{"id":22266,"date":"2024-01-19T07:36:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T02:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/prosecutor-to-seek-death-penalty-for-florida-man-charged-with-killing-estranged-wife\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T07:36:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T02:06:35","slug":"prosecutor-to-seek-death-penalty-for-florida-man-charged-with-killing-estranged-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/prosecutor-to-seek-death-penalty-for-florida-man-charged-with-killing-estranged-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutor to seek death penalty for Florida man charged with killing estranged wife"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Florida man accused of killing his wife and keeping her body in a storage unit will face a possible death sentence, the prosecutor for Orange County said Thursday.<\/p>\n

Cory Hill, 51, was indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the killing of Shakeira Rucker, and State Attorney Andrew A. Bain said his office will seek the death penalty in the case.<\/p>\n

Bain said Thursday that \u201cthe cold, calculating methodology of the homicide\u201d and a prior violent offense led his office to seek the death penalty.<\/p>\n

Rucker\u2019s body was found in a unit at Self Storage in Apopka on Nov. 18, after her family had previously reported her missing.<\/p>\n

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Shakeira Rucker<\/span>Orange County Sheriff’s Office<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hill was later arrested and charged with second-degree murder, and this week a grand jury returned an indictment for the more serious first-degree murder charge, Bain said.<\/p>\n

Dedra Rucker said that the family has been on an \u201cemotional rollercoaster\u201d since her sister was slain, and agreed with the state attorney\u2019s decision to seek the death penalty.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been angry, we\u2019ve been sad. Very confused,\u201d Dedra Rucker said at Thursday\u2019s news conference. \u201cIt\u2019s just an indescribable pain that we feel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hill was initially charged on Nov. 29 in Rucker’s death, as he was already in custody after he allegedly shot at an ex-girlfriend and her family on Nov. 12, officials have said. At that time he had been charged with second-degree murder with a firearm.<\/p>\n

The storage unit belonged to Hill, according to authorities. An employee noticed an odor and called 911, and a search uncovered her body.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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