Shortly after Savannah Gold headed to her job at the Bonefish Grill restaurant in Jacksonville last Wednesday, her family began receiving strange text messages from her phone. 
 
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 “Hey i just wanted to tell you and mom i met a really great guy and we’re running away together,” she texted her father, according to a missing persons report. “I love him and we’re leaving tonight i’ll call you later when we get to where we are going.” 
 
 Her family instantly became suspicious. “The spelling was all whacked out,” her father, Daniel Gold, told WSB-TV. “It looked really strange.” 
 
 Gold never made it to work that day — but her car was found in the parking lot. “Her car was outside with a slashed tire and her purse, with her ID, credit cards and money [were] in the car with it unlocked,” Daniel Gold told the news station. “That really got us concerned.” 
 
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 The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office interviewed 28-year-old Lee Rodarte Jr., a Bonefish Grill culinary manager who allegedly had an on-again, off-again relationship with the 21-year-old Gold. 
 
 “The suspect when interviewed by police admitted to being in the Bonefish Grill parking lot with the victim, killing her, and disposing of her body” in a nearby lake, the Sheriff’s Office alleged in a statement. “Rodarte led police to remains that were located by the JSO Dive Team and we believe the remains to be Savannah Gold.” 
 
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 The sheriff’s office says that they’re waiting for the medical examiner to officially identify the remains. 
 
 Surveillance video at the restaurant shows Gold getting into Rodarte’s car. Police say that there was a “possible struggle” in the car before Rodarte drove off. 
 
 Gold’s family told News4Jax.com that Rodarte spoke to them after her disappearance and expressed his concerns. They also say that he helped hand out missing persons flyers before speaking to police. 
 
 Authorities believe that Rodarte was the one who sent the texts after Gold’s death, Jacksonville Sheriff Lieutenant Steve Gallagher told reporters. 
 
 Rodarte has been charged with murder and evidence tampering. He is jailed without bond at the Duval County Jail. He has not yet entered a plea, and it is unclear if he has retained an attorney. ||||| 0 JSO: Body believed to be missing Jacksonville woman found; coworker arrested 
 
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 A body believed to be the remains of missing Jacksonville woman Savannah Gold were found late Saturday, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. 
 
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 The body was found in a pond off Club Duclay Road — near Blanding Blvd. — in west Jacksonville. 
 
 Gold’s coworker at Bonefish Grill, manager Lee Rodarte, 28, became a suspect after discrepancies were found in his story, JSO said. 
 
 Traffic tickets issued to Rodarte in 2006 show that he once lived on the same street where the body was found. 
 
 Rodarte appeared in court Sunday after being booked on charges including murder and tampering with evidence. A judge said he is being held without bond on the murder charge. 
 
 Judge ordered Rodarte be held without bond on the murder charge. He's also accused of tampering with evidence in Savannah Gold's death pic.twitter.com/PrALgdTb3r — Brittney Donovan (@brittneydonovan) August 6, 2017 
 
 Lee Rodarte, suspect in Savannah Gold's murder, just had his first appearance in #Jacksonville pic.twitter.com/YYNHf83eBE — Brittney Donovan (@brittneydonovan) August 6, 2017 
 
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 JSO said Gold got into Rodarte’s car in the parking lot of the restaurant on Wednesday evening before her shift. 
 
 They apparently had a fight. The two had an off-and-on relationship, JSO said. 
 
 A struggle ensued, JSO said, and Rodarte appeared to take an object and slash the tire of Gold’s car. After a few minutes, he drove away in his own car, JSO said. 
 
 Confirmed Lee Rodarte will make his first court appearance this afternoon. He's charged with murder and evidence tampering. @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/qaDj9HfJfy — Christy Turner (@ChristyANJax) August 6, 2017 
 
 Rodarte was arrested at the Mandarin restaurant located just off I-295 on Saturday night. 
 
 According to JSO, Rodarte admitted to killing Gold and disposing of her body in the pond at the end of Club Duclay Road. 
 
 Rodarte led police to the body, JSO said. An autopsy is pending to confirm the remains are that of Gold and to determine cause of death. 
 
 JSO said video surveillance showed a possible struggle inside Rodarte's car. On the video, JSO said, Rodarte could be seen walking to Gold's car, opening a door and looking inside. 
 
 JSO said Rodarte returned to his car and drove off at 6:04 p.m. Gold was never seen exiting the car, JSO said. 
 
 The company that owns Bonefish Grill released a statement Sunday: 
 
 "We are deeply saddened by the loss of Savannah and will miss the joy and happiness she brought to work every day. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with family and friends during this difficult time, including the people she worked with here at Bonefish Grill." 
 
 The restaurant put a sign on their door Sunday that said they were closed. 
 
 Gold was quickly reported missing Wednesday after she didn’t show up for her shift at Bonefish Grill on San Jose Boulevard. 
 
 About 30 minutes after Gold was supposed to be at work, her father Daniel said he got a text from Gold’s phone. It had misspelled words and said she was running away with a great guy she met and would call them later. 
 
 That was the moment Gold’s parents said they knew something was wrong. 
 
 “He showed it to me and I immediately knew that it wasn’t her," Sharon Gold said. "We text each other all day and every day … and this was not from my daughter. It was from someone else." 
 
 Gold's aunt created a GoFundMe account Sunday to raise money for funeral expenses. 
 
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 Gold's coworker was arrested after he admitted to killing her and dumping her body in a pond several miles away https://t.co/XgDmERaoPw — Brittney Donovan (@brittneydonovan) August 6, 2017 
 
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– A Florida man murdered a co-worker and then used her phone to send a text to her parents, police say. The parents of 21-year-old Savannah Gold say their suspicions were immediately aroused by the "really strange" message they received after she left for work at the Bonefish Grill in Jacksonville last Wednesday, People reports. "Hey i just wanted to tell you and mom i met a really great guy and we’re running away together," one message to her father said. "I love him and we're leaving tonight i'll call you later when we get to where we are going." "He showed it to me and I immediately knew that it was someone else," mother Sharon Gold tells Action News Jax. "We text each other all day ... and this was not from my daughter." Says father Daniel Gold, "The spelling was all whacked out." After Gold's car was found in the restaurant's parking lot with a slashed tire and her purse still inside, authorities identified manager Lee Rodarte, 28, as a suspect because of inconsistencies in his story. Police say Rodarte, who was in an on-again, off-again relationship with Gold, eventually admitted killing her and led them to her body, which he had dumped in a lake. Investigators believe Rodarte was the one who sent the text to Gold's parents. Her parents say after the disappearance, he told them he was worried about her and even helped hand out missing-person flyers. He has been charged with murder and evidence tampering and is being held without bond.