecutors seek death penalty for suspect in kidnapping, death of Navarre's Cassie Carli​

Over three years after Navarre's Cassie Carli went missing, the Northern District of Alabama filed notice Oct. 5 that they will pursue the death penalty in her alleged kidnapper's case.

A federal grand jury indicted Marcus Spanevelo, Carli's former boyfriend and father of their daughter, of kidnapping resulting in Carli's death after she went missing from Navarre during a custody exchange in March 2022.

"The United States of America, through the undersigned counsel ... notifies the Court and defendant Marcus Spanevelo that the United States believes the circumstances in Count One of the Superseding Indictment are such that, in the event of a conviction, a sentence of death is justified," U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona wrote in a filing, "and that the United States will seek the sentence of death for the offense of kidnapping resulting in death."

In a notice of special findings, Spanevelo's new indictment alleges he "intentionally killed" Carli as well as:

• Intentionally participated in an act contemplating that the life of a person would be taken and she died as a result
• Intentionally and specifically engaged in an act of violence, knowing that the act created a grave risk of death to a person
• The death, or injury resulting in death, occurred during the commission or attempted commission of, or during the immediate flight from the commission of kidnapping
• Committed the offense after substantial planning and premeditation to cause the death of a person

In a statement to the News Journal, the SRSO said, "We are pleased to see the case involving Marcus Spanevelo moving forward through the judicial process. Our thoughts remain with Cassie Carli family during this difficult time, and we hope this progress brings them a measure of closure and peace."

 

[GrandmaBear]

GOOD.