A silver alert for a missing 74-year-old woman ended in tragedy Monday when her body was allegedly found in the back of her minivan outside her nudist home in Florida.
Sylvia Rosalie Schmitt's 18-year-old grandson, Brandon Machetto, has been charged with her murder after he was found driving her body away from her home in Lutz, Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said at a press conference.
A neighbor called 911 after seeing Machetto carrying what appeared to be a body into Schmitt's minivan, launching a search for the beloved resident at the Paradise Lakes Condominium Association nudist community.
When deputies arrived at Schmitt's home Monday morning, they reported finding a "large sum of blood inside the residence," according to Nocco.
A deputy located Machetto driving Schitt's minivan nearby and carried out a traffic stop, leading them to recover the woman's body.