A Florida woman was discovered dead in a storage unit after going missing for over a week. She was last seen alive on November 11.
After 37-year-old Shakeira Rucker vanished more than a week ago, a murder investigation soon followed her disappearance after her body was discovered on Saturday.
An odor emanating from a storage unit at 2400 Wiggins Road in Apopka, Florida, was reported to the authorities. When 5:00 p.m. approached, deputies showed up on the scene.
On Saturday, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office posted on X, “UPDATE: Earlier today, OCSO deputies responded to the Self Storage at 2400 Wiggins Rd. in Apopka and found Shakeira Rucker dead inside a storage unit. This is now an Orange County homicide case. Shakeira’s family was notified this evening. We grieve with them & our detectives are committed to bringing them justice in this case.”
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Rucker was last seen leaving her home with her husband, Cory Hill, whom she is separated from. Hill was immediately designated as a person of interest in the case.
Surveillance footage from that night in Polk County shows Rucker and Hill walking out of a restaurant.
Hill has allegedly declined to talk to the police about Rucker’s disappearance and is presently being held in Orange County jail on an unrelated murder charge.
Records show that Hill had previously been found guilty of murder and sentenced to prison.
“I can’t thank them enough, our partner agencies, to come to an outcome. It’s not the outcome we expected, but there’s a little bit of closure for Shakeira’s family,” said Winter Springs Police Chief Matt Tracht. “…A week ago today, essentially, Shakeira was reported missing. We know from evidence that she left with Mr. Hill and went down to Polk County, to the Davenport area. Through the investigation, we were able to track some leads and those leads brought us to Lake County, then those leads brought us back to Orange County, and obviously you’re aware of the outcome here in Orange County. Like I said, it’s not what we expected. We do grieve with Shakeira’s family.”
“We have plenty of time to continue collecting evidence and testing to build our case to charge Cory Hill with Shakeira’s murder,” Mina said.
Crimeline is offering $5,000 to anyone with additional information regarding Rucker’s death and disappearance.
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